The Uninvited (2009)

	Directed by: The Guard Brothers	COUNTRY USA/Canada/Germany GENRE Thriller/Mystery/Horror NORWEGIAN TITLE The Uninvited RUNNING TIME 87 minutes
	Produced by: Roy Lee Laurie MacDonald Walter F. Parkes
	Written by: Craig Rosenberg Doug Miro Carlo Bernard

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Anna	Emily Browning	½
Alex	Arielle Kebbel	½
Steven	David Strathairn	½
Rachel Summers	Elizabeth Banks	½
Mom	Maya Massar
Sheriff Emery	Kevin McNulty

Review

The slick and clever thriller The Uninvited is based on South Korea’s top-grossing horror export, Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003), and directed with wonderful confidence by a young British filmmaking duo who call themselves the Guard Brothers. They avoid the usual horror aesthetics and instead present their film as a psychological drama; a smart move that helps enhance the film’s interpersonal meanderings and brings substance to the surprisingly effective horror twist. The solid performances from the three young ladies in the leads are kept together by David Strathairn’s well-known seal of quality. This is an intelligent, old-fashioned psychological thriller, drawing influence all the way back to Hitchcock, and easily standing out in today's muddled supernatural horror scene.

Copyright © 02.11.2009 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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