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Inside Ti West and Mia Goth's already filmed secret prequel to A24 slasher 'X'

Mia Goth stars in dual roles as adult film actress Maxine and elderly farm owner Pearl in Ti West's horror slasher "X."

LOS ANGELES — Late Sunday night after the SXSW Film Festival world premiere of the gory new A24 slasher "X" — about a 1970s porn crew terrorized by an elderly couple on a rural Texas farm — writer-director Ti West dropped one more juicy plot twist: a follow-up to the March 18 release is already on the way.

A prequel film, "Pearl," has already been filmed, shot in secret back to back with "X" in New Zealand during the pandemic. The surprise reveal now sets up

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