The Uninvited (DVD) Reviews

I saw this film a while ago when it was on tv and I loved it, but didn't know what it was called because I'd only caught the last half an hour. Then more recently I came across it in the television magazine and decided to watch it again that night and it is genius! The plot is quite simple, a teenage girl is in a psychiatric ...  Read the complete review

There are certain elements one comes to expect when watching a film belonging to a particular genre. Films that aim to relate to such a genre can often fall victim to biased audiences who come to expect common traits, which may be in the form of elements within the film (visuals, camerawork, lighting, sound, music) or in the area of ...  Read the complete review

I looked at this film several times in my local DVD shop, sort of thinking that it would be a let down like many horror films and that it would be predictable and nothing special. Something about it intrigued me however and I eventually rented it. I was very pleasantly surprised by it, whilst many of the typical horror film scares were ...  Read the complete review

RELEASED: 2009 Cert.15 RUNNING TIME: Approx. 87 mins DIRECTORS: Charles & Thomas Guard PRODUCER: Michael Grillo, Walter F Parkes, Ivan Reitman, &Laurie MacDonald SCREENPLAY: Craig Rosenberg, Doug Miro & Carlo Bernard MUSIC: Christopher Young MAIN ...  Read the complete review

After the tragic death of her Mother, Anna has spent the last 10 months in an asylum trying to unleash her demons and carry on with her life. When she's finally cleared to go home, things aren't as rosy as Anna had first hoped. Anna's widowed Father has quickly moved on, but, not just with anyone, he's now dating the woman who used to ...  Read the complete review

I watched the film called The Uninvited today on Sky Anytime so this is just a review of the film, not the dvd. The film is about a young girl called Anna whose mother dies in a horrific fire and she ends up being put into a mental home because of the trauma. When her Dr says she is ready to go back into the world again she ...  Read the complete review

The Uninvited is a pretty decent horror movie, the film stars Emily Browning in the role of fifteen year old Anna who after sufferring a breakdown has spent a period of time in hospital recovering however now she is back in the real world and has arrived home. She lives with her father and her sister Alex however she is not ...  Read the complete review

Anna has had a stint in hospital to recover from a breakdown following the death of her mother. Relieved to finally be going home, she is thrilled to see her father and her sister, Alex. She isn't quite so pleased to see Rachel, however, their former housekeeper who her father has now moved in as his lover. Alex is angry that Anna left ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION I really enjoy a good psychological thriller and The Uninvited really did it for me. There have been a number of American remakes in recent years of popular Asian horror movies including The Grudge starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mirrors starring Kiefer Sutherland. Often the remakes are a bit of a letdown but ...  Read the complete review

This is another in the series of horror films I've been reviewing lately, no doubt there will be a few more to come soon! This is probably my favourite of the recent horror films that I've seen, and it was quite different. The plot is quite confusing as there is quite a bit going on at the same time, and the end just makes ...  Read the complete review

This 2009 horror film is an American remake of a 2003 Korean film. Quite often, these Hollywood remakes lack the eerieness and punch of the original but not in this case. This is certainly one of the best horrors I've seen this year. The story of the film involves a young teenager, Anna, who returns home after spending some ...  Read the complete review

2009 brings us a remake titled 'The Uninvited'. Before I review this movie it is strongly advised by myself and other movie enthusiasts that you watch the original (A Tale of Two Sisters) first. It is superior with a more complete plot and gives answers to questions that the remake leaves unanswered. Within the first few ...  Read the complete review

Although the original Korean film A Tale of Two Sisters was widely acclaimed as being a meditative, disturbing horror film, I simply couldn't get on with the painstaking pace. Thus, I don't feel as though The Uninvited, through its sheer status as a remake, is in any way wrecking some sort of Holy Grail like surely many others feel that ...  Read the complete review

For those of you who don't know, this film is a remake of a Korean horror film. Now, this normally sets alarm bells ringing for me but, after an impressive trailer, I decided, against my better judgement, to give it a go. Well, needless to say I shouldn't have bothered. This film is exactly what you would expect from an ...  Read the complete review

This is not your typical horror film.....why? you ask, let me explain (without going into too much detail, not wanting to spoil the film) It starts off like any other horror, full of twists and turns, fairly predicatable, until BOOM, the film takes a totally different direction! It is a story about a young girl (Emily Browning - The Man ...  Read the complete review

The film follows anna who has just been released from a mental institution and how she struggles with the help of her sister alex to come to terms with her dads new fiance and the death of her mother. To top things off she is having haunting visions of her deceised mother. The plot twists and turns with lots of scares along ...  Read the complete review

Although a good supernatural horror and worthy in quality amongst its counterparts (Ring, Grudge etc), The Uninvited left me slightly disappointed. I believe my initial error was watching the Japanese version first which to me was truly terrifying and left me with such unease I found it hard to relax for a few nights. This ...  Read the complete review

I thought this film was fabulous. I am a great fan of films with a twist at the end and this one has a magnificent one that even i didn't see coming. Anna returns home from a mental institute to find her father dating her dead mothers nurse and her sister Alex none to happy with the situation. Strange things are happening in ...  Read the complete review

When Anna's ill mother is killed in a tragic fire, Anna tries to commit suicide and ends up spending the next 10 months in a psychiatric ward. When she's eventually realised and gets to go back home to her father and sister, she finds that her father, Steven, has begun a relationship with her mother's nurse, Rachel. Anna doesn't like ...  Read the complete review

You cant fault Hollywood for trying to make their horror films more watchable by making protaganists a little more intelligent. If they are glossed over and the blood is kept to a minimum, they can even market them as psychological thriller's. The Uninvited is another in the long line of Ring-esque films that opt to play mind games ...  Read the complete review