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The Uninvited

The Uninvited

Horror · 2009

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.

Movie details

The Uninvited

“Can you believe what you see?”

2009 Horror 1h 27m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

89K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

31 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

43 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

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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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Uninvited?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Charles Guard · Thomas Guard

Written by

Carlo Bernard · Craig Rosenberg · Doug Miro

Emily Browning

Emily Browning

Anna

Arielle Kebbel

Arielle Kebbel

Alex

David Strathairn

David Strathairn

Steven

Elizabeth Banks

Elizabeth Banks

Rachael

Maya Massar

Maya Massar

Mom

Kevin McNulty

Kevin McNulty

Sheriff Emery

Jesse Moss

Jesse Moss

Matt

Court is in session

Put The Uninvited on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.