The Home vs The Invitation

The Home has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.4/10 for The Invitation). The Home is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 40m. The Invitation is the older of the two (2016 against 2025). Both are horror, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Home posterThe Home2025 VS The Invitation posterThe Invitation2016
The HomeThe Invitation
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 6.4/10
Year20252016
Length1h 27m1h 40m
GenresHorror, ThrillerHorror, Thriller
Country–United States of America
DirectorMattias J. SkoglundKaryn Kusama
Main castBengt C.W. Carlsson, Anki Lidén, Philip Oros, Gizem Erdogan, Lottie EjebrantMichiel Huisman, John Carroll Lynch, Karl Yune, Toby Huss, Logan Marshall-Green

Synopsis

The Home

Many years after leaving the small town behind, Joel returns to move his mother Monika, a home for the elderly struggling with dementia. However, Monika’s health takes a turn for the worse soon after her arrival. She experiences terrifying visions of her late husband, Joel’s abusive father, and begins exhibiting violent behavior. Joel begins to believe that something malevolent and supernatural has taken control of his mother. But with his own…

The Invitation

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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