A perfect night in this disturbing black comedy. Inside, Warwick, a consummate host, is making the final preparations for an impeccable dinner party. He insists John stay for the party, but as the evening begins it becomes obvious Warwick may not be what he first appears.
John Taylor is a career criminal. The Perfect Host is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we're willing to go to satisfy our needs. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.
Starring David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford and Nathaniel Parker. For a while, the movie has a cat-and-mouse appeal — it's like Hard Candy crossed with a smaller-scale Deathtrap. Pierce acts with an enjoyably testy flamboyance, but by the time he starts to imagine that his guests have arrived even though dinner's been canceled, the film has given him one loose screw too. If this movie were a person, it would be less 'the perfect host'. and more that individual you know, who only wants to hang out with you, to make sure they have somebody around to The greatest strength of "The Perfect Host," written and directed by Nick Tomnay, is its constantly evolving storyline. The Perfect Host manages to take a rather simple premise and do something inventive and refreshing with it. Tomnay crafts a disturbing dark comedy that also doubles as an intense cat and mouse psychological thriller which will keep you guessing and gripped the whole way through.
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The film stars David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford. The terrific performance in "The Perfect Host" belongs to David Hyde Pierce, Niles from "Frasier," an actor I wasn't even aware was working anymore. A group of friends rent an isolated lake house owned by a fitness obsessed man with mysterious intentions.
Yes, there are flaws; however, overall, A Perfect Host is a complete surprise and a B-Movie blast. THE PERFECT HOST is very well produced and acted. David Hyde Pierce as Warwick is superb. Clayne Crawford as John has enough charisma to make THE PERFECT HOST is almost a perfectly executed little thriller, but there's plenty of strong foul language and some very strong intense violence. "The Perfect Host" starts out tame and simple enough, but when the tables turn it takes a sudden plunge into complete lunacy and it's amazing!!