The Uninvited - Movie Review and Synopsis

After her mother’s death and her subsequent hospital stay, Anna Rydell (Browning) returns home to be with her sister (Krebbel) and her father (Strathairn), who has become engaged to Rachel (Banks), her mother’s former nurse. During her first night back, Anna is visited by her mother’s ghost, who reveals that the new woman in her father’s life is not who she pretends to be, leading to a fateful confrontation between the women of the house.

Some of The Ring’s business minds present this horror-thriller, and you can see their money-making formula present here: the Pacific Northwest setting, the weirdly limber, ink-haired ghosts, a scattering of creepy ghosts kids … and, oh yeah, Ring 2 co-star Arielle Krebbel. The obvious strengths here will be found in the performances of this ace cast, as well as the presence of “Lost” story editor Craig Rosenberg; we’ll see if relatively green co-directors Charles and Thomas Guard can bring anything new to the big screen (or if they’ll become the new Pang brothers?). The Unborn benefited from a warmed-up box office at the beginning of the year, but it’s hard to tell if audiences are satiated or ready for a second helping of horror.

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic material, sexual content, language and teen drinking.

Director: Charles Guard Thomas Guard
Stars: Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Elizabeth Banks,
Studio: DreamWorks SKG
Release Date: 30 January 2009 (USA)

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