

The Invitation
There is nothing to be afraid of.
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.
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6.4/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1M
- Box office
- $354.8K
- Language
- English
- suicide
- husband wife relationship
- paranoia
- lantern
- suspicion
- cult
- deception
- conspiracy
- psychological thriller
- stabbing
- woman director
- reunited friends
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival13 Mar 2015
- PremiereFantastic Fest29 Sept 2015
- TheatricalNR8 Apr 2016
- Digital / OTTNR8 Apr 2016
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMA 15+Sydney Film Festival6 Jun 2015
- PremiereMA 15+Melbourne International Film Festival7 Aug 2015
GermanyDE
- Physical1615 Apr 2016
ItalyIT
- Theatrical (limited)Circuito cinema UCI14 May 2016
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG8 Jul 2016
SwitzerlandCH
- Digital / OTT163 Jul 2015
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The Invitation was released on 8 April 2016.
Audience reviews
5- T9/10
teix
7/24/2016
This film was a very nice surprise for me. I didn't know much about the plot, which helped. Right from the start you are increasingly presented with atmospheric stimuli that help to increase the overall tension for the story. The photography and the sounds and the acting might seem off putting for some, but for me it all worked well together. You start to **get** what is going on and to **think** you know what is …
- R6/10
Reno
10/24/2016
**Think carefully before attending your ex's party invite!** My first impression was, not another 'The Perfect Host'. And it is not, but the same category. This is a comeback film for the director after the average 'Jennifer's Body' that released half a decade ago. Some people liked it, but for me it was an average film, because I've seen the better one. Still, I appreciate the effort, like handling the narration.…
- T8/10
The Movie Diorama
1/16/2020
The Invitation incites audiences to attend the most anxiety-inducing dinner party ever. Grief. The melancholic turmoil of loss. A catalyst for unwanted prominent personality alterations that change the very fabric of who we are. Each individual experiences sorrow and subsists through a variety of different methods. Some forgive and forget. Others harness the inability to progress, experiencing a stumbling block of an…
- R7/10
Repo Jack
10/22/2020
It's weird enough when your ex invites you to a dinner party with friends and her new significant other, but "The Invitation" piles on more uncomfortable / weird circumstances until it really goes off the rails (in a good way).
- B7/10
beyondthecineramadome
6/20/2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/worst-dinner-partynbspever-the-invitation-review<a> It’s a bold choice to decide to set a movie exclusively during a dinner party. In this film, the singular setting adds a well-crafted sense of claustrophobia that radiates from the screen to the audience. Karyn Kusama’s _The Invitation_ is Hitchcockian in the level of dread that bui…
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