The Uninvited

Anna, played by Emily Browning, has spent the last several years in a psychiatric facility, right after her mother died an untimely death. Anna has now come home, only to find that things have really changed. Her father, played by David Straithairn, started dating her old mother’s nurse Rachel after her mom died and they are now engaged. Her younger sister Alex, played by Arielle Kebel, isn’t taking the changes well either. Apparently even her mom’s ghost is unhappy with the way things have turned out.

She tells her daughter Anna that Rachel is evil and means the family harm. The two sisters are now faced with the challenge of persuading and convincing dear old smitten dad that Rachel is not the person she is making herself out to be. It looks like Rachel has joined and left a lot of other families in tragedy! And they have to put a stop to things before she tears their family apart…for good!

The Uninvited is not an original idea. It is a remake of Changhwa, Hongryon, the  2003 Korean motion picture. Kim Jee-woon wrote and directed the original film and now we have The Uninvited. I have yet to view this movie, but will post my takes on it shortly after I do. I enjoy the creepy and unsettling undertones that movies similar to this produce and invoke. Ghosts are usually a good idea, most of the time. I’m excited to see Elizabeth Banks in yet another horror movie after she starred in James Gunn’s Slither. She did a great job in Slither and I believe that she has the potential to really break into horror movies and suspense thrillers. I’m also looking forward to Emily Browning’s performance. Is she a scream queen in-the-making? Could she be yet another contender for the much sought after title?

Only time (and actually seeing the movie) will tell…

Starring: Arielle Kebbel, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Banks, Emily Browning, Maya Massar,
Director: Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
Producer: Laurie MacDonald, Roy Lee, Walter F. Parkes
Distributor: DreamWorks Pictures
Release Date: January 30, 2009
Writer: Carlo Bernard, Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro