Matt Winslow (played by Robert Urich) is a protagonist in Invitation to Hell.
Matt is an engineer who relocates with his family for a new position at the secretive Micro-DigiTech corporation. Troubled by the community's coercive club and his family's disturbing changes, he investigates the supernatural spring, fights to protect his family, and ultimately defeats Jessica through an act of pure love. Jessica Jones (played by Susan Lucci) appears in Invitation to Hell.
Jessica is a local insurance agent and the director of the Steaming Springs Country Club. She admits Patricia and the children into the mysterious spring, monitors Matt's resistance, attacks him with supernatural power, and traps the family in a force field before being destroyed by her rage at his selfless love. Tom Peterson (played by Joe Regalbuto) appears in Invitation to Hell.
Tom is a neighbor and friend of the Winslow family who already belongs to the Steaming Springs Country Club. He supports the community's pressure on Matt and later confronts him at Micro-DigiTech with a pistol. Matt kills him using the laser weapon built into the experimental space suit.
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Characters
Matt Winslow
(played by Robert Urich) — protagonist
Matt is an engineer who relocates with his family for a new position at the secretive Micro-DigiTech corporation. Troubled by the community's coercive club and his family's disturbing changes, he inve...
Jessica Jones
(played by Susan Lucci) — supporting
Jessica is a local insurance agent and the director of the Steaming Springs Country Club. She admits Patricia and the children into the mysterious spring, monitors Matt's resistance, attacks him with...
Tom Peterson
(played by Joe Regalbuto) — supporting
Tom is a neighbor and friend of the Winslow family who already belongs to the Steaming Springs Country Club. He supports the community's pressure on Matt and later confronts him at Micro-DigiTech with...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Jessica Jones → Matt Winslow
(Power Club Authority)
Jessica Jones is the director of the Steaming Springs Country Club and admits Matt's family during a ceremony.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
Tom Peterson → Jessica Jones
(Alliance Club Associate)
Tom and his family have joined the Steaming Springs Country Club, the organization directed by Jessica.
Matt Winslow → Tom Peterson
(Social Friend)
Matt and his family are met by Tom Peterson and his family after moving into the community.
Story Analysis
A skeptical engineer battles a corrupting suburban institution and rescues his family through an act of pure love.
Plot Progression
A Welcome With Hidden Pressure
The Spring Changes Everything
Violence Behind The Suburb
Hell And The Power Of Love
Directed by Wes Craven
Invitation to Hell (1984) · 5.1/10 · horror, tv-movie
