Tagline: Fear moves in.
In the haunting suspense thriller “The Uninvited,” a deadly battle of wills begins when Anna (Emily Browning) returns from a psychiatric facility and investigates the circumstances surrounding her mother’s suspicious and untimely death. While Anna recuperates from the tragedy, her father (David Strathairn) becomes engaged to Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), her mother’s former nurse, and moves her into their home.
Anna’s dismay quickly turns to horror when she is visited by her mother’s ghost – crying out for revenge and pointing an accusing finger at Rachel. When her father refuses to heed their warnings, Anna and her sister, Alex (Arielle Kebbel), look into Rachel’s questionable past. But Anna may be underestimating Rachel – perhaps fatally so.
When Anna’s (Emily Browning) psychiatrist releases her from a sanitarium, where she has been recovering from an attempted suicide following her mother’s tragic death, she is shocked that her father, Steven, has become romantically involved with Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), her mother’s former nurse. Feeling betrayed and frightened, she seeks solace from her older sister, Alex (Arielle Kebbel). But Alex is strangely distant at first. As Emily Browning puts it, “Anna suddenly feels lost. Ever since her father fell in love with Rachel, she doesn’t know where she fits in with her family. Even her sister, Alex, feels a little hostile towards her. Worse, Rachel, who has taken over the house and seems determined to erase all memories of Anna and Alex’s mother.”
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The Uninvited
Starring: Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Jesse Moss
Directed by: Guard Brothers
Screenplay by: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro
Release Date: January 30, 2009
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for for violent and disturbing images, thematic material, sexual content, language and teen drinking.
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
Box Office Totals
Domestic: $28,596,818 (71.7%)
Foreign: $11,297,369 (28.3%)
Total: $39,894,187 (Worldwide)