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| Directed by | Nick Tomnay |
| Produced by | Mark Victor Stacey Testro |
| Written by | Nick Tomnay Krishna Jones |
| Starring | David Hyde Pierce Clayne Crawford |
| Music by | John Swihart |
| Cinematography | John Brawley |
| Editing by | Nick Tomnay |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 2010 (Sundance) |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 Million |
The Perfect Host is a 2010 dark comedy / thriller written and directed by Nick Tomnay. The film stars David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford. Filming took place in Los Angeles, California. It was photographed in 17 days. Editing took place in New York.
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A fugitive on the run decides to crash a dinner party. But he seriously regrets it when the mysterious and unusual host soon has him convinced that he would have been better off hiding somewhere else.
The film premiered in January 2010 at the Sundance Film Festival. The Perfect Host played at several other film festivals, including Fantasia 2010 and Sitges 2010. It won the audience award at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2011 and best feature at the Abertoir Film Festival 2011: Wales' national horror film festival. The film was released theatrically in the United States on July 1, 2011 in a limited release.
'The Perfect Host' has received awards at film festivals and some mixed reviews from critics. This original film has received 5 star reviews to 1 star reviews. The film has a 68% approval rating on IMDb [1] and a 36% approval rating on the review-aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 25 reviews with an average rating of 4.6/10.[2]