About Vampire love Story. 🧛‍♀️ Great Acting 🎭 I was Saddened that Evie wasn’t more excited to become External.

A good amount of cheesy 70s - like horror tropes in combination with modern horror movie direction is a nice idea but there is a reason it died out back then … If you can watch it for free it’s a nice waste of time but don’t make it a waste of money too.

I came into this movie not with high expectations, just because if you go in with to of a high expectation it'll just bother you more when it doesn't live up to it (I'm looking at you Avatar). But I found myself enjoying the movie, not knowing how our protagonist was going to take the big reveal of her new love interest being a Vampire. Which the trailer to this movie ruins, but if you didn't see the trailer it was a nice reveal a good 40 or 50 minutes in. Where they spent a good chunk of time of our protagonist falling for this guy, not like in love but definitely some sparks. An they also incorporated some Dracula (1992) moments, like the claws appearing through the bed's canopy. Nice touch. I really enjoyed many of the Horror elements they had. Another particular scene was when one maid stood still out of fear in a wine cellar, because of a vampire behind her, and the vampire moves so quickly that the maid just disappears in between the flickering light. It was wonderful. But sadly the movie wasn't like that the whole time. So the big issue with this movie is the ending. Modern horror movies don't like leaving their movies ambiguous, or at least the bad ones don't. The original Chainsaw Massacre ends with our final girl barely escaping the clutches of Leatherface, as he wildly swings his chainsaw in frustration. This movie really needed a scene like that, because if you don't end your movie like that, then there's only two options: Death of the Final Girl or Death of the Villain. An this movie went with the latter. So the whole movie they set up this marriage that Dracula needs. An yes it was that Dracula, which I didn't have a huge problem with, I mean it was a little corny, but it was the least of all the problems. So Dracs needs this marriage, to a third wife, in order to truly become the Prince of Darkness or whatever. And our heroine is put into a predicament, where she's forced to say yes because she can't escape. I mean, she did escape, but was immediately found my Dracula's cronies in the nearest town. Which could have been dealt with in a entirely different manner, like having the all the townsfolk be proven to be loyal to Dracula, but instead it just looks like this one house that answered the door just happen to be Dracula's gardeners. But anyways, she's forced into the marriage with Dracula, where she now must drink his blood and he'll drink her blood. But the only issue is during the ceremony, she drinks to much of his blood which makes him woozy and he almost faints. Which is rich, because in every vampire movie I've seen, that has never happened. Just silly, silly writing. But Dracula becomes woozy, and during that moment, our heroine leaps into action, frees a maid (who was original going to be eaten by the newlyweds, like shoving cake into each others face), and sets fire to the building. All during this time, the humans in attendance, Dracula's loyalist, flee the 'church', and our heroine follows suit, with the traumatized/wounded maid in tow. Now here comes a major issue because of poor writing. The following scene, our heroine and maid are fleeing from the first wife of Dracula, but we've already established that vampires move very quickly. The flickering light scene that I mentioned earlier, weren't flickering like....flick......................................................................................................................................................................flick. But like flick, flick, and boom the maid was just ripped away. So vampires move quick. But our heroine is running away with the maid in tow, and Dracula's first wife pursues her in the same speed that the wounded human is moving.....why? Then the heroine and the first wife get into a fight, just as they enter into the foyer of the castle. But the fight is almost immediately interrupted by Dracula's second wife, who they haven't established as this sympathetic character, she's just a little nicer to our heroine. In fact, there's a scene where they kill a maid, and wife 2 smiles gleefully as they scoop blood into her wine glass. So she's not a good person. Anyways the fight goes exactly as bad movies do, wife number two kills the first wife of Dracula along with herself, by impaling each other on a statue's spear. Just so stupid. And almost immediately, Dracula, having finally recovered from his blood loss by eating a cookie and having some Kool-Aid, begins to fight our Heroine. Which you may be thinking that Dracula should be super strong, and that he'll just lock her in the basement in a flash or snap her neck. Nope, in fact he's defeated 'Super easy, barely an inconvenience.' An with that, she's turned back into a human, and lives happily every after......Psych. The movie ends with her and a friend, that they introduced at the beginning of the movie, hunting down one of Dracula's cronies in London walking toward his shop with a metal baseball bat. Because I guess killing someone isn't illegal if you can prove that they serve a evil/dark being. Also, she should have killed him when she had powers, because there's no guaranteed she's going to win.....just saying. But yeah, rating wise.....4 out of 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐, it started off with potential, but boy did it flame out quick. Watch it if you have Hulu, so you can see how a ending can ruin a decent/alright story. But outside of that, it's a definite miss if you can help it.

