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FilmPG-132009
The Uninvited
Directed by Charles Guard, Thomas Guard
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. From TMDB
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The Uninvited is a 2009 horror film, directed by Charles Guard and Thomas Guard, starring Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel and David Strathairn.
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60 of 197 · most liked firstThe Uninvited (1944) is probably the first serious Hollywood ghost movie, plus you get "Stella by Starlight" and Cornelia Otis Skinner being very very sinister. The ghost effects are gorgeous.
positive · AI labelView post →#ACenturyOfCinema, movie 64: 1944 THE UNINVITED
neutral · AI labelView post →I said "probably" to hedge my bets, but if there's a Hollywood film before The Uninvited that includes an actual ghost rather than someone pretending to be one and/or that isn't played for laughs, I can't think of it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching a film starring Gail Russell (The Uninvited, 1944) is always such a bittersweet experience. She was so good in everything yet had such a short, tragic life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Ru...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey, movie fans: Join the #cinejanes at 10 ET/7 PT tonight for The Uninvited (1944). Ghosts. Gaslighting. Gothic. Gorgeousness. Everyone welcome. Free on Archive and for rent elsewhere. Archive link: archive.org/details/the.... cc @sesamesquirrel.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →🦎🌊🎄🦄 #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky Poison for the Fairies (1984) The Uninvited (1944) Maniac Cop 2 (1990) Black Moon (1975)
neutral · AI labelView post →Share your fave: Vampire Movie: Daughters Of Darkness Zombie Movie: Carnival Of Souls Haunting Movie: The Uninvited Creature Feature: Q: The Winged Serpent Found Footage: Noroi: The Curse Slasher: Candyman Cosmic Horror: Prince Of Darkness Psychological Horror: 3 Women Horror Comedy: Barton Fink
neutral · AI labelView post →I've seen it asserted, and I can't find anything to contradict the assertion, that The Uninvited is the first serious U.S. ghost movie—which is surprising, given that it wasn't made till 1944.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Nic Cage is probably in the most entertaining part of his career at the moment" ⭐ 🏄 Surf that cult movie star wave Nic 🌊 🎞️ Check out Mark's full review of THE SURFER in our latest show 🎬 + OCEANS WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, THE UNINVITED and THE WEDDING BANQUET 🎥 🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/2d27c8
neutral · AI labelView post →Besides giving us "Stella by Starlight," The Uninvited (1944) seems to have been the very first serious supernatural Hollywood ghost movie, which seems unlikely but also seems to be true.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's new Take time folks 🙌 It's a bumper movie review and correspondence special this week, so expect even more of this sort of delightful nonsense than usual 🤡 + Reviews of... 🏄 THE SURFER 🌊 OCEANS with David Attenborough 🎬 THE UNINVITED 💒 THE WEDDING BANQUET 🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/2d27c8
neutral · AI labelView post →Two of my favourite actors right now - I’d go just to watch them eat - The Uninvited review – Walton Goggins and Pedro Pascal shine in tasty satire www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
neutral · AI labelView post →Name your favorite black and white film. The Uninvited (1944) A pair of siblings from London (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey) purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price.
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween film fest: 15 classic ghost stories. From "The Uninvited" and "The Haunting" to Crimson Peak and "A Ghost Story," these films will help you set the tone for the spooky season. arstechnica.com/features/202...
neutral · AI labelView post →Film 3 (The most popular film from the 1940s that you haven't seen and can access) of The Twelfth of #Hooptober: Diary of a Madman. This may be one of my favorite themes of this year's celebration and it's a damn good excuse to FINALLY watch this ghost story. #NowWatching The Uninvited (1944)
positive · AI labelView post →The obvious touchstone for The Uninvited is Rebecca. The film Cornish coast and a large house, with a more overt sense of chills and ghostly mutterings. However, it also has a surprisingly effective sense of humour. It even manages to end the film on a good mother-in-law joke. As rare as it sounds.
positive · AI labelView post →#BOTD 1896 Dorothy Stickney: American film, stage, and television actress, best known for appearing in the long-running Broadway hit Life with Father. Working Girls (1931),The Uninvited (1944), The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)...
