Title: Nice Old-Fashioned Ghost Story, But Please Do Read The Book
Review: I can add little to the review of the movie that the other people haven't. This is an old-fashioned type ghost story, relying on atmosphere rather than special effects and splattering blood. I did want to mention, though, that if possible the viewer should get a used copy of the book "The Uninvited" by Dorothy MacArdle. It's even more eerily atmospheric, with no "comic relief" at all, and with some wonderful side characters that unfortunately were left out of the movie. In addition, there is an interesting sub-plot (relevant to the ghost story) about a play that the main character is writing that was dropped from the movie when they decided to make him a composer rather than a theater critic/author. Then, after you read "The Uninvited" you might want to pick up a copy of "The Unforeseen" by the same author. It's not as good as the former, but will tell you what happened to the main characters from "The Uninvited" after the book ended.
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