TITLE...........: The Uninvited (1944)
STARS...........: Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Donald Crisp
DIRECTOR........: Lewis Allen
WRITERS.........: Dodie Smith, Frank Partos, Dorothy Macardle
GENRE...........: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
TOMATOMETER.....: 95/80
IMDB SCORE......: 7.2
IMDB LINK.......: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037415
RUNTIME.........: 1h 39mn
SIZE............: 7.11 GB
VIDEO CODEC.....: HEVC (Main10@L4)
BITRATE.........: 10000 Kbps (2-pass)
RESOLUTION......: 1480x1080
ASPECT RATIO....: 1.37:1
FRAMERATE.......: 23.976 fps
AUDIO...........: English FLAC 1.0
SUBTITLES.......: ENG
SOURCE..........: Criterion Blu-ray
ENCODE DATE.....: 2023-12-24


A pair of siblings from London (Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey) purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price—and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. Rich in atmosphere, The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen, was groundbreaking for the seriousness with which it treated the haunted-house genre, and it remains an elegant and eerie experience, featuring a classic score by Victor Young. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night—this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.


Extras

• New visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda
• Two radio adaptations, from 1944 and 1949.
• Trailer