Wes Craven's INVITATION TO HELL opens with a bang, when Jessica Jones (Susan Lucci!) seems to defy death, only to send a careless chauffeur to his early reward!
Enter Matt and Pat Winslow (Robert Urich and Joanna Cassidy), who, along with their two kids, move into their new home. The Winslows soon learn of an exclusive club called Steaming Springs, a spa that everyone seems to want to join.
Oh no!
This club is run by the aforementioned Ms. Jones! We learn almost immediately that something bizarre and unsavory is going on there. What have the Winslows gotten themselves into?
ITH is a made-for-TV horror movie concerning satanic shenanigans in suburbia. Urich and Cassidy are really good at being bewildered and overwrought, but this movie belongs to Ms. Lucci! Drawing from her years of soap opera experience, she plays her role like an even-more devilish Erica Kane! Of course, once Ms. Cassidy's character is "transformed", she certainly gives Lucci a run for her money! Made entirely of cheeeze, this film proves that Craven's SUMMER OF FEAR was no fluke! Is it scary? No, but it is extremely entertaining!
EXTRA POINTS FOR: #1- Matt under attack by his demonized family! #2- The way Matt's experimental space suit just happens to come in so handy! #3- The infernal-yet-sappy, freak out finale!
P.S.- Watch for Michael Berryman (THE HILLS HAVE EYES) in a tiny -microscopic- cameo role!...
