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IMDb rating 6.7
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Critic rating 7.1

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Critic Sheila O'Malley
rated 8

The moodis both legitimately terrifying and hilarious.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic David Hughes
rated 8

...slowly becomes clear that this strangeness, coupled with his azure eyes and model looks, is precisely what gives David his charisma.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Anna Smith
rated 6

...throwback to 80s horror-thrillers that's muddled in parts but never less than entertaining: think a trashier version of last year's Stoker.

Read full review at The Guardian
Lollo Hernander
rated 7

Thrilling from the start. Stevens is great! The end could be better

1 year ago
Critic Mads Rosenkrantz Grage
rated 5

...filmen er (...) bedst, når den tillader sig at tage sin posttraumatisk stressramte fremmede alvorligt, og når skuespillet er underspillet, nærmest socialrealistisk. En slags Bourne in The Heartland.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Critic Nadia Parbo
rated 8

The Guest er en genrefilm, der ikke lader sig definere af genre, men den er også meget mere.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Jannie Formby
rated 8

🤌 den var meget god

11 months ago
Critic Jeppe Mørch
rated 7

The Guest foreslår med stor troværdighed, at det farlige kan være lige så myrekrybfremkaldende, hvis det stirrer dig i øjnene, som hvis det gemmer sig i mørket.

Read full review at Filmmagasinet Ekko

Cast & Crew

Adam Wingard
Director
Ethan Embry
As Higgins
Chris Ellis
As Hendricks
Leland Orser
As Mr. Peterson
AJ Bowen
As Austin
Sheila Kelley
As Mrs. Peterson

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The Guest is a 2014 American action thriller mystery film directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett. The movie follows the story of a soldier named David Collins (played by Dan Stevens) who introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After being welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence. The movie starts with the Peterson family, Spencer and Laura, and their children Luke and Anna, struggling to cope with the loss of their eldest son Caleb in the war in Afghanistan. One day, David Collins, a former U.S. Army sergeant, appears at their doorstep, claiming to be Caleb's best friend. He tells the family that he wanted to visit them as a way to help Caleb take care of them. The family, still grieving and vulnerable, welcomes David into their home. However, things start to take a dark turn when David begins to take matters into his own hands. He beats up Luke's bullies at school, and then uses his knowledge of the law and a bribe to convince the bartender not to tell anyone. He also goes to a Halloween party with Anna, where he makes a good impression with her friends and saves her friend Kristen from her violent ex-boyfriend. But, things take a deadly turn when David kills Craig and his friend to buy a gun and then kills Spencer's boss under mysterious circumstances giving Spencer the promotion he always wanted. As Anna starts to investigate David's past, she discovers that he presumably died a week earlier and that he was a test subject in military medical experiment that was "programmed"to kill anyone who might compromise his identity. Meanwhile, David kills Kristen in the chest and blows up restaurant where she and Anna work .He then goes to school to kill Luke but Carver team arrive before him and enters haunted house set up for Halloween dance where David Turns off lights and plays Anna' trapped and frightened, calling out for her brother. The Guest is a movie full of suspense, action, thrill and mystery that keeps you on the edge all the time wondering what would happen next.

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