A bright-eyed American is seduced by a creepy English aristocrat in this Gothic horro thriller with a few surprises up its sleeve.

The Invitation was sold to audiences as a vampire action movie about rich, aristocratic bloodsuckers, but it’s more of a dull flirty romance that waits far too long to get to the Ready or Not-style throwdown, and its echoes of Jordan Peele’s Get Out do it no favors. In theaters Aug. 26.

Director Jessica M. Thompson’s lackluster suspenser "The Invitation" comes off as a half-baked mix of updated Charlotte Brontë and ’60s Hammer Films.

There's not much to "the Last Film of the Summer," Screen Gems' "The Invitation" -- no wit, few frights and not much in the way of thrills, either. But then, you got that much out of the trailer, didn't you? It's about a beautiful young New York ceramics artist named Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel of "Game…

The Invitation, now playing in theaters nationwide, draws from Bram Stoker’s Dracula for its modern gothic reimagining. More specifically, it spins a

If you'd rather be titillated than terrified, RSVP yes to The Invitation

You’re probably going to want to RSVP no to The Invitation.

The Invitation lacks bite.

Gothic horror 'The Invitation' aims high, but the Dracula reinvention lacks bite.

Tedious vampire flick should have stayed in the grave