The Uninvited

This film is honestly one of the best Asian-horror remakes. There were actually less plot holes in this film than the original. Of course I liked the original more, but I'm just saying this film executed certain things that the first film didn't, just like the first film executed certain things this film didn't. They are meant to be similar but different, and that is what makes both of them worth seeing.

Though it’s a bit formulaic at first, The Uninvited turns into an impressive psychological thriller. After being released from a psychiatric ward, Anna returns home and has a vision of her mother’s spirit that causes her to suspect that her father’s new girlfriend was behind her mother’s death. Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebbel, and David Strathairn lead the cast and give strong performances; particularly Browning and Kebbel, who are especially good together, having a real sisterly chemistry. And while the story seems to follow a predictable path, it leaves itself open to some interesting misleads and plot twists. The Uninvited takes a fairly rote murder mystery and turns it into something better than it otherwise ought to be.

mildly engaging but at a mediocre level. predictable plot twists, above all else, make the uninvited disappointing watch --- more so if you've seen a tale of two sisters, which this film is adapted from.

Uninspired and twists for the sake of twists

_We survive by remembering. But sometimes we survive by forgetting._
-Dr. Silberling

I'll be forgetting this film.

A remake of a _Kim Jee-woon_ film sounds like a horrible idea under the best of circumstances, even if you were to adapt one of his more straightforward outings. _A Tale of Two Sisters_ is NOT one of those straightforward outings. With _Two Sisters_, Director _Kim_ demonstrated that when it comes to horror films he thinks completely out of the box. It's a smart elegant tale.

It's remake is the perfect example of why people think most American remakes are dumbed down versions of the originals, because it doesn't get much dumber than this. It's made with all the class and finess of a monkey playing with it's own feces.

I would have much more liked to have seen a movie based on the 1991 point-and-click NES adventure game _Uninvited_. It was ported over to the console as Kemco had ported other games like _Deja Vu_ and _Shadowgate_ before. You wake up from a car crash to notice your sister is gone from the wreck and go looking for her in the near by mansion... and the adventure begins!

Instead we end up with a stripped down version of a fantastic horror film that even fumbles the one or two twists it does keep from the original source by making everything painfully obvious from throughout the film. Watch _A Tale of Two Sisters_ instead or go play _Uninvited_ on the NES.

I guess I missed something because I thought it was terrible.