#TheInvitation, on #Netflix, is a bit of a different take on a genre.

Unfortunately the third act thoroughly betrays the promise of the setup and devolves into pure foolishness and a tone that ends up entirely divorced from the first two thirds of the movie.

This could have been really something fresh and meaningful—a commentary on class, power, patriarchy, and more—instead, it's a sloppy mess only worth watching as mindless entertainment.

This is next.
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I started watching #TheInvitation a new #Vampire movie on #Netflix. But I’m fading fast. I’ll have to finish the last half tomorrow on the #TreadmillTv.

Okay, who in #BlackMastodon saw #TheInvitation I wanna talk

I enjoyed #TheInvitation.

It was creepy, engaging, a lil sexy; and, I enjoyed seeing a Black female protagonist in a supernatural horror movie (which is pretty rare.)

Also if you're a #Dracula nerd there's tons of Easter Eggs, had me #infodumping on my fiancé lmao.

IMO #TheInvitation offers a good faith attempt at #representation. I think the relationship between the Black protagonist and her Black best friend was authentic; *but* I do have colorism concerns.

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While searching for what I referred to as "nevertheless, she persisted" horror films, I found The Invitation (2022).

A great horror/thriller film, with some decent "final girl" energy - at least towards the end. It wasn't quite up to par with similar films like Ready or Not (2019), but I still very much enjoyed it.

That being said, having The Shredder from TMNT officiate the weeding did kind of seem like a stretch too far. 😝

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My review of The Invitation from 2022. Written by Blair Butler and Jessica M. Thompson. For more Scream Stream, checkout screampod.com
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My review of The Invitation from 2022. Written by Blair Butler and Jessica M. Thompson. For more Scream Stream, checkout screampod.com
#horror #theinvitation #horrormovie #moviereview

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#TheInvitation (2022) on #letterboxd: https://boxd.it/vkfc