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Also known as Uninvited

2009 film directed by Charles Guard and Thomas Guard

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6.5

Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

Released: 2009-01-3087 minDir: Charles GuardHorrorBox office: $41.6M

Cast

  • Emily Browning as Anna
  • Arielle Kebbel as Alex
  • David Strathairn as Steven
  • Elizabeth Banks as Rachael
  • Maya Massar as Mom
  • Kevin McNulty as Sheriff Emery

Themes

  • remake
  • death of mother
  • evil stepmother
  • evil woman
  • white dress
  • unsent letter
  • medical kit
  • hanging a picture
  • chalkboard

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Ratings

IMDb

6.3/10

89,377 votes

Year
2009
Runtime
87 min
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror

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Key facts

Directed by
The Guard Brothers
Screenplay by
Craig Rosenberg , Doug Miro , Carlo Bernard
Based on
A Tale of Two Sisters , by Kim Jee-woon
Produced by
Walter F. Parkes , Laurie MacDonald , Roy Lee
Starring
Emily Browning Elizabeth Banks Arielle Kebbel David Strathairn
Cinematography
Daniel Landin
Edited by
Jim Page , Christian Wagner
Music by
Christopher Young
Production companies
DreamWorks Pictures Cold Spring Pictures Vertigo Entertainment The Montecito Picture Company Parkes + MacDonald Productions Goldcrest Pictures
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Release dates
January 30, 2009 ( 2009-01-30 ) (United States/Canada) May 28, 2009 ( 2009-05-28 ) (Germany)
Running time
87 minutes
Countries
United States , Canada , Germany
Language
English
Box office
$42.7 million

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
supernatural
Screenwriter
Doug Miro
Cast member
Kevin McNulty
Producer
Roy Lee
Production company
Goldcrest Films
Narrative location
Maine
Filming location
Vancouver
Duration
87
FilmAffinity ID
134456
Distribution format
video on demand
Official website
www.uninvitedmovie.com
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publication date
2009-01-01
title
The Uninvited
distributed by
Netflix
assessment
Bechdel test
review score
6.3/10
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Encyclopedic overview

The Uninvited is a 2009 psychological horror film directed by the Guard Brothers and starring Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, and David Strathairn. It is a remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters, which is in turn one of several film adaptations of the Korean folk tale Janghwa Hongryeon jeon. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in the United States and Canada on January 30, 2009 and in Germany on May 28, 2009, grossed $42.7 million, and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, with the Rotten Tomatoes' critical consensus stating that it "suffers from predictable plot twists", but called it "moody and reasonably involving". The film is an international co-production between the United States, Canada and Germany.

Plot

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Uninvited” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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