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Invitation to Hell (1984)

Invitation to Hell (1984)
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This minor made-for-TV effort from horror auteur Wes Craven is one of the oddest attempts at seriously blending supernatural horror and science fiction elements, which amounts to a muddled but amusing failure. The convoluted plot involves scientist Robert Urich's experiments with a new spacesuit designed to detect non-human lifeforms for a proposed expedition to Venus. When a sultry succubus (Susan Lucci, who was born for such a role) begins exerting her demonic influence on the members of a country club -- including Urich's wife and children -- he dons the completed suit for a literal journey into hell itself to rescue them. Craven's skill manages to elevate this loopy premise slightly above the level of pure nonsense, but low production values and the constraints of TV censorship prevent it from being adequately explored. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

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Starring:
Susan LucciRobert Urich, (more)
Director(s):
Wes Craven
Format(s):
DVD
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Synopsis of Invitation to Hell

This minor made-for-TV effort from horror auteur Wes Craven is one of the oddest attempts at seriously blending supernatural horror and science fiction elements, which amounts to a muddled but amusing failure. The convoluted plot involves scientist Robert Urich's experiments with a new spacesuit designed to detect non-human lifeforms for a proposed expedition to Venus. When a sultry succubus (Susan Lucci, who was born for such a role) begins exerting her demonic influence on the members of a country club -- including Urich's wife and children -- he dons the completed suit for a literal journey into hell itself to rescue them. Craven's skill manages to elevate this loopy premise slightly above the level of pure nonsense, but low production values and the constraints of TV censorship prevent it from being adequately explored. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
100 mins

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Director(s):
Wes Craven
Writer(s):
Richard Rothstein
Categories:
Horror
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Roger K.

I love Wes Craven's films but this has to rank right down there with "Red Eye" as the worse Craven movies,it was slow moving and terrible acting just down right STUPID,if this was remade to the big screen it could have potential, but until then skip on this crap shoot.

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