Will and Eden were once a loving couple, then they separated after a tragedy took their son. Two years later, Eden returns with a new husband and invites Will to a dinner party, which quickly becomes an unsettling affair that reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.

The cleanly chic interiors of a Hollywood home give little away in Karyn Kusama’s murkily mysterious thriller. Goose-pimply with paranoia, The Invitation leans in close to glean cultish intent from a host’s overattentiveness, and catch whispers of suspicion in coincidence.