The Uninvited (2009)

The Uninvited
Paramount Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: January 30, 2009
DVD Release Date: April 28, 2008
Director: Thomas Guard and Charles Guard

Review by Adam Bielawski

Anna, a teen aged girl just arrives home after being released from the metal hospital because of suicidal tendencies. About a year back her mother was accidentally blown up. That is correct, "blow up, Sir!" in the family boat house. The mother was on her last breath and wanted to spend her time overlooking the lake...in the furnished boat house. Wow! Anna returns to her father, who's a published author, sister and dad's new fling. The movie is suspenseful and you feel for the Anna and what she is going through believing that her mother's death is the result of foul play. Now Anna is dealing with the fact that her father house has thin walls at night, the nurse that took care of her mother, is on her back with her dad. How fitting, mom is dead, and dad already has a squeeze. Dad's squeeze is demanding of the Anna and works at establishing a relationship with Anna, which she tells her to move on and be strong. While Alex, Anna's sister, finds escape by getting drunk. The two girls start to research dad's muse to discover the great fortune that the nurse now landed, a financially secure boyfriend, and the possibility of marriage. The girls plot to collect evidence and violent chaos is released. But that is not all. One's own mind is also one's own fantasy.

I enjoyed the movie and was engaged, it was not horrific and the suspense did not make you jump too much. For some of you, you might guess the plot, but if not, hang tight and watch the flick.

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The terrifying psychological thriller THE UNINVITED makes a haunting appearance on DVD and Blu-ray April 28, 2009 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Called "creepy and intense" (Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV), the film stars Emily Browning (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) as Anna, a girl who is driven by her mother's ghost to investigate her untimely death. When her father (David Strathairn, The Spiderwick Chronicles) becomes engaged to Rachel (Elizabeth Banks, Role Models), her mother's former nurse, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel, The Grudge 2) look into Rachel's past and begin to suspect that she is not what she seems.As horrifying truths are revealed, Anna becomes locked in a deadly battle with a shocking conclusion.

THE UNINVITED DVD and Blu-ray presentations include the behind-the-scenes featurette "Unlocking THE UNINVITED", deleted scenes and a chilling alternate ending not shown in theaters.

THE UNINVITED DVD & Blu-ray

THE UNINVITED DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 TVs with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles. The Blu-ray disc is presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles. The discs include the following special features in high definition as noted:

• Unlocking THE UNINVITED(HD)


• Deleted Scenes (HD)


• Alternate Ending (HD)