The Guest

Or How Matthew Crawley’s Balls Finally Dropped. If you’ve been watching Downton Abbey, there’s a lot of fun to be had seeing Dan Stevens graduate from period drama ponce to leading man heartthrob. You could say that The Guest functions as a brilliant audition tape for the British actor, who manages to showcase a decent American accent, an innate charisma and the kind of good looks that teenage girls swoon over. It’s a shame the film itself is a bit of a dud – chilling domestic thriller in the first half, baffling 80’s slasher flick the second. Dan could well be the next Ryan Gosling, but he certainly isn’t the new Jason Vorhees.

2/5