The new A24 thriller Opus It is quite disappointing, but the story that is proposed to tell has been achieved by a handful of much better horror movies in recent years. Opus It stars Ayo Edbiri as a young journalist invited to the remote complex of a lonely pop star, played by John Malkovich. Upon arrival, he quickly finds out that the pop star has a literal monitoring of worship and something sinister is underway.
One of the reasons why Opus He has bombarded at the box office is that the public has seen this type of film a lot. It belongs to a specific subgenre of suspense Thrillers “is not what it seems” about an unsuspecting protagonist who attracts a cult and has to find a way to escape. But comparisons are not favorable, because other films in this genre have been much smarter, more scary and more satirical.
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Debut as director of Zoë Kravitz, Flash twiceIt starred Naomi Ackie as a young woman who occurs to her that she took her feet by a multimillionaire technological tycoon, played by Channing Tatum, and invited to her private island. When he arrives on the island, he initially seems to be a carefree paradise hidden from the concerns of the outside world. However, it soon becomes evident that something really dark is happening.
Flash twice It is far from being a perfect movie. His tone is everywhere, floating among the comic and really shocking rhythms of sexual violence, and his final message is a bit confusing. But in general, it achieves the mysterious effect of slow burning much better than Opus.
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Mark Mylod’s horror comedy The menu It looks like the template for Opus‘ plot; Simply exchange pop music for food. Instead of going to the remote complex of an eccentric pop star, The menuThe cast of characters goes to the remote restaurant of an eccentric celebrity chef, brilliantly played by Ralph Fiennes. Margot of Anya Taylor-Joy, like Ariel de Edebiri, is the stranger who does not buy cultism and proposes to demolish the entire grim operation.
The menu It has a much clearer satirical message than Opus. Opus It has some vague ideas about the cult of celebrity and the power of attention, but The menu It is an sharp criticism of high -end kitchen and the surrounding industry. In addition, Fiennes takes an unforgettable turn as a sadistic villain.
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Radio Silence comedy thriller Ready or Not Estrella Samara Weaving as a young girlfriend who is ritualistically hunted by her husband’s rich family on her wedding night. As OpusIt is a chest dark subversion of the girl’s final trope. But it is much more successful to empower its protagonist to make fun of its captors and become a rude.
Not only is it Ready or Not a deliciously diabolical Slasher movie that turns the tables in the villains; It is also a surprisingly cunning satire of socioeconomic disparity. Lately there have been many satires to eat the rich, but they are rarely as fun as Ready or Not. Weving gives a shift of stars as a Put-up hero that is easy to support, and the film accumulates in one of the most satisfying final scenes of recent horror movies.
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The cult levels in Opus It is meek compared to the cult of Hårga in Half. This Wicker man-Lystyly Folk Horror Epic is starring Florence Pugh as a afflicted young woman who accompanies her emotionally distant boyfriend to a nine -day summer festival in the rural areas of Sweden. At first, it is a magical trip, but then, the bodies begin to accumulate.
There are some images in Opus that are clearly trying to evoke the shock factor of Halfas puppets made of rotten rat corpses and a dying woman put in a bean bag chair. But no other filmmaker is as twisted as Ari Aster. Half It opens with a murder-suicide and only becomes increasingly disturbing from there. It has a shit slaughter, a pair of bad fungus trips and an extended human corpse like a blood eagle.
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The current trend of social thrillers that led to Opus Initially it was initially initial by Jordan Peele’s debut function Go out. Go out Recontextualizes the sexist suburban horror of Stepford’s wives To address the racial tensions of the United States. Daniel Kaluuya plays a black photographer who visits the predominantly white precious community of his white girlfriend. After a little initial discomfort, it is about Stepford’s whites having a disturbing and hidden motive.
Peele obtained a deserved Oscar for his fiercely original script. Go out It works wonderfully as a conspiracy thriller of nail bites and a moving social comment. He skillfully transmits a timely message about an important social problem without slowing down its perfectly rectified horror story. In other words, it’s all Opus He wants to be (but it is not).
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