The Uninvited

Buy This Item The Uninvited by MCA/Universal Home Video  Available from Amazon  $14.98  on 11-14-2008     One of the spookiest ghost stories ever put to film, <I>The Uninvited</I> is also one of the few classic haunted-house movies to treat the subject with respect and seriousness. Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey play a brother and sister who leave the city to live in a beautiful old house dramatically perched on a cliff overlooking the Cornish coast. As they discover some of the house's peculiarities--the unexplained chill that settles in certain rooms, the aroma of mimosas that wafts through the house, flowers that wilt when brought inside--they are told by local girl Gail Russell that the house is haunted, by the spirit of Russell's mother no less. The rationalist city folk first scoff at the idea but as Milland slowly falls in love with the frightened girl he investigates the legends and discovers some startling hidden truths. Donald Crisp costars as Russell's humorless, hard-bitten grandfather who forbids her visits to the house. Handsomely shot against the beautiful Cornish countryside, director Lewis Allen wisely suggests more than he shows and the uneasy tone and quietly restrained direction looks forward to such films as <I>The Haunting</I> and <I>The Legend of Hell House</I>. Though Allen ultimately reveals a suitably spine-tingling apparition, some of the film's best moments are chilling in their simplicity: nocturnal moans, slamming doors, and the dog's whimpering fear of the upstairs. <I>--Sean Axmaker</I> Reader Reviews I couldn't agree more with the comments already written. This is the best ghost story, and it should be on dvd. It is very long overdue

The Uninvited Available from Amazon Price: $14.98 Updated on 11-14-2008.

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