# The Guest (2014)

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**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Mystery, Thriller, Action
**Directed by**: Adam Wingard
**Written by**: Simon Barrett
**Starring**: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Sheila Kelley, Leland Orser, Lance Reddick

> *Be careful who you let in.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

New Mexico, autumn, a knock on the door. A stranger stands, a family's grief, a son's old room. Wingard makes unease feel like a houseguest that wont leave.

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw, unhinged

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