Movie Details
| Title: | The Invitation | |
| Director: | Karyn Kusama | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Genre: | Cult | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 11.17.25 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (0)
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 11.17.25 | Internet | This Screening is part of event: DVRfest 2025 A guy grieving the death of his son gets an invitation to a dinner party by his ex and new partner where something doesn't feel right. You spend most the movie wondering which hammer is gonna drop. It seems like the ex is now in a cult but who knows? maybe it's something else? SPOILERS It's a cult. But I guess the twist is that it's a grief-based cult? And they can erase their pain by killing all their friends? Who knows. This was a recent recommendation on the Halloween episode of the Joe Dante / Josh Olsen podcast where Josh and Mick had a lot of good things to say about it. I think I'd skipped it up till now because it seemed like one of those slow low-budget movies Fantastic Fest would program. It may have for all I know. It is a slow burn low-budget movie, but there are several actors I like in it and Karyn Kusama knows how to direct a movie. That is to say it's not a trial to watch and I wasn't checking my phone or anything, but at times it did feel like I was waiting 75 minutes just for the last 20 to start. I will say, the ending is pretty nice. And... I refuse to let the fest end. I'm going to fit in one more later on tonight. |
