‘Pariah’: An Important and Untold Story of Identity
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.

Pink film by Yasuyoshi Ogura.
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
The Invitation takes a creeping look at two simple premises: reuniting with forgotten friends and new-age spiritualism. Though one seems a bit scarier than the other, the film heightens social awkwardness to a macabre level that puts an uncomfortable look on when the social taboo of grief is put on public display.
The problem isn’t that it’s bad. It's good. But it fails to stand out from a crowd of similar films.
The repeated actions, the blood on the petals, the rustling under the floor…An ambient short horror film takes us into another realm.