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In this taut psychological thriller by Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), the tension is palpable when Will (Logan Marshall-Green, Prometheus) shows up to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife Eden (Tammy Blanchard, Into the Woods) and new husband David (Michiel Huisman, “Game of Thrones”). The estranged divorcees’ tragic past haunts an equally eerie present; amid Eden’s suspicious behavior and her mysterious house guests, Will becomes convinced that his invitation was extended with a hidden agenda. Unfolding over one dark evening in the Hollywood Hills, The Invitation blurs layers of mounting paranoia, mystery, and horror until both Will—and the audience—are unsure what threats are real or imagined.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY
Karyn Kusama wrote and directed her first feature film, Girlfight, in 1999. The film won the Director’s Prize and shared the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Girlfight was theatrically released by Sony Screen Gems. In 2004, Karyn directed the science fiction love story Aeon Flux for Paramount Pictures. The film starred Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, and Frances McDormand. Her third feature was the comedy-horror film Jennifer’s Body, written by Diablo Cody, and released by Twentieth Century Fox. She recently premiered her latest feature, entitled The Invitation, at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival in Austin. A psychological suspense film, “The Invitation” stars Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, and Michiel Huisman. The Invitation will be released in early 2016 by Drafthouse Films.She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Phil Hay, and their young son Michio.
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