Friday Frights: Classic Ghost Story Film The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1944 Classic Ghost Story Film

Welcome to Friday Frights

For my first Friday Frights post, I must talk about The Uninvited film made in 1944. It is a classic spooky film noire and is now available on Amazon Prime to purchase. For years you could only rent it, but now it has been added to my library.

I grew up with this movie. From pre-teen age I started watching The Uninvited whenever it was on TV. No streaming was available back in the early 1970’s. So, every Halloween season my family and I would anticipate watching The Uninvited with tingly excitement. The only part that really got me was when my father (always a joker) told my sisters and I, just before walking down a long hallway—that Mary Meredith was waiting for us under our beds!

And if you don’t know who Mary Meredith is yet—you will when you watch The Uninvited.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Scenes from The Uninvited

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The Uninvited follows a brother and sister who purchase a seaside mansion, only to discover it’s haunted by genuinely malevolent spirits. What made the film groundbreaking was its decision to treat the supernatural as real, not imagined – a rarity at the time. Audiences and critics were shocked by how sincerely frightening it was, especially given its elegant, restrained tone.

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