The Uninvited (2009 film)
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| Directed by | The Guard Brothers |
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Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald Roy Lee |
| Screenplay by | Craig Rosenberg Doug Miro Carlo Bernard |
| Based on |
A Tale of Two Sisters by Kim Jee-woon |
| Starring |
Emily Browning Elizabeth Banks Arielle Kebbel David Strathairn |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
| Cinematography | Daniel Landin |
| Edited by | Jim Page Christian Wagner |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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87 minutes |
| Country | United States Canada Germany |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $41,624,046 |
The Uninvited is a 2009 American 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 K-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 received mixed to negative reviews.
Anna (Emily Browning) has been in a psychiatric institution for ten months, following her suicide attempt after her terminally ill mother died in a boathouse fire. Upon her discharge, she has no memory of the event but frequently suffers related nightmares. While packing, Anna is startled by a disturbing, talkative patient from the room across the hall. Shortly after, she leaves with her father, Steven (David Strathairn), a writer who has dedicated his latest book to Anna and her sister.
At home, Anna reunites with her sister, Alex (Arielle Kebbel), with whom she is very close. The sisters stand against Steven's girlfriend Rachel (Elizabeth Banks), who had been their mother's live-in nurse. Alex criticizes Steven for sleeping with Rachel while the girls' mother was still alive and sick in bed but he does not respond. Anna describes to Alex how scenes from her dreams have started happening while she is awake. The sisters become convinced that the hallucinations are messages from their mother, telling them that she was murdered by Rachel.
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