Is it a coincidence that Charles Manson, one of the most notorious cult leaders in history, aspired to be a rock star? As Mark Anthony Green’s Opus sees it, it’s not.
The A24 horror film, released in theaters in March, follows budding journalist Ariel Ecton (Ayo Edebiri) as she’s invited, alongside a group of other media professionals, to the estate of Alfred Moretti (John Malkovich), a legendary pop star who disappeared from the public eye 30 years ago. They are led under the guise that they’ll be listening to Moretti’s comeback album, Caesar’s Revenge, but the group quickly learns not everything is as it seems on the remote Utah commune where he’s been hiding.
