The Uninvited(1944)
1944 · Lewis Allen · 99 min
A pair of siblings from London 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.
Mystery · Horror · Fantasy · Romance
6.9235 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
0/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The Uninvited scares
The Uninvited builds its fear through mood rather than shocks, using cold rooms, strange scents, and unexplained crying to create a sense that something sad and wrong lives inside this house. It moves slowly and elegantly, more interested in mystery and atmosphere than in making you jump, though a few eerie visual moments do land hard for their time. The fear here is gentle by modern standards, more haunting and melancholy than terrifying, with almost nothing graphic on screen. It's a good pick if you want an old-fashioned, atmospheric ghost story rather than something that will actually frighten you.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Uninvited rates psychological 4/5, visceral 1/5, gore 0/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 4 of 5
- Visceral: 1 of 5
- Gore: 0 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 15 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 10 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 25 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, elegant creep that gradually thickens into dread, with a tense, atmospheric climax near the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4.
How scary is The Uninvited?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Uninvited rates 2/5 — moderately scary, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. The fear is mostly in your head — it unsettles far more than it assaults. Expect it to be restrained with gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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