This demented, charming, Wizard of Oz-like horror is all the more disturbing because it doesn’t look like a horror movie.

Pearl wants so badly to be a star. Part of the film’s pleasure lies in realising that Goth already is.

Goth is riotously entertaining throughout, but two specific scenes, in both of which the camera rests solely on her face for an extended shot, capture the full force of her unnerving talent.

It’s shocking to watch, but you won’t be able to look away.