The Uninvited
	Rating
	Type	Video On Demand
	Audience Rating	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
	Release Date	2009-11-25
	Actor	Emily Browning; Arielle Kebbel; David Strathairn; Elizabeth Banks; Maya Massar;
	Director	Charles Guard; Thomas Guard;
	Length	88 minutes
	Price	Item currently not available
Categories
Drama  Horror  Thrillers  Paramount  Special Deals
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Description
From the producers of The Ring and Disturbia comes a nail-biting thriller, THE UNINVITED. Following the suspicious death of their mother, sisters Anna and Alex become entangled in a deadly battle of wills when their father becomes engaged to Rachel, their mother's former caretaker. As the two sisters investigate Rachel's questionable past, they are confronted together with ghostly visions, terrifying nightmares and deadly consequences. All leading to an ending so shocking it "will send chills down your spine!"
Customer Reviews
one of the better psychological thrillers   2010-08-29
By RC
I love classic ghost stories and psychological thrillers - the ones that don't have a lot of gore but do have sympathetic characters you can feel anxious for plus an element of mystery. A number of people have pointed out that this is a well done movie but doesn't have a lot of new elements. I have to point out that there have been no truly surprising plot twists in ghost movies since "The Sixth Sense" came out - the best ghost stories since then have all had plot twists that are some variation of that famous movie or older horror films. There has also been a deluge of remakes of Asian horror films, the Ring and the Grudge being the most famous, plus a host of others I can't even recall right now. The Univited contains elements from everything: Asian horror films and your favorite old thrillers: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Poison Ivy, Hide and Seek - I could go on and on. None of this impeded my enjoyment of the movie. All the necessary elements are there: 1. A huge house in a gorgeous wooded and secluded setting; 2. A dangerous intruder in the form of Dad's former mistress now fiance who invades the family sacred space and threatens to turn him against his daughters; 3. A concerned but distant father who puts his traumatized daughter's needs after his own sexual ones; 4. Two very sympathic daughter heroines - the younger one ethereal and tormented by something she saw but can't quite remember and the older one sassy and assertive but funny rather than annoying and 5. The mystery - how much of what we are watching is real and what is perception? Can we trust the perceptions of our heroine or is she crazy? Are the ghosts real? Is the stepmother a killer or just an opportunistic - well, you know what. The photography is beautiful and the acting is good. The two girls are fantastic and Elizabeth Banks as the "wicked stepmother" has a subtle nastiness that contrasts wonderfully with her summy, sexy exterior. The actor playing the father comes off as sympathetic and tormented instead of slimy even though you want to shake him for his cluelessness. I don't want to give any of the surprises away, so let me just say that this is one of the few keepers for me in the ghostly genre. It will do fine until the next "Sixth Sense" or "the Village" comes out - and I have a feeling I could be waiting quite a long time for another original.
A Masterpiece of the Decade   2010-08-26
By Loren Gomez
The Uninvited is an amazingly intense suspense thriller. I must commend the directors, the Guard Brothers, for their incredible work on this film. Their work in this film is equal to that of Alfred Hitchcock, director of many suspense thrillers such as Psycho, Dial "M" for Murder, Vertigo, and The Birds. It's almost as if Hitchcock's spirit was raised from the dead to possess the directors of this movie to make one last effort before he laid to rest forever. But everyone knows that Hitchcock's mark on the world will never fade away, and this movie is proof of that. This film is about a young woman named Anna (played wonderfully by Emily Browning), who returns home from a mental hospital after her suicide attempt following her mother's death in a boathouse fire while she was ill. She is greeted by her sister Alex (played by Arielle Kebbel), father who is a writer, and his new girlfriend Rachel (played by Elizabeth Banks) who was Anna's mother's nurse. Strange things come to Anna's mind as she adjusts to returning home, such as strange apparitions of her mother, as if trying to warn her of what's to come. This film has an intense surprise ending that one would not even guess till the very end. The exquisite and intense camerawork, acting, beautiful and mysterious score, and plot that is similar to Hitchcock's Psycho makes this a thriller that I'll be watching for years to come.
Took me for a ride I didn't expect.   2010-08-01
By Kristoffer Hernandez (San Antonio,Tx USA)
First of let me start by saying I fancy myself as a real movie/film buff. Not much surprises me, but every now and again there comes a movie that shocks that shocks the crap out of me and The Uninvited was one of them. I bought this movie because of the price and it seemed like a soft horror murder/mystery type. i didn't expect much and I think thats what made the movie so surprising. I don't want to give too much away so I'll just give you the gist of the story. Two sisters thing their mothers former nurse(now their fathers girlfriend)was responsible for the death of their mother some months ago and they will everything they can to prove it. I know sounds soft and kinda like a Lifetime movie but believe me it is not(no offense to Lifetime or their fans). Anyway, trust me this movie will take you on a ride and before you know it you'll get some where you didn't even know you wanted to go or how you didn't see where you were going. This is a psychological trip that is well worth your time and money.
DON'T READ ANY OTHER REVIEWS   2010-06-26
By Michael Ledo (Windsor, SC United States)
DON'T READ ANY OTHER REVIEWS as it may ruin the movie for you. This is a 5 star suspense/drama/horror/mystery. Just go watch it.
Average supernatural thriller.   2010-06-26
By Puzzle box (Kuwait)
This was a decent film, I did think that it was slightly boring during the second half and a bit predictable but it was still interesting to watch. The Uninvited was a remake of the Korean horror flick A Tale Of Two Sisters which happens to be one of my favorite Asian horror films, so I didn't expect this film to be better obviously. As such the directing duo of the Guard Brothers Charles and Thomas managed to find some balance between telling a psychological thriller, and moments where they can properly employ tricks from the usual formula book to scare an audience, with the usual light and shadows, smoke and mirrors, warped beings, decomposed bodies and jump cuts with ghosts staring down at you. The screenplay was very good, the cinematography captured the rocky coastline of Maine nicely and looked really great, and the film was helped by good performances from Elizabeth Banks as Rachel, David Strathairn as the father, and Emily Browning as Anna but the plot twist was predictable. I would definitely recommend this to horror fans who are looking for a nice suspenseful supernatural thriller without all the blood and gore. I wasn't really that impressed with it though. It was just average.