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie lovers: Reminder to join the #Cinejanes tonight at 10 ET/7 PT for The Uninvited (1944). Ghosts, mist, creepy house, and Ray Milland before he had two heads or was eaten by frogs. Free on Archive or for rent elsewhere. Archive link here: archive.org/details/the....
neutral · AI labelView post →Settling in now to watch 👀 this evenings entertainment 🎬📽🍿 The Uninvited a 1944 American supernatural horror film starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, and Donald Crisp. Thanks to @horrorposterguy1.bsky.social for the recommendation #Nowwatching #Fridayfilm #horrormovie #MovieSky #horrorSky 🩸
neutral · AI labelView post →I'd add the original haunted house film, THE UNINVITED (1944) with Ray Millard. The movie that introduced the world to "Stella By Starlight".
neutral · AI labelView post →I think #TheLostWeekend is Ray Milland's best performance; he certainly deserved the Oscar. If I had to choose a favorite Ray Milland film, it would be The Uninvited, which came out the year before (1944) #TCMParty
positive · AI labelView post →After watching Out of the Past and The Uninvited and greatly enjoying them both (particularly the cinematography), I’m beginning to think the 40’s is one of my favorite film decades.
positive · AI labelView post →Good looking and continuing the vibe of classic haunted house films such as The Uninvited or The Innocents with some success. I personally think it's overrated, but still worth a watch. Mainstream horror with movie stars doesn't excite me much. #filmsky #moviesky #physicalmedia #horror #theothers
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Uninvited (D:Lewis Allen,1944) "Simply the best ghost movie ever made. Lots of atmosphere and mystery here. Outstanding cinematography and a creative storyline as well. And the classic tune Stella By Starlight."
positive · AI labelView post →#ACenturyOfCinema, movie 84: 1954 SUDDENLY (From the director of my 1944 flick, THE UNINVITED)
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the movie I always think of when I think of Gail, but I love her in Moonrise and The Uninvited of course. I really need to watch some more of her stuff.
neutral · AI labelView post →Not at all modern so doesn’t meet your criteria but I highly, highly recommend Ugetsu, which stayed with me for a long time. I also found The Uninvited (1944) very moving. Side note: The Others is my favorite Nicole Kidman movie
positive · AI labelView post →Ok so it is humorous but also muy spooky one, with more a mansion than a castle (but decaying and up against a moody but beautiful and also dangerous sea cliff), but The Uninvited (1944) hits a lot of stuff on your list (though it is a clever movie with like banter)!
positive · AI labelView post →At the end of October I’ll usually watch a horror film that acts as transition into #Noirvember. Usually it’s a Val Lewton but this time I might go with The Uninvited since I haven’t seen it in quite awhile
neutral · AI labelView post →I'll play. Vampire Movie: Let the Right One In Zombie Movie: Night of the Living Dead Haunting Movie: The Uninvited Creature Feature: Godzilla Minus One Found Footage: [•REC] Slasher: The Spiral Staircase Cosmic Horror: The Thing Psychological Horror: Eyes Without a Face
neutral · AI labelView post →He plays a composer in The Uninvited (1944) -- great film #TheNoirCollective #SoEvilMyLove
positive · AI labelView post →Wow. 30th anniversary of the horror genre peaking with the made-for-TV movie The Haunting of Patricia Johnson / Victim of the Haunt / The Uninvited Always a joy to revisit 😂 youtu.be/iVlrsSlWN5M?...
neutral · AI labelView post →My Summer with Carmen. The Uninvited. Opus! How the hell did Opus get made? The final acts of Mickey 17 and Honey, Don't. The Monkey. The Brutalist, a film which in every sense goes off the rails.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie time! 9 of 100 #FamousHorrorMovies I haven't seen yet The Uninvited, 1943
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 20 movies that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just images. #movies (oops missed another day) Movie 12 The Uninvited (1944) Dir: Lewis Allen
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw the Mummy and a really bad film about a cat with poisonous blood (The Uninvited) tonight. xD Had a great time though.
negative · AI labelView post →Movie 9: THE UNINVITED (1988) A cat with a gremlin inside it terrorizes a yacht. Hard not to root for the monster when it’s a fluffy kitty!
neutral · AI labelView post →61 DAYS OF HORROR continues with tonight's movie: Lewis Allen's 1944 supernatural horror film THE UNINVITED, starring Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, and Donald Crisp.
neutral · AI labelView post →#20: The Uninvited (1944) #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Uninvited, which I think I'd seen as a kid on saturday afternoon tv movies. This is the 1944 movie with Ray Milland. A very intelligent, cleverly plotted movie. The ghostly effects are spare but work well, innovative for the day.
positive · AI labelView post →Thissss yess this is the ghost story movie rec list I have been waiting for all season, and not just because it kicks off with my favorite ghost story (and very favorite movie) of all time: The Uninvited. Also delighted to see Dead Again on this list (and I agree it qualifies).
positive · AI labelView post →The Uninvited (2025 Movie Thread, #668), #Horror365Challenge (#558) #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →every day of 2025 I'll post a random horror film, series, etc. from Asia (E, S, SE). 2️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ THE UNINVITED (2003) (4인용 식탁) Dir: Lee Soo-youn Two strangers, a man and a woman, become bonded by their same ability to see the ghosts of two dead children. #HorrorSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I very much enjoyed Ghostland by Colin Dickey, though it is a book about ghost stories rather than Of them, lots to say about what ghost stories we in the usa choose to tell or forget says about us culturally. Great read. And if you'd like my favorite ghost movie: The Uninvited, 1944. Criterion.
positive · AI labelView post →22) The Uninvited. Pretty underwhelming and poorly drafted “rich people are alienated and have affairs” movie.
negative · AI labelView post →Finally found a copy of Dorothy Macardle’s The Uninvited, which was filmed in 1944. A rare early ghost movie that doesn’t end up all Scooby-Doo. And a nuclear thriller novel from 1959. Arrived yesterday!
neutral · AI labelView post →In 2003, Jun starred in the psychological thriller film The Uninvited, which was rather well received by critics but failed to catch on with viewers. So, she decided to finish university and graduated from Dongguk University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Theater and Film.
neutral · AI labelView post →The rise and fall of my mental health today as Pedro Pascal’s movie The Uninvited went up for rent on VOD just to be taken down hours later. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers.
neutral · AI labelView post →Coral Island on Steamdeck while I rotate through my Halloween movie list: Practical Magic, Clue, Addams Family 1&2, Arsenic & Old Lace, The Uninvited, Muppets Haunted Mansion, Hocus Pocus
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching The Uninvited (2009) for the first time. Heard it’s a remake of A Tale of Two Sisters. If it is half as good as that then this will be a very good movie 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Movie: Near Dark Zombie Movie: 28 Days Later Haunting Movie: The Uninvited (1944) Creature Feature: The Blob (both) Found Footage: Noroi: The Curse Slasher: You're Next Cosmic Horror: The Empty Man Psychological Horror: Cure Horror Comedy: Buffet Infinity
neutral · AI labelView post →Now I’ve found a horror film called The Uninvited about a genetically experimented cat going wild. Instant watch!
positive · AI labelView post →Title song is called Stella by Starlight from the movie The Uninvited 1946 #tcmparty
neutral · AI labelView post →OMG, I get to see The Uninvited tomorrow night! One of my favorite ghost movies AND a Ray Milland film ☺️
positive · AI labelView post →“The Uninvited is not going to become your favorite movie, but if you came home after a night out, poured a glass of wine, and stumbled across it on TCM, it might be the perfect thing.” www.deadofnightletter.com/twin-fisherm... #horror #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The film is beautifully staged, with its winter in New York photography. It would make a rather good ghost story for Christmas. A film to enjoy alongside Ghost and Mrs Muir, The Amazing Mr Blunden, The Unseen, The Uninvited, and Val Lewton.
neutral · AI labelView post →4. FORGE: Got to do 2 of my favorite things - reunite with past film festival favorites (Eva De Dominici - The Uninvited from SXSW 2024 & Edmund Donovan - Your Monster from Sundance 2024. Go watch both movies!), and meet a first-time feature filmmaker with all the promise in the world - Jing Ai Ng.
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One movie per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. #moviesky #filmsky Day 4: The Uninvited
neutral · AI labelView post →Love a surprise Pedro movie at 11 pm on a Friday!! The Uninvited was good and now I have a new little guy to think about 😭
positive · AI labelView post →Let’s play a game. What are the works you always, ALWAYS recommend/will talk about at length given the chance? FICTION: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern NONFICTION: The Man From the Train by Bill James FILM: The Uninvited (1944) TELEVISION: 12 Monkeys
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