PREVIEW: The Invitation (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Nathalie Emmanuel (Fast & Furious 9), Hugh Skinner (Hampstead), Thomas Doherty (Free Dance), Stephanie Corneliussen (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters), Alana Boden (Feedback), Elizabeth Counsell (Song for Marion), Courtney Taylor (Why She Cries), Jeremy Wheeler (The Childhood of a Leader), Scott Alexander Young (Curtiz), Carol Ann Crawford (Another Time, Another Place), Virág Bárány (Colette)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jessica M. Thompson (The Light of the Moon), director, writer; Blair Butler (Hell Fest), writer; Emile Gladstone (The Curse of La Llorona), producer; Dara Taylor (The Tender Bar), composer; Autumn Eakin (Someone Great), cinematographer; Tom Elkins (Annabelle), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Evie (Emmanuel) takes a DNA test after her mother’s death, and is shocked to discover that she has a long-lost cousin, the wealthy English aristocrat Oliver (Skinner). Eager to get to know her newfound family, Evie travels with him to a lavish family wedding in the English countryside, only to find that there are some unsettling secrets being hidden, which barely mask their true intentions with her…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This shocking and surprising horror takes a dark look at disturbing family behaviour, which is unfolded by Game of Thrones and Fast & Furious alumni Nathalie Emmanuel.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 26TH AUGUST 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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