The latest horror flick from Jennifer’s Body director Karyn Kusama invites viewers to a dinner party where the main course is a hefty serving of terror. In The Invitation, a man is suspicious when his newly Stepford-esque ex-wife resurfaces years after a tragedy to throw a lavish dinner party with her new husband—and he becomes even more wary when their brand of hospitality turns out to include locked doors and possible cult activity. See if you can make it to dessert when the film makes its area premiere at the Brattle Theatre on April 8-14. / Gracie Dietshe 

The Invitation opens April 8 at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge (617-876-6837) brattlefilm.org