History Film / ThePerfectHost

[[caption-width-right:260:"Dinner parties are [[IncrediblyLamePun a dying art]]."]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: Not only was John unlucky enough to take refuge in a convenience store that is immediately subjected to a robbery and hide in the house of a guy who turns out to be an utter psycho but [[spoiler:said psycho is also the police lieutenant investigating the robbery John committed!]]

* HealthcareMotivation: John, to pay for an operation for his girlfriend [[spoiler: who was faking the whole thing.]]
* HemoErotic: Warwick, with himself and with others [[spoiler: forcibly, though it's not clear if he ever really wounds and kills his guests.]]
* ShownTheirWork: John tries to get refuge in a Jehovah's Witness woman's home by claiming he's also a Witness. She instantly sees through this though as he uses having a cross to prove this-Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe in them. It's a detail most people don't know about.

* WasItAllALie: John doesn't even need to ask when he realizes [[spoiler: Simone double-crossed him to steal the money.]]
* YouWouldntShootMe: John says this at the end [[spoiler: to Warwick who, despite being AxCrazy, suspiciously doesn't follow through with most of his threats of violence.]]

''The Perfect Host'' is a 2010 dark comedy / thriller independent film starring Creator/DavidHydePierce of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' fame and Clayne Crawford. A career thief, John Taylor (Crawford), needs to evade police for one night after a bank robbery that resulted in a wound to his foot. Turned away by other residents of Los Angeles, he concocts a quick story to get into the house of a man living alone, Warwick Wilson (Pierce). Warwick has his own plans for John though, but first, he's expecting guests.

''The Perfect Host'' is a 2010 dark comedy / thriller independent film starring DavidHydePierce of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' fame and Clayne Crawford. A career thief, John Taylor (Crawford), needs to evade police for one night after a bank robbery that resulted in a wound to his foot. Turned away by other residents of Los Angeles, he concocts a quick story to get into the house of a man living alone, Warwick Wilson (Pierce). Warwick has his own plans for John though, but first, he's expecting guests.

** Warwick snaps an incriminating Polaroid and leaves it with John for no discernible reason, other than perhaps to give John something to blackmail him with later.

* ThirdActStupidity: John passes up an opportunity to leave for a seemingly [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim foolproof opportunity to kill Warwick]].

''The Perfect Host'' is a 2010 dark comedy / thriller independent film starring DavidHydePierce of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' fame and Clayne Crawford. A career thief, John Taylor (Crawford), needs to evade police for one night after a bank robbery that resulted in a wound to his foot. Turned away by other residents of Los Angeles, he concocts a quick story to get into the house of a man living alone, Warwick Wilson (Peirce). Warwick has his own plans for John though, but first, he's expecting guests.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Not only was John unlucky enough to take refuge in a convenience store that is immediately subjected to a robbery and hide in the house of a guy who turns out to be an utter psycho but [[spoiler:said psycho is also the police Lieutenant investigating the robbery John committed!]]

* {{Deconstruction}}: of the [[HostageSituation home invasion]] genre.

* AffablyEvil: Warwick is quite happy about everything he does.

* StrawmanPolitical: Warwick takes inappropriate opportunities to share some extreme conservative views, which are either met with awkward silence or renounced by other characters.

'''''The Perfect Host''''' is a 2010 dark comedy / thriller independent film starring DavidHydePierce of {{Frasier}} fame and Clayne Crawford. A career thief, John Taylor (Crawford), needs to evade police for one night after a bank robbery that resulted in a wound to his foot. Turned away by other residents of Los Angeles, he concocts a quick story to get into the house of a man living alone, Warwick Wilson (Peirce). Warwick has his own plans for John though, but first, he's expecting guests.

* PlayingWithCharacterType: At first, Warwick looks the usual snobbish milquetoast [[{{Frasier}} Niles Crane]]-esque character David Hyde Pierce usually plays. One drugged glass of wine later and he reveals himself to be an AxCrazy maniac.

* YouWouldntShootMe: John says this at the end [[spoiler: to Warwick who, despite being AxCrazy, suspiciously doesn't follow through with most of his threats of violence.]]

As this is a fairly new film with various {{Plot Twist}}s, '''expect spoilers ahead.'''

* PlayingWithCharacterType: At first, John looks the usual snobbish milquetoast [[{{Frasier}} Niles Crane]]-esque character David Hyde Pierce usually plays. One drugged glass of wine later and he reveals himself to be an AxCrazy maniac.

* SlippingAMickey: throughout most of the night.

-> You can't kill me. I'm having a dinner party.
-> Warwick Wilson