Film Review – The Invitation

Director Karyn Kusama made an industry splash with 2000’s “Girlfight,” a spirited indie that found some pop culture traction, establishing the helmer as one to watch. She followed up her initial success with a pair of duds, “Aeon Flux” and “Jennifer’s Body,” biting off more than she could chew with tonally muddled genre pictures. Returning to the essentials of volatile human emotions, Kusama issues “The Invitation,” a dark psychological thriller that takes its time to get going, but once it locks into its big reveals, it transforms into a grimly irresistible chiller. Successfully reestablishing interest in Kusama’s career, “The Invitation” is worth the wait. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com