The 2024 film Blink Twice is sparking online comparisons to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island.
The psychological thriller follows Frida, a cocktail waitress invited to a billionaire’s private island. What starts as luxury turns sinister, with guests experiencing blackouts, bruises, and fragmented memories. They discover they are being drugged, assaulted, and filmed.
A key plot device is a perfume made from flowers that erase memory, allowing the men on the island to act without consequences. Later, the memory is restored using snake venom, driving the film’s violent climax.
Viewers immediately noted similarities to Epstein’s island in the US Virgin Islands. The conversation intensified after emails surfaced referencing “trumpet plants” in Epstein’s nursery, which contain scopolamine, a drug that can cause confusion and severe memory loss.
In the film, the memory-erasing flowers mirror these real-life trumpet plants. Social media users drew lines between the billionaire, the isolated island, and the use of mind-altering substances.
Some online reactions include: “Blink Twice = Epstein’s Island” and “The parallels are too spot on. That script must’ve been therapy for the writer.”
The film has also been compared to Peter Nygard’s private estate, sometimes called the “Canadian Epstein,” reinforcing the idea that these stories reflect broader fears about elite impunity.
Whether intentional or coincidental, Blink Twice highlights how fiction about powerful men and private islands can feel uncomfortably close to real events.
