The Invitation
The Invitation
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.
Kevin Ward reviewedJuly 6, 2025
I think this film makes a couple missteps that prevent it from truly landing. First, I think that disguising the twist (both in marketing and in the opening of the film) could have gone a long way to making this a really good watch. Second is that this would have really benefitted from an R-rating. Instead we’re kind of left with a low scare, low surprise, middling sort of horror flick. When compared to some of the other great horror films that have come out this year though, The Invitation unfortunately pales in comparison. I was really hoping this would be a nice vehicle for Nathalie Emmanuel to potentially get more leading roles, but that’s probably not going to happen. Not a bad film overall, there’s just a lot better options out there.