The Invitation Dvd

The Invitation is a 2015 American horror film directed by Karyn Kusama and written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. The film stars Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman, and Emayatzy Corinealdi. The Invitation premiered March 13, 2015, at the SXSW film festival,and began a limited release on April 8, 2016, and through video on demand, by Drafthouse Films. Responding to an invitation from his ex-wife, a man brings his girlfriend to a dinner party. There, he relives the trauma of their child’s death and becomes suspicious that his ex-wife has ulterior motives for inviting him.

Plot

Will drives with his girlfriend Kira to the Hollywood Hills home of his ex-wife Eden, who is hosting a dinner party with her new husband David. Will and Eden divorced after the accidental death of their young son Ty. Eden met David at a grief support group, and this would be the first time their friends have seen the couple in over two years. David and Eden’s other dinner guests are Tommy, Tommy’s boyfriend Miguel, and friends Ben, Claire, and Gina. Gina mentions that her boyfriend Choi is running late. Eden introduces Sadie, a girl she and David met while in Mexico who is now staying with them.

Throughout the evening, Will wanders his former home and relives memories, including Eden’s attempted suicide. In the kitchen, Will witnesses Eden slap Ben when he makes a joke about her ideas on expelling pain. Eden and David’s friend Pruitt arrives and Will notices that David locked the front door. Will later goes for firewood and sees Eden hiding a pill bottle through her bedroom window.

David and Eden tell their guests about a group they joined, along with Pruitt and Sadie, called “The Invitation” that works through grief using spiritual philosophy. David shows everyone a video in which group leader Dr. Joseph comforts a dying woman as she takes her last breaths. The group play a game of “I Want” where Eden kisses Ben, and Pruitt confesses to accidentally killing his wife and doing time in prison. David tries to convince an unsettled Claire not to leave, and Will challenges him. Claire leaves, accompanied by Pruitt, whose car is blocking Claire’s. Will watches Pruitt take Claire out of sight to talk to her, and David confronts Will about being too suspicious.

Peering through a cracked door, Will sees Sadie make odd faces into a mirror, when suddenly Sadie makes eye contact with Will. She follows him outside and propositions him by the pool. Will discusses with Tommy about the odd atmosphere in the house, while Tommy assures him it’s natural to feel strange revisiting the house and Will is brave for even showing up. He returns to the party while Will stays outside. Will finally gets a cell phone signal and finds a voice mail from Choi indicating that he was at Eden and David’s doorstep before the other guests. Presuming that David and Eden must have done something to Choi, Will publicly confronts the couple about their strange behaviour and links to the cult. Choi enters unexpectedly, explaining that he was called away by work. Will is embarrassed, but the others assume his residual grief over Ty’s death is causing him to behave irrationally.

Will finds a laptop with information about The Invitation with an ambiguous message from Dr Joseph. David lights a red lantern in the garden and pours drinks for the guests to toast, but Will smashes the glasses, fearing they are poisoned. Sadie attacks Will who inadvertently knocks her unconscious in the scuffle. Gina, who had sipped her drink before Will’s intervention, collapses and dies. David, Pruitt, and a recovered Sadie attack the guests, killing Miguel, Choi, and Ben. Will, Kira, and Tommy flee and hide in the house. Will overhears David telling Eden that what they are doing is the only way they can leave the earth and be freed from their pain. Will retrieves a fireplace poker from Sadie while she lies dying, having been fatally wounded by Tommy.

Pruitt finds and attacks Will and Kira. The couple overpower him, and Kira beats him to death. Eden shoots Will, then shoots herself in the stomach. Tommy attacks David, stabbing him with a knife. Eden apologizes to Will and asks him to take her outside. Kira, Will, and Tommy help carry the dying Eden into the garden, where they hear sirens and see helicopters flying above. Will sees nearby homes with the red lanterns. Will realizes that Los Angeles is erupting in chaos as other cult members throughout the city carry out plans similar to David and Eden’s.

Cast

Logan Marshall-Green as Will
Tammy Blanchard as Eden
Michiel Huisman as David
Emayatzy Corinealdi as Kira
Lindsay Burdge as Sadie
Jay Larson as Ben
Michelle Krusiec as Gina
Jordi Vilasuso as Miguel
Mike Doyle as Tommy
John Carroll Lynch as Pruitt
Karl Yune as Choi
Toby Huss as Dr. Joseph
Marieh Delfino as Claire