A mysterious and charismatic young man
ingratiates himself into the family of the dead
soldier he claims to have served with.
to the Stepfather series, and deliver
one of the best pieces of genre cinema to emerge from the US in the
past two decades. A touch of black,
but organic, humour makes it stand
on its own, like Hitchcock directing a script by John Hughes, Uncle
Buck by way of Uncle Charlie.
David (Stevens) arrives at the
New Mexico home of the middle
class Peterson family. At first he
ingratiates himself with the family
matriarch, Laura (Kelley), claiming he served in Afghanistan with
her killed in action son. She invites
him to stay a few days, to the initial chagrin of the rest of the family. Her husband Spencer (Orser)
doesn’t like the idea, worried
their guest may suffer from PTSD,
Watch the trailer for “The Guest”
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