I have enjoyed seeing Nathalie Emmanuel in other movies and so I decided to check this one out for her. Evie Alexander is a lonely, hardworking girl with very few people in her life that she can talk to until she obtains information that she has a distant relation that invites her to a family gathering in England in an old but elegant mansion with servants and fine dining. It all seems too good to be true until she spends several spooky nights that reveal a terrible secret that leads to an epic encounter. This wasn’t half bad as a thriller for the first hour or so but the last several minutes ended as a disappointing horror film. I’ve seen worse but then again, I have seen better. Nathalie Emmanuel is lovely and capable actress with others in this cast as good, but others weren’t good enough to save this.

Terrible. First off, this movie was definitely made for a “modern audience,” and by that I mean that the plot will unfold is strange ways to ensure that the autonomy and integrity of the female lead never comes into question. When offered a *long life*, wealth, status etc… at the cost of hurting a few people, she doesn’t even consider it for a second. I think most people would think twice about it, but she doesn’t, because god forbid she have any flaws. This is suppose to be a horror movie, but at no point did I feel like she was in any genuine danger, which strips the movie of any genuine tension or suspense. Then at the end the girl boss takes on her final form, pun intended, and people basically just sit still as her enemies allow themselves to be defeated. The premise was actually interesting, but the writers just played it so predictably and safe. A female character with no flaws who can’t be harmed as a lead character in a horror movie just feels like an obvious dead end idea. It’s not scary or horror, it’s just a love story gone wrong with blood and gore. And the worst part is, the main villain, if he really wanted her affection, could have tried being less of a complete entitled douche. If your life depends on this girl loving you, maybe try a little harder. There’s a point where he tries and she does start to like him, then he does a complete 180’ and is like “now that you have started to like me a little, let me drop all of this baggage on you”. If he had moved a little slower or tried to be a little more likeable or relatable she could have said yes. But no, he can’t do that, because how else can you have her defeat him… I’ll spare you any spoilers, but this film sucked.

Great movie. I enjoyed it.

Before you call me crazy, remember: the world has opinions to give and sell, so it's not just yours that's worth paying for. Well, be it a dark atmosphere so well created and elaborated under magnificently dark scenarios, a tension so delicate and so well done that it makes your spine shiver, or a beautiful, well-acted and complete cast. All of this complements the beautiful and haunting story of The Invitation, a dark romance that borders on wonderful in my humble and poor opinion. I love this movie!

It's a dumb fun pretty vampire movie. What more could you want?

I actually loved this one a lot. Not just because Nathalie Emmanuel was starring in it, but the twist was surprising. Not sure what some people expect these days.

Movie is incredibly predictable and tried to implement waaaaaay too many idea which none seem to land. Terrible, waste of time!

I absolutely loved this film… up until the last 20 minutes. WTF was that? Sure it was predictable but it was still a fun watch… I’m sitting there waiting to see how she’ll escape/win (because of course she will) but ??? It was so lacklustre and felt like they didn’t know how they wanted to end it so they just went with whatever option they thought of first. What a bummer! Also the whole manor going up in flames from a couple candles falling over in a (seemingly) concrete dungeon(?)… so funny. Was the whole house just suddenly covered in gasoline? Such a shame as I really did enjoy most of the film, and the acting was fantastic, but the ending just didn’t deliver.

First half was very promising and really good, but at the end it started to fall off and looked cheap. It just seemed like the director gave up. Also very cliche and could predict what could happen.

At the start you are like ok this has potential, 30 mins in one scene gave it bram stoker vibes. Then, without warning it turns into utter trash. Just don't bother watching it you'll finish feeling you've wasted an hour and a half you will never get back

The video quality and camera specifics are great. The storyline up until the final 15 minutes is well managed. However the ending is horrible. There are certain aspects of the main characters personality that are incredibly unappealing. Makes it hard to understand why the story ended like it did. Disappointing.

Everything was good, up until the ending. The lead up, the acting, the plot, the suspence was great, but they fell short just after she turned into a vampire. It was a let down on how Dracula couldn't even protect himself, and how the two brides turned against each other, it just didn't make any sense. Suddenly at the end of the movie she's become a human hunter to eliminate all the members of the cult involved. Where did she get the skill? Did they run out of budget to give it ending it deserved? Just very disappointing :(

It tried to be classic horror but fell short and collapsed.

Could have been better

The movie was pretty predictable and sometimes boring, the main character is dumb and I think that the concept was good but the execution was bad. There were only a few scenes where I could really feel the tension and the anxiety growing, apart from that the movie is not worth watching.

worth a watch if you're into vampire diaries and similar type stuff. the ending was definitely rushed and i wish it ended differently but overall it was well done. i enjoyed it, kind of like a guilty pleasure sorta thing; the same way you would like twilight for being corny, but in a good way.

The cinematography, set design, and acting are fine; the plot and pacing are typical of a traditional vampyre film - routine and boring. Ending is a bit different, but so was New Coke.