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Not to be confused with the [[Film/TheInvitation2022 2022 horror film]] also titled ''The Invitation''.

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Not to be confused with the [[Film/TheInvitation2022 2022 horror film]] or the [[Webcomic/TheInvitation highly NSFW webcomic]] also titled ''The Invitation''.
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* BigFancyHouse: Will's former home, now shared by his ex-wife, her new boyfriend, and a strange girl they met in New Mexico.

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* BigFancyHouse: Will's former home, now shared by his ex-wife, her new boyfriend, and a strange girl they met in New Mexico.
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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Eden delivers one to Ben when he calls The Invitation "bullshit."

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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Miguel dies. Averted with his boyfriend Tommy, who is one of the last three survivors]].

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* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler: Miguel [[spoiler:Miguel dies. Averted with his boyfriend Tommy, who is one of the last three survivors]].survivors.]]



* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Dr. Joseph, the leader of The Invitation. He is responsible for the bloody events of the dinner party and numerous others around the area, but only appears in prerecorded videos]].

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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Dr. Joseph, the leader of The Invitation. He is responsible for the bloody events of the dinner party and numerous others around the area, but only appears in prerecorded videos]].videos.]]
* GriefInducedSplit: Eden and Will split after their son Ty's accidental death.



* OnceIsNotEnough: Inverted. [[spoiler: Pruitt strikes and shoves away Kira, then completely ignores her to focus on strangling Will, apparently believing her to have gone down from one good hit. She recovers quickly and comes back to beat him off Will with a wine bottle, and when it's clear that her first strike hasn't killed him, she pours on the blows until he's dead.]]

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* OnceIsNotEnough: Inverted. [[spoiler: Pruitt [[spoiler:Pruitt strikes and shoves away Kira, then completely ignores her to focus on strangling Will, apparently believing her to have gone down from one good hit. She recovers quickly and comes back to beat him off Will with a wine bottle, and when it's clear that her first strike hasn't killed him, she pours on the blows until he's dead.]]



* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Will's suspicions of the party wind up true]].

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* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler:Will's suspicions of the party wind up true]].true.]]
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* HorrorHippies: Eden and David are millionaires of the BourgeoisBohemian sort, while Pruitt and Sadie are lower-income and grungier, but all are firm believers in the hippie-ish mentality of the Invitation, which is compared to the Mansons. [[spoiler:And are willing to kill to see it come true.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: The red lantern hanging outside Eden's home. [[spoiler:It's a sign that somebody is in the cult and it comes back after Kira and Will escape the house at the end.]]
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Eden, as her motivation was primarily [[spoiler: to be TogetherInDeath with her son. Will may have been waiting to die ever since the kid's death, but Eden outright planned to ''make herself die'' -- and to take those around her with her]].
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: How many more people believe in the Invitation and have been indoctrinated into it? [[spoiler;A lot of people in the Los Angeles area, judging by the ending.]]

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* AscendedFridgeHorror: How many more people believe in the Invitation and have been indoctrinated into it? [[spoiler;A [[spoiler:A lot of people in the Los Angeles area, judging by the ending.]]
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* AscendedFridgeHorror: How many more people believe in the Invitation and have been indoctrinated into it? [[spoiler;A lot of people in the Los Angeles area, judging by the ending.]]


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* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:Will and Kira escape, having apparently survived the massacre and freed themselves from the Invitation...only to see that there are many more believers around Los Angeles, specifically in Eden's upscale neighborhood.]]
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Not to be confused with the [[Film/TheInvitation2022 2022 horror film]] also titled ''The Invitation''.
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* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The entire film, minus the flashbacks, takes place over about four hours. The last thirty minutes are so are in RealTime.

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* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: The entire film, minus the flashbacks, takes place over about four hours. The last thirty minutes are or so are in RealTime.
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* DepravedBisexual: Sadie, Eden and David's friend from New Mexico, kisses both male and female guests, making brittle-sounding pronouncements of love. [[spoiler:She sexually propositions Will, using the offer of hitting her as enticement. She becomes [[VillaineousBreakdown unhinged]] in the climax, attacking Will and Tommy and killing Gina]].

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* DepravedBisexual: Sadie, Eden and David's friend from New Mexico, kisses both male kissing Gina, [[spoiler: and female guests, making brittle-sounding pronouncements of love. [[spoiler:She later sexually propositions propositioning Will, using the offer of hitting her as enticement. She becomes [[VillaineousBreakdown unhinged]] in the climax, attacking Will and Tommy and killing Gina]].Tommy]].
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* KnifeNut: [[spoiler: Sadie injures Tommy and kills Gina with a dinner knife]].
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* AdultFear: Losing your child in an accident, and [[spoiler:your spouse attempting suicide]].
** Having to watch helplessly while your partner/spouse is murdered right in front of you, as [[spoiler:Tommy and Choi]] do.
** For a lot of people, [[spoiler:watching your friends die and not being able to save most of them]] would qualify.

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* MeaningfulName: It's probably not a coincidence that Sadie shares her name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Atkins Susan "Sexy Sadie" Atkins]], one of Charles Manson's most devoted (and homicidal) followers.

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It's probably not a coincidence that Sadie shares her name with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Atkins Susan "Sexy Sadie" Atkins]], one of Charles Manson's most devoted (and homicidal) followers.followers.
** Although [[spoiler: the Manson Family]] is often alluded to in this film, it's possible that David's first name is a reference to [[spoiler: another cult leader, David Koresh.]]

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