The Invitation
You are cordially invited to a nightmare generations in the making.
Country
Production
Budget
$10 000 000
Box office
$38 036 130
Website
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
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Emile Gladstone, Michael P. Flannigan, Jessica M. Thompson
Camera operator
Autumn Eakin
Composer
Dara Taylor
Artist
Felicity Abbott
Audition
Editing
Tom Elkins
Whole Team (24)
Whole Team (24)
Short description
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.
What's left behind the scenes
- 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 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.
- The key scene in which Evie, played by Natalie Emmanuel, meets Oliver (played by Hugh Skinner) was filmed in a restaurant opened by French-British artist and designer Henri Cheban. The restaurant is located in the Prisi Udvar hotel in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
- The role of De Ville was played by Thomas Doherty instead of Garrett Hedlund.
- According to director and producer Jessica Thompson, there were two likely endings for the film: one that was filmed and one that was not. In the unfilmed ending, Evie would have retained her vampire traits after killing de Ville and set off to find other vampires; in the filmed finale, de Ville remained alive and returned to Romania by sea. Thompson was not thrilled with this ending, believing that it diminished Evie's triumph and, moreover, left the door open for sequels. Audiences at preview screenings also disliked this finale. A few weeks before the film's release, an ending was shot according to Thompson's original vision, but a replacement had to be found for Hugh Skinner, who was unavailable for the reshoots. An additional scene was also filmed with Courtney Taylor's character, who had been a favorite among viewers during the previews.
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