The Uninvited

The Uninvited was a classic film from 1944, one of the best ghost movies ever made. The Uninvited from 2009, directed by The Guard Brothers, isn't nearly as good, and the title has nothing to do with the film, but it's not a bad little thriller, with the requisite twist.

Adapted from a Korean film, The Tale of Two Sisters, The Uninvited has Emily Browning starring as a young woman recently released from a mental hospital following her mother's death in a fire (combine this with Sucker Punch, and she's getting typecast). Her father, David Strathairn, has started a relationship with the nurse who cared for her mother (Elizabeth Banks).

Browning, who sees ghosts of her mother and of some mysterious children, confides in her sister, Arielle Kebbel, that she suspects that Banks killed their mother, and is now plotting to do them in, too.

The direction is solid without being too caught up in tricks. The twist caught me by surprise, but others more familiar with the genre may guess it.