The Uninvited

The Uninvited is one of those movies that provides decent entertainment, never bores you, but then when it's over you just shrug your shoulders and move on with your life. You never give the movie a second thought. Maybe a second, but certainly never a third. My second thought was how the ending kind of angered me, so it's not like I was remembering the movie in a positive way anyway.

...Yea I don't have much to say about this one. It's based on the Japanese horror movie A Tale of Two Sisters, which I have not seen. I've heard it is quite a bit different from this movie however. This one didn't really make me want to actively seek the original out, but I'm still curious.

As a PG-13 horror movie this one does do a better job than most. There's no lame gore cover-ups like in Prom Night, or pointless jump scares like in Prom Night, or horrible acting and stupid characters like in Prom Night. Overall the movie doesn't make you want to burn the theatre down, like Prom Night. 

The jump scares actually make sense and there are some genuinely freaky moments in this too. It does suffer a little too much from creepy kid syndrome, with a lot of the scary moments focused on little kids looking...well, creepy. It's becoming a bit too common with horror movies and I think we need a couple years off from these damn kids. 

Speaking of creepy kids, whatever happened to that kid who was in every movie ever for like 2 years straight? Godsend, X-men 3, Ultraviolet, Running Scared, Thank you for Smoking...I mean he was in everything? He had cold dead eyes. I don't really miss him much.

I think that's about all I have to say about The Uninvited. Don't bother seeing it in theatres, it's not quite worth it. Is it worth a rental? Eh, if you have enough points to get a free rental then sure. It's a decent watch and holds your interest, but it's a very middle of the road movie.

6/10