Idiot-Deluxe Greydon Clark's "Uninvited" is simply a movie that has next to nothing going for it, a dull and uninteresting pseudo-horror film from 1988, 90 minutes of inferior film-making with a very weak plot and even weaker execution, lazily paced with noted indifference by Mr. Clark."Uninvited" is a low-budget horror film whose plot revolves around a cat that's been genetically altered, which has recently escaped from a hi-tech animal research lab (in what looks like either Florida or southern California). But what makes this cat, an otherwise normal looking orange tabby unusual, is that it's a man-made harbinger from hell. On the outside it's an attractive feline specimen, however this big red furry pussy serves as "the host" to a man-made demon spawn, a parasitic murderous monster, that lurks within. This well conceived, but very poorly executed monster, is portrayed with utmost inconsistency by the use of several different puppets, which frequently exits it's unassuming looking host via it's mouth and proceeds to wreak death and destruction wherever it goes. Admittedly the idea itself sounds fairly compelling, however with Mr. Clark aboard that's as far as the inspiration goes, because the resulting movie turns out to be nothing but a lame waste of time and this is entirely do to the utterly uninspired and workman like execution of Greydon Clark. Just how poor old, Oscar-winning, George Kennedy got roped into this pitiful little B-horror film is anyone's guess, yet mercifully he's one of the films first victims and is killed about half-way through. The films primary setting is a large, high-dollar yacht, which is owned by a crooked white-collared businessman, whose enroute to the Cayman Islands to deposit $3,000,000 of ill-begotten cash to one of the islands many banks (a well-known and long-running embezzlers paradise). However, while enroute to the tropics, the winds turn foul and bad luck sets in and as the cliché line goes "but something went terribly wrong"!The yacht is filled with about 10 people to start with, the owner, two of his cronies, the captain and three college boys and some young, perky chicks, that happened to have caught the rich old horndog's eye, who wasted no time inviting them on his yacht. The three guys are nothing but opportunistic, party-loving, free-loading types, who serve little purpose other than to round-out the cast and to increase the movies kill count. But there's trouble aboard, from the murderous wrath of the hellspawn, to the seedy, manipulative ways of the crooked businessman, this stirs up double-trouble and makes for rough-sailing (as well as some rough and seriously lame viewing), as one by one people begin to fall to the monsters fangs and claws. As I alluded to earlier, the monster looks are different in virtually every sequence, especially the size of the damn thing - Mr. Clark chose a size and go with it. The action of this film is underwhelming to say the least and not a single monster encounter stirs up the slightest bit of intrigue or suspense, just boredom, though some of the films gore-effects are pretty decent, but hardly award-winning. Really the best thing about the Uninvited are the three sexy ladies, guests of Viagra-dependent, a trio of free-loading floozies that are in the habit of showing lots of skin as they frolic about the ship, often wearing bikinis and little else. In fact this movie shows precious little substance of any kind and as with all of Greydon Clark's movies all of the action is backed by terrible, amateurish, synthesizer music and generic music stings; yet another horror-movie cliché which Greydon Clark employed ineffectively, but as you'll notice, for this movie at least, that's par for the course.Ultimately "Uninvited" is a very feeble and utterly uninteresting 90 minutes of pure mediocrity and to further add insult to injury, is the fact that this movie resonates loudly with a strong and readily perceptible "Weekend at Bernies" vibe; and on top of that Weekend at Bernies is actually a better movie then this. Och!Once it's all said and done I'd advise you NOT to waste your time on this crappy movie. You need NOT invite the "Uninvited" to your home..... nor your collective unconscious.

Woodyanders A deadly mutant cat escapes from a Florida research lab. The ferocious feline finds its way onto a luxurious yacht and proceeds to terrorize the motley assortment of passengers aboard said yacht. Boy, does this gloriously ludicrous honey possess all the right wrong stuff to qualify as a real four-star stinkeroonie: The ham-fisted (mis)direction by always dependable schlocko specialist Greydon Clark (who not only also wrote the supremely asinine script, but also makes a cameo appearance as an ill-fated doctor at the start of the flick), the laughable premise, the uproariously shoddy (far from) special effects (the cat is a pathetically obvious puppet that resembles a huge wet rat!), the cheesy gore, the tacky redundant synthesizer score, and the jaw-dropping "it ain't over yet!" sequel set-up non-ending all provide a wealth of unintentional belly laughs. The welcome presence of three down on their luck faded name thespians slumming for a quick paycheck further enhances the overall campy merriment: Alex Cord as smooth sleazeball high roller Walter Graham, George Kennedy as the grouchy Mike Harvey, and, in a positively sidesplitting turn, Clu Gulager as the pitiful Albert, who's a hopelessly wimpy and browbeaten psycho nerd complete with buck teeth and coke bottle glasses. As a tasty extra plus, sexy babes Shari Shattuck and Clare Carey both look smoking hot in revealing bikinis. "Assault on Precinct 13" star Austin Stoker pops up in a small part as a Caribbean officer. Only Nicholas von Sternberg's slick and fluid cinematography manages to effectively surmount the pervasive cruddiness. An absolute crummy hoot and a half!

wiccanwitch-363-546603 Well, I see many here gave this movie low ratings and reviews, however, I won't give that because I actually enjoyed this movie.Yes, the effects are not that great, but look where technology has brought us today, if you look back on some of the old black and white movies, they'd be downright pathetic and horrible by todays standards.I thought this movie was entertaining and I believe many have it wrong on the cats motives when provoked to release the internal mutant from within its bowels.When the cat attacked those folks that it did, it was because of several variations, it sensed it was not liked or wanted by some of the first people to get killed, then as the movie went on, those that initially wanted it aboard, and insisted bringing it along, after it had killed others, now they were AFRAID of the very cat they opted and conned the captain to allow the cat passage, who DID NOT want it on board in the first place. So he had a dislike for the kitty, cat knew it, and he knew it, from what I recall he mistreated the cat, so he got what he deserved.If the others had not started fearing the cat, but had instead rationalized why the cat had done what it did, they would have probably never been harmed, but then, there wouldn't be much killing going on, so they had to become terrified for their lives from the mutant killing cat.I still own the original VHS copy and will be converting it to DVD for my "Horror/Sci-Fi" collection, as I also collect movies with not only cats, but other animals {wolves, dogs, bats, etc.} in them.So yes, I gave this movie an excellent rating, and no I was not on drugs or alcohol either, don't believe in that stuff and never touch it, and I enjoyed this movie without the aid of any external influences.I was actually very disappointed when the new Univited movie came out as I was actually hoping it would have been a more technologically advanced remake of this one, alas that was not so, so I never went to see it.But as for this one, you have to look beyond the bad acting and low budget effects, you have to remember this was made before a lot of the fantastic technology we see, and have been very spoiled by in present day movies. And chances are as we see more and more advances, even these movies of today will end up with bad reviews eventually because they would be watched AFTER such technological advancement in special effects in our movie going experiences.So my final comment is, if you like cat movies, if you like corny dialog, and you enjoy slasher movies, this one really isn't as bad as most make it out to be, but Freddy Krueger it isn't.

Coventry As far as unhinged, over-the-top, implausible and utterly farcical 80's horror movie plot formulas go, "Uninvited" most definitely takes the cake! The idea of a mutating cat barfing up a killer creature resembling a hybrid between a bat and a bowl of rotting placenta is already quite crackpot, but even more inconceivable is how literally everything in this film happens so impulsively and indifferent, like they are the most common events to occur in life! A cute and fluffy ginger pussycat with a monstrous mutant inside of its body escapes from a science lab (why would anyone do such an experiment in the first place?) and aimlessly wanders around a touristy beach community. Nearby a trio of ageing frauds prepare a clean getaway on their yacht, still one of them insists on picking up two young and empty-headed girls in bikini first. Supposedly to keep a low profile. Yeah … right! The girls then invite three random guys they *just* met on the pier and even bring the deadly putty-cat aboard. We're supposed to believe all this because … life is really that easy? Anyhow, subsequently nothing happens for quite a while until - thank God - the cat pukes out its monstrous insides and the characters die in order of annoyance. The rating and reviews don't lie: "Uninvited" truly is a horrible and hilarious (for all the wrong reasons) B-movie. The narrative structure is wildly uneven. Sometimes nothing happens for twenty minutes straight and then suddenly three or four people die in less than two minutes. The make-up effects are far beyond cheesy and inept, with 'scary' hand-puppets that wouldn't even upset a two-year-old child and supposedly virulent cat attacks that are actually rather tame. The dialogs and performances are so tacky you'll feel the desire to rip off your own ears and feed 'em to the cat. If you think you've endured everything then, just wait until you witness the finale, which is without exaggerating the most moronic ending I've ever seen in my life. "Uninvited" stars veteran horror actor George Kennedy ("Death Ship", "Virus", "The Terror Within") but – exactly like the character he depicts – he wonders what the hell he's doing in yet another lousy horror movie and once again surrounded by an ensemble cast of untalented nobodies. Poor, poor George… There definitely is some fun to be had with "Uninvited", but only if you leave your brains at the door and replace the inside of your skull with gallons and gallons of beer.