: Director Duncan Birmingham describes this as a "polite home invasion," where the threat is invited in and stays because the hosts are too bound by societal normalcies to eject them.
Directed by Duncan Birmingham, is a 2022 psychological horror-comedy that explores the dangers of social desperation and "polite horror". The film follows a couple, Adam and Margo, whose housewarming party in the Hollywood Hills turns into a nightmare when a mysterious pair of strangers refuse to leave. Plot and Core Conflict Who Invited Them
: The strangers use passive-aggressive techniques to highlight cracks in Adam and Margo's marriage, slowly turning the hosts into prisoners in their own home. Major Themes : Director Duncan Birmingham describes this as a