The Invitation

The Invitation (2022)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2022-08-24

Country

United States

Production

TSG Entertainment, Mid Atlantic Films, Screen Gems, Latchkey

Genre

Horror, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$38 036 130

Website

https://www.theinvitation.movie

Director

Jessica M. Thompson

Actors

Nathalie Emmanuel, Thomas Doherty, Sean Pertwee, Hugh Skinner, Carol Ann Crawford, Alana Boden, Stephanie Corneliussen, Tian Chaudhry, Courtney Taylor, Scott Alexander Young
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Scenario

Blair Butler

Producer

Emile Gladstone, Michael P. Flannigan, Jessica M. Thompson

Operator

Autumn Eakin

Composer

Dara Taylor

Artist

Audition

Suzanne Smith

Editing

Tom Elkins
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• The key scene in which Evie, played by Nathalie Emmanuel, meets Oliver (played by Hugh Skinner) was filmed in a restaurant opened by Franco-British artist and designer Henri Cheban. The restaurant is located in the Prisi Udvar hotel in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
• Thomas Doherty replaced Garrett Hedlund in the role of de Villers.
• According to director and producer Jessica Thompson, there were two potential endings to the film: one filmed, and one that wasn't. In the unfilmed ending, Evie would have retained vampire traits after killing de Villers and would have gone in search of other vampires; in the filmed finale, de Villers remained alive and returned to Romania by sea. Thompson was not enthusiastic about this ending, believing it diminished Evie's triumph and also allowed for the possibility of sequels. The audience at preview screenings also did not like this ending. Several weeks before the film's release, the ending was reshot according to Thompson’s original vision, but a replacement for Hugh Skinner, who was busy, had to be found for the additional filming. Another scene with Courtney Taylor’s character was also filmed, as she was a favorite among viewers at the previews.
• According to director and producer Jessica Thompson, there were two possible endings to the film: one filmed, and one that wasn’t. In the unfilmed ending, Evie would have retained vampire traits after killing de Ville and would have gone in search of other vampires; in the filmed finale, de Ville survived and returned to Romania by sea. Thompson wasn't enthusiastic about this ending, believing it diminished Evie's triumph and also allowed for the possibility of sequels. The audience at preview screenings also disliked this finale. A few weeks before the film’s release, the ending was reshot according to Thompson's original vision, but a replacement had to be found for Hugh Skinner, who was unavailable, for the additional filming. Another scene with Courtney Taylor’s character was also filmed, as she was a favorite of the audience at the previews.