The Invitation (2015)

	Directed by: Karyn Kusama	COUNTRY USA GENRE Thriller/Horror NORWEGIAN TITLE The Invitation RUNNING TIME 100 minutes
	Produced by: Phil Hay Matt Manfredi Martha Griffin Nick Spicer
	Written by: Phil Hay Matt Manfredi

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Will	Logan Marshall-Green
Eden	Tammy Blanchard
David	Michiel Huisman
Kira	Emayatzy Corinealdi
Sadie	Lindsay Burdge	½
Ben	Jay Larson
Gina	Michelle Krusiec
Miguel	Jordi Vilasuso
Tommy	Mike Doyle
Pruitt	John Carroll Lynch	½

Review

This dark, disturbed and philosophical horror-thriller offers enough spite and tension to keep you pinned from start to finish. Director Karyn Kusama uses her characters like pieces in a chess game, and you never quite know who are pawns and who's the queen, or who are black and who are white, for that matter. Yes, it may be speculative and gloomy, but The Invitation makes sense on a higher level than the usual horror-genre one. In a fine ensemble cast, John Carroll Lynch stands out.