The Invitation (I) (2015)
6/10
Paranoia or Sixth Sense?
30 August 2016
Warning: Spoilers
In Los Angeles, Will (Logan Marshall-Green) is driving to a dinner party with his girlfriend Kira (Emayatzy Corinealdi) invited by his ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard) and her new husband David (Michiel Huisman). Will and Eden were in love with each other but when their beloved son Ty (Aiden Lovekamp) died, Eden vanished. Now she has returned apparently healed with David from Mexico where they participated in a mysterious cult. Eden invites her old friends Gina (Michelle Krusiec), who is waiting for her always late boyfriend Choi (Karl Yune); the gays Tommy (Mike Doyle) and Miguel (Jordi Vilasuso); the couple Ben (Jay Larson) and Claire (Marieh Delfino) for the dinner party. David also invites to the party the promiscuous Sadie (Lindsay Burdge) and the weird Pruitt (John Carroll Lynch) that they have met in the cult. Soon Will notes that the house now have security bars in the windows and David has closed all the exit doors. Further, David is trying to brainwash the guests with messages from his cult. He also finds a strong pill in the bedside table and he suspects David and Eden want to poison the guests. When he finds a message from Choi in his cellular, Will also believes they have killed Gina's boyfriend. Is Will paranoid or having a premonition?

"The Invitation" is a low-paced thriller, with a confused beginning and boring in some moments. The mystery is kept to the end and the surprising conclusion is great. My vote is six.

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