The Invitation
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
What critics thought
Karyn Kusama's slow-burn dinner-party thriller earned strong notices for its command of dread and its unusually mature engagement with grief — most critics considered it a major return to form for her. The main point of contention was whether the film's patient, measured tension ultimately pays off or merely plateaus, with a handful of reviewers finding it accomplished but contained.
“The Invitation is a startlingly adult thriller that, unlike Eden and her guests, is willing to stare down the weight our lives can bear.”
Samuel Zimmerman·Shock Till You Drop
“The Invitation works so well because it taps into our general distrust of the world around us and how our survival instinct has been muted and ignored in order to maintain the appearance of being polite.”
Drew Tinnin·Dread Central
“some of the most assuredly confident and nuanced work from [Kusama] to date and one of the most devastating horror films I've seen in years.”
Heather Wixson·Daily Dead
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorKaryn Kusama
StarringLogan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman, John Carroll Lynch
ComposerTheodore Shapiro
The Invitation
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
What critics thought
Karyn Kusama's slow-burn dinner-party thriller earned strong notices for its command of dread and its unusually mature engagement with grief — most critics considered it a major return to form for her. The main point of contention was whether the film's patient, measured tension ultimately pays off or merely plateaus, with a handful of reviewers finding it accomplished but contained.
“The Invitation is a startlingly adult thriller that, unlike Eden and her guests, is willing to stare down the weight our lives can bear.”
Samuel Zimmerman·Shock Till You Drop
“The Invitation works so well because it taps into our general distrust of the world around us and how our survival instinct has been muted and ignored in order to maintain the appearance of being polite.”
Drew Tinnin·Dread Central
“some of the most assuredly confident and nuanced work from [Kusama] to date and one of the most devastating horror films I've seen in years.”
Heather Wixson·Daily Dead
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Cast & Crew
DirectorKaryn Kusama
StarringLogan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman, John Carroll Lynch
ComposerTheodore Shapiro