In Opus, A24’s ‘elevated’ horror wraps back around into formula — and that’s OK

Do even a cursory search online for reactions to A24’s new thriller Opus, starring Ayo Edebiri and John Malkovich, and you’ll find many comments and reviews — dismissive or otherwise — referencing a slew of intellectualized, social-satire horror: movies like Midsommar, Blink Twice, and The Menu, to name just three of the dozens if not hundreds of films that have followed in the footsteps of Jordan Peele’s genre-realigning masterpiece, Get Out.


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