RSVP for the 'Uninvited' Trailer
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Stop me if you've heard this one before. It's an American remake of an Asian horror film about ghosts that seek revenge against, or try to pass messages to, the living. And the studio's releasing it in January. But instead of listing the first 20 films matching that description that come to mind, watch the new trailer for The Uninvited, courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes (we've got it embedded below).
The trailer makes the film look relatively promising: Two sisters deal with their father's much-too-young new girlfriend, who it turns out might have murdered the last family she lived with. Casting the marvelous Elizabeth Banks as the potential murderess gets my attention immediately; she can do funny and sexy, but can she do creepy? I bet she can.
By the way, the film apparently has nothing to do with the 1944 movie of the same title. It is, rather, a remake of a 2003 South Korean movie called Janghwa, Hongryeon (or A Tale of Two Sisters, as it was known internationally), which got a very small U.S. release in December 2004. The remake is due Jan. 30. What do you think?
The trailer is after the jump....
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10-08-2008 @ 4:24PM
scoville said...
I'm admittedly biased because I thought A Tale Of Two Sisters is great, but this just doesn't look good to me.
There are some obvious changes to the story highlighted in the trailer. While I typically like changes in remakes, I can't see how these changes would do the original story justice. It seems like the power behind the original would be weakened.
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10-08-2008 @ 6:19PM
DJ said...
'Tale of Two Sisters' as horror was way too smart for the tweener horror-going set. It was a _great_ film, but with a wider release it would have been Blanklooksville all around. It doesn't surprise me at all that we're seeing a dumbed-down remake. "The new wife killed her last family"... wtf?
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10-08-2008 @ 4:40PM
David Cornelius said...
While I have no problem whatsoever with the idea of Elizabeth Banks doing "sex", I think you mean she does "sexy".
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10-09-2008 @ 11:31AM
AJ Wiley said...
The trailer makes it look promising? Not to me.
I actually saw the trailer in the theater and was laughing pretty heartily...since I was the only one there, and I was enveloped in darkness, I think it's fair to say I wasn't exactly creeped.
Why must David Strathairn and Elizabeth Banks be in this? That's just sad.
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12-03-2008 @ 12:32AM
Maya said...
Well Guys...
I am decidedly biased (since I play the small role of the Mom in this film), but here is the thing...I saw the original - the brilliant and beautifully done Korean psychological/horror thriller - A Tale of Two Sisters - I loved it.
I happen to agree with the "oh God here goes Hollywood trying to remake something that should never have been remade" sentiment....BUT....I also happen to think that this "remake" is different enough that it isn't really a remake - its kind of its own thing. New directors Tom & Charles Guard had all kinds of surprises up their sleeves (even for us actors...), so who knows...MIGHT be really fun and scary...(if you aren't like me and too scared to see horror films altogether! - I was scared of my own face in the mirror on this shoot, so I'm imagining I'll scare myself even worse in the film!)
Anyway, have fun discussing and if you DO go see the film, let me know what you think!
Love to All,
Maya Massar
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