The Uninvited (2009)
Directed by Charles 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.
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The location shooting across Scotland, full of stormy wooded vistas and ethereal fog-shrouded tableaus, is breathtakingly captured by cinematographer Daniel Landin (2009's " The Uninvited ").
Director Kim Ji-woon, responsible for 2004's skin-crawling supernatural mystery "A Tale of Two Sisters" (remade for the U.S. in 2009 as " The Uninvited "), is aggressive and resourceful enough to play with expectations.
Director Kim Jee-woon, whose credits include the chilling 2003 Tale of Two Sisters (blandly remade in 2009 as The Uninvited ) and a segment of 2002's 3 Extremes II, is clearly taking his cues from Park Chan-wook’s legendary (or notorious, depending on your point of view) vengeance trilogy, two of which— Oldboy and Lady Vengeance —also starred Choi Min-sik.
What more skilled performers like Ken Jeong (2009's " The Hangover "), Arielle Kebbel (2009's " The Uninvited "), and Diedrich Bader (2007's " Balls of Fury ") are doing here, however, is anybody's guess.