The Uninvited (2009)
- Starring:
- Emily Browning,
- Elizabeth Banks,
- Arielle Kebbel
- and David Strathairn
- Directed by:
- The Guard Brothers
- Studios:
- Dreamworks SKG
- MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent and disturbing images, thematic material, sexual content, language and teen drinking.
- Theatrical Release: January 30, 2009
- DVD Release: April 28, 2009
Plot: Anna (Browning) returns home to find her mother’s former nurse, Rachel (Banks), has become engaged to her father (Strathairn). Anna is soon visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.
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Synopsis:
After spending some time in a psychiatriatic hospital following the tragic death of her mother, Anna (Browning) returns home to find her mother’s former nurse, Rachel (Banks), has become engaged to her father (Strathairn). Anna is soon visited by her mother’s ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions. Together, Anna and her sister (Kebbel) must convince their father that his new fiancee is not who she pretends to be. Based on the Korean film Changhwa, Hongryon.
Our Thoughts:
Fresh off her back-to-back roles in W. (2008) and Zack And Miri Make a Porno (2008), Elizabeth Banks takes a turn for the sinister with 2009’s The Uninvited.
It looks like January has to have at least one horror movie. For January 2009, that horror movie is One Missed Call? It’s looking that way.
With Elizabeth Banks stepping into the stepmother role, so to speak, and the whole basis of the story relying on the age-old “wicked stepmother” idea, The Uninvited is showing promise.
From the trailer, 2009’s horror flicks look to be starting off better than 2008 – hopefully leading to many more good horror films to come.
Let’s just hope Banks is able to cope with the transition to horror films (and back again, unlike Sarah Michelle Gellar) – and that her acting chops in The Uninvited aren’t limited to some creepy stares and cheesy one-liners.
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