Who's Invited?

 

DEATH BY INVITATION-1971-During the overlong credits a woman is accused of consorting with the devil by some insane villagers (some have pasty white faces). A weird looking fat guy sayS she's a witch. The whole crowd starts chanting “Witch, witch”. In the modern day a family (most of them lookalikes for the villagers) has dinner. Peter Vroot (Aaron Phillips), the head of the family, has his toast interrupted by the arrival of Lise (Shelby Lverington, who looks like the accused witch) who talks about giving her number to a cab driver. Peter says he doesn't want his kids with any “way-out people”. Then they all go outside and toss a football around. Later Peter's son Roger (Denver John Collins) visits a woman who turns out to be Lise. She sneers and talks about women-hunters and then kills Roger. When Peter contacts the police about his missing son the dumb cop asks “Was he a hippie?”. A stupid detective thinks Peter was a drug dealer. Then not much happens. 

A weird scene has Peter's son in law Jake (Norman Paige) meeting Peter in his office (it looks like somebody's living room) while loud music plays and they have to keep repeating themselves! Lise decapitates Peter's oldest daughter and makes the youngest fall down a flight of stairs and die. The family group gets smaller at the dinner table. Lise seduces Jake and he discovers her secret. She's the reincarnation of the vengeful witch (or she might just be possessed) and Peter's ancestor was her accuser. For some reason Peter shows up at Lise's and Jake kills him. Lise smiles. The End. 

Most of the actors appeared in a bit roles in other films or on TV. Denver John Collins who plays Roger was Judy Collins' brother (he died in 2016). This weird oddball horror revenge story was written and directed by Ken Friedman who later wrote screenplays for HEART LIKE A WHEEL, WHITE LINE FEVER and CADILLAC MAN.

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