Remaking director Kim Jee-Woon's 2003 Korean feature "Changhwa Hongryon" on Bowen Island, British Columbia, the premise of DreamWorks' "The Univited" follows 'Anna' (Emily Browning) who returns home after spending time in the hospital following the death of her mother.
Her recovery suffers a setback when she discovers that her father (David Strathairn) has become engaged to her mother's former nurse 'Rachel' (Elizabeth Banks).
Following a visit by her mother's ghost, Anna and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) try to convince their father that his current fiancée is not who she pretends to be and what should have been a happy family reunion becomes a lethal battle of wills between stepdaughters and stepmother...
