The Invitation

The Invitation is a 2022 horror film about a young American woman who is courted by an English aristocrat but realises a conspiracy is afoot.

In the US, The Invitation will be released theatrically by Screen Gems/Sony Pictures on August 26, 2022. But I hope people are open-minded when they come in because we’ve put a modern twist on those characters.” There are new stories we want to see and want to know about, and we use that as a jumping-off point. That’s not to say there isn’t a well-staged scene or two in The Invitation, but when the best scene in a vampire romance is a sequence where the lead gets a clumsy manicure, it suggests deficits in the horror department.” 2 stars, “The Invitation struggles to ascertain what type of horror movie it wants to be. The pivot from the Get Out setup to the Ready of Not revenge tour is much too long in coming, with a payoff that just isn’t worth the wait.” 2 out of 5, The manor house used is beautiful and would have secrets within its history. “It’s not that The Invitation spends far too much time on this romantic angle that drains it of any life force, but rather how boring and suspense-free it’s executed. After the death of her mother and having no other known relatives, Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel) takes a DNA test… The movie has issues about race and class that are dangled in front of viewers but never fully developed.” “Thompson creates some gothic flourishes for The Invitation, and she focuses on set and costume design more than performances, trying to generate a visual experience. “It’s a well-crafted gothic romance light on scares that could sufficiently introduce the genre to unfamiliar audiences.