A24's Opus, the feature debut from writer/director Mark Anthony Green, gets a first trailer today ahead of its March 14 release date and Sundance premiere.
Starring Ayo Edebiri, John Malkovich, Prey’s Amber Midthunder, Juliette Lewis, Murray Bartlett, Stephanie Suganami, Young Mazino, and Tony Hale, Opus has been described as “flashy pop horror” about a “tense, psychological game of cat and mouse”, and follows:
A young writer (Edebiri) is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated journalists, she finds herself in the middle of his twisted plan.
Edebiri plays the “meek yet hungry journalist Ariel — her unique charm radiating alongside a distinct final-girl prescience”, while Malkovich is “effervescent and hypnotic as Moretti, a deified global phenomenon making a dramatically malevolent reintroduction.”
If today's new trailer is anything to go by, Opus could well end up being one of 2025's very best horrors, looking original, funny and creepy in equal measure.
Promisingly, the musical horror is Rated R for “violent content including a grisly image, language, sexual material and brief graphic nudity.” Consider us very intrigued by everything but mostly as to what that “grisly image” could be.
Check out the first trailer for Opus below and catch it in theaters from A24 on March 14. For more 2025 horror news, read our rundown of this year's most anticipated releases.
