‘Opus’ Review: Ayo Edebiri & John Malkovich Navigate Toxic Stan Culture In Mark Anthony Green’s A24 Horror Debut — Sundance Film Festival
deadline.comFollowing his career as a GQ fashion columnist, writer-director Mark Anthony Green makes his feature debut with a chillingly relevant dark comedic horror that gives Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich some of their meatiest performances yet.
In Opus, Edebiri stars as Ariel, a young journalist inexplicably invited to the compound of pop legend Moretti (Malkovich), who stopped making music after retreating from the public eye 30 years before.
During her time embedded within the community known as the Levelists, Ariel grows suspicious of group’s alarming behavior. “Teach them young and the world will be yours,” reads one piece of cultist literature upon Ariel’s arrival.
Edebiri seamlessly switches from comedic brilliance to utter terror in a visceral performance as a new kind of final girl, one who gets the laughs along with the screams.
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