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The Invitation (2015)

Director:
Karyn Kusama
COUNTRY
USA
GENRE
Thriller/Horror
NORWEGIAN TITLE
The Invitation
RUNNING TIME
100 minutes
Producer:
Phil Hay
Matt Manfredi
Martha Griffin
Nick Spicer
Screenwriter:
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.

Copyright © 21.05.2019 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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