This A24 debut by a former GQ journalist stars Ayo Edebiri of "The Bear" as an ambitious writer who tries to survive the assignment from hell.

The pic is a trippy genre movie that follows reclusive rock star Moretti ( John Malkovich ), who emerges after being decades away to invite a group of journalists to his cult compound.

Produced by A24 and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Mark Anthony Green, Opus was one of the most anticipated horror films of 2025. Although it is

"Opus" pairs one of Hollywood's hottest young actors with a living legend in a treatise on fame, the music industry and cults of creativity.

Ayo Edebiri leads A24's newest horror movie Opus, which left audiences in awe when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday. The gory movie follows Edebiri's Ariel, a young journalist who is invited alongside an exclusive group of reporters to visit reclusive pop music icon Moretti (John Malkovich) to listen to his first music in 30 years.

Ayo Edebiri And John Malkovich are the best part of Mark Anthony Green's horror thriller 'Opus,' which takes too long to truly surprise

A remote location. A group of unsuspecting, idiosyncratic hopefuls. A murderous plan that would eliminate them one by one. The formula is nearly a fool-proof one to pull off an entertaining horror-thriller,

Playing a cross between Bowie, Kanye, and Manson (Charles, not Marilyn), the legendary actor nearly saves this muddled, satirical horror movie. Nearly.

Sundance: Murray Bartlett and Juliette Lewis co-star in Mark Anthony Green's superficial misfire of a movie about the cultish nature of modern celebrity.