Before I saw Opus I read an article that called it a spiritual sequel to another movie. Even though that wasn’t exactly correct, it was enough to suck most of the mystery out of the film. Also, the other film was better.
One major difference between the two: the plot here requires all of the unknowing participants to act in very specific ways or the whole plan fails. It’s not exactly a brilliant plan if it could get wrecked by someone deciding to hide in a different room.
Tonight’s fake poster is a bit of a rush job, but I think it references the original pretty well. Malkovich’s eyes don’t hold quite the same kind of menace as the originals, though…
