The Uninvited

This remake of the 2003 South Korean original is done in by a reliance on horror-film clichés and its weak story development

"The Uninvited" offers ironclad proof that Hollywood should give up the ghost already when it comes to remaking Asian horror movies. But really, how many ticket buyers in "The Uninvited's" targeted teen demographic know -- or care -- that it can't hold a flickering candle to the South Korean original, Kim Jee-woon's 2003 creep-fest, "A Tale of Two Sisters"?
Where Kim created a deeply unsettling vibe with a sinister house and a host of deeply unhinged characters, "The Uninvited" settles for a grab bag of horror-movie tropes (the heroine sees dead people -- and then some!). [...]

di Glenn Whipp, articolo completo (2702 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 30 gennaio 2009