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* ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited}}'', a point-and-click adventure game.

* ''The Uninvited'', a 1944 horror film about ghosts.

* ''The Uninvited'', a 2009 remake of ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters''.

* ''The Uninvited'', a 2009 remake of ''Film/ATaleOfTwoSisters.
* ''VideoGame/{{Uninvited'', a point-and-click adventure game.

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[[caption-width-right:256:[[SchmuckBait Oh, hello, lady.]] [[TooDumbToLive Mind if you tell me what's with this house]] [[HellIsThatNoise --]] '''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel AAAAAAAAAA]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQCRSUN69yQ HHHH!!!]]''']]

An AdventureGame for the Mac OS ported to the {{NES}}, sister game to ''{{Shadowgate}}'' but taking place in a haunted house instead of a castle. Has much of the same [[TheManyDeathsOfYou gameplay]] and much of the same HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

Compare to ''{{Deja Vu}}'', also by the same developer.

Not to be confused with the [[ForeignRemake American remake]] of ''ATaleOfTwoSisters''.
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!!This game provides examples of:

* [[AnimalsHateHim Animals Hate You]]: At the center of TheMaze, unlocking a cage releases a hawk, a snake, and a cat. You're then given a choice as to what to do with them. Three out of four of your options lead to getting the crap mauled out of you.
* AngryGuardDog: Two of em, guarding the church. Very, very mean dogs.
* AwesomeButImpractical: There's a large, wicked looking battleaxe that you can pick up very early on. Too bad the only thing it's good for is killing YOURSELF (Justified somewhat, as the house is full of ghosts). [[spoiler:You'll later use it to break open a particularly stubborn cookie jar. And the axe breaks in the process.]]
* BottomlessPits: You need to [[spoiler: deposit the BigBad into one of these to be rid of him. And quickly, or he'll be the one to do the depositing]].
* {{Butterface}}: [[spoiler:The Scarlet O'Hara lookalike.]]
* ChekhovsGun: The cross (chalice in the NES version).
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: A strange example: [[spoiler: You can defeat a single zombie by using the power of the pendant, but the pendant won't work on a whole horde of zombies. At the same time, you can't escape the lone zombies, yet you can escape the zombie hordes by simply ignoring them. [[GuideDangIt Of course, newer players wouldn't know to do this.]] ]]
* TheCorruption: What happens to you if you don't get rid of that damn ruby.
** That's on the NES version. In all other versions, just entering the mansion subjects you with it, so you better act REALLY quick or you die. Fortunately, the mansion itself doesn't kill you nearly as quick as the ruby did in the NES version.
* CuteGhostGirl: Seems like this from the back...
* TheDayTheMusicLied: Upbeat tone while meeting a Scarlet O'Hara lookalike from the back? Ooh, very ni--'''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel AAAAAAAA]][[HellIsThatNoise HHHHHH!!!!]]'''
* DistressedDamsel: Your main reason for being in the hellhouse is to locate your sister, and prevent her from becoming a DeadLittleSister.
** Only in the NES versions. In all other versions it's your little ''brother'' that's missing.
* DrowningPit: The bathroom quickly turns into one, if you're silly enough to turn on the sink. [[spoiler:Though this turns out to be the only way to get into the final room.]]
* EveryCarIsAPinto: The very first thing you need to do in the game is get the hell out of your wrecked car. You have three turns or so, before it goes boom.
* FalseReassurance: "Thank you for coming back for me, my love. You will be mine forever..." [[spoiler:She's dead, and you soon will be if you see this line...]]
* ForbiddenFruit: The greenhouse contains the most literal example.
* GenderFlip: The original [=MacVenture=] version had you braving the house to rescue your younger ''brother''.
** A quite likely explanation is that, since the NES port was originally Japanese, they figured saving an older sister would appeal more to the gaming audience at the time.
** Which, when combined with her [[BrotherSisterIncest flirtatious gestures]] upon being rescued, just raises more questions about that [[ValuesDissonance Japanese target audience]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Unlike Shadowgate, this game likes SHOWING you just what it is that's biting and gnawing and ripping your flesh off.
** Although there were things that were toned down. I remember a preproduction screenshot in Nintendo Power that showed a ghost that carried his head in one hand (the one that appears in the attic cell). In the actual game his head is on top of his shoulders.
*** He's carrying his head in most other versions.
* GhostButler: The front door, of course, refuses to let you out once you're inside. [[spoiler:There's another one upstairs, that proves a little more fatal if you're silly enough to use it.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The red tomato-monster thing that [[spoiler: you need to uncage the hawk for]]. Even the narrative text gives up trying to make sense of the event.
* GiantSpider: Amusingly enough (and in perhaps the only example in the entire [=MacVenture=] series), the game warns you multiple times that leaping into the den of the resident Giant Spider will probably be a bad idea. Ignoring the warnings [[spoiler:leads to your being eaten, prefaced by the humorously patronizing message "Well, what do you know; it's a giant spider."]]
* GuideDangIt: Three separate instances:
** How to deal with the ghost butler upstairs.
** What the hell keeps killing you for no apparent reason (the ruby).
*** If you examine the ruby, you'll get a pretty good hint that it's something you don't want. Also, this is only in the NES game. In all other versions, this happens whether you have the ruby (a star in all other versions) or not. Fortunately it takes much, MUCH longer in other versions, essentially giving the whole game a time limit.
** How do you get to [[spoiler: the room above the bathroom]].
* MalevolentArchitecture
* TheManyDeathsOfYou
* TheMaze
* MoonLogicPuzzle
* NintendoHard
* OhCrap
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: "This phantasm must have come from the valley of death. It stares at you malisciously."
* SchmuckBait: Two of them: [[spoiler: the prison cell at the top of the ladder, and the giant spider in the tunnel. A lesser known one is that you can crawl inside the coffin in the maze (often accidentally by going east) and you die.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Dracan is, fortunately, buried within several tons of ice. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, you need to get him out of there in order to actually kill him.]]
* ShoutOut: You can find the graves of both Ace Harding from ''{{Deja Vu}}'', and of Talimar, the BigBad of ''{{Shadowgate}}'' inside of the maze. Also, the phonograph in the house proper plays a (horribly off-key) tune from Shadowgate.
* SouthernBelle: Ha...hahahaha...
* TrialAndErrorGameplay
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Dogs?]]
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Dracan.
* {{Yandere}}: A possible explanation of the actions of the SouthernBelle.

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-> [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK-2Q3jBgWs You reached the end of the page]]. Finding indexes, you continue to click and click, forgetting time. Shortly after, you realize that you missed your important appointment, which caused you to lose your job, love and everything. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Your life was ruined all because of the addiction with this site]].

-> Your quest is over.[[hottip:*:'''[[HellIsThatNoise I've got you...]]''']]

-> Your quest is over.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have to Be Dogs?]]

* AnticlimaxBoss: Much like Shadowgate, the room directly BEFORE the final boss is much more difficult than the last battle itself.

* BottomlessPits: You need to [[spoiler: deposit the BigBad into one of these to be rid of him. And quickly, or he'll be the one to do the depositing.]]

* DamselInDistress: Your main reason for being in the hellhouse is to locate your sister, and prevent her from becoming a DeadLittleSister.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dogs]]

* {{Yandere}}: A possible explanation of the actions of the SouthernBelle.

An AdventureGame for {{NES}}, sister game to ''{{Shadowgate}}'' but taking place in a haunted house instead of a castle. Has much of the same [[TheManyDeathsOfYou gameplay]] and much of the same HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

* TheCorruption: What happens to you if you [[spoiler:don't get rid of that darn ruby.]]
** That's on the NES version. In all other versions, [[spoiler:just entering the mansion subjects you with it, so you better act REALLY quick or you die. Fortunately, the mansion itself doesn't kill you nearly as quick as the ruby did in the NES version.]]
* TheMaze
* TrialAndErrorGameplay

* CuteGhostGirl: Oh, god, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel subverted so hard.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The guardian of the Blothney Gem. Even the game itself has a difficult time trying to explain what it is and what it's doing there.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: At one point, you end up meeting a large red... ball thing. [[spoiler: In order to get it to move, you need to set the hawk from the above puzzle loose.]] Upon solving the puzzle, the game's dialogue makes one think it's absolutely speechless at how strange the event was.
** [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Well, it kinda was]].
** What happens when you break the record player. ''The phonograph no longer works. I think you broke it. Go to your room.''
** The giant spider death. Sounds terrifying, right? Not really. You come across a trapdoor, but the game urges that you ''do not'' go down there, as there's a spider that's "bigger than a breadbox". Keep trying to go down, and the game will continue to warn you. After a few attempts, however, you'll be allowed to go down...and you get killed by the spider. The game's remark on the situation? [[DeadpanSnarker "Well, what do you know. It's a giant spider."]]
** After you have just suffocated yourself by lying a coffin: "Most people die first and then go into the coffin."

* HellIsThatNoise: If '''''"UH OH!!"''''' could be could be expressed in musical form, it would probably sound just like the [=NES=] version's death scene music.
** On the Mac, failure is punished