Invader (2024 film)

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Invader
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Film poster
Directed by Mickey Keating
Written byMickey Keating
Produced by
Starring
  • Vero Maynez
  • Colin Huerta
Release date
  • August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • Spanish [1]
  • English

Invader is a 2024 American horror-thriller film written and directed by Mickey Keating, starring Vero Maynez and Colin Huerta. Its plot focusses on a woman named Ana who arrives at a bus station to visit her cousin Camila, only to discover something sinister. [1]

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Release

Invader was released in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2024 at FrightFest. [2] It was given a limited release in Canada and the United States on February 21, 2025. [3] [4]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 58% of 12 critics' reviews are positive. [5] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 52 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [6]

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars out of 4, commenting that "Keating knows how to deliver the goods in lean fashion." [7] Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4, calling it "thoroughly unpleasant", criticizing a lack of emotional connection to the protagonist, and saying that "if you're not in the headspace for shrieky, shaky-cam torture, this may not be for you." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Invader review". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  2. https://frightfest.co.uk/LondonFilms2024/invader/
  3. https://geektyrant.com/news/trailer-for-the-acclaimed-home-invasion-thriller-invader
  4. https://www.heavenofhorror.com/reviews/invader-2024-horror-movie/
  5. "Invader". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  6. "Invader". Metacritic . Fandom, Inc. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
  7. "In the bone-chilling 'Invader,' a newcomer finds darkness at the edge of Chicago". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved October 18, 2025.