2009 · horror · supernatural
The Uninvited
Directed by Thomas Guard, Charles Guard1h 27m2009
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.
Our read: The Uninvited (2009) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured horror / supernatural, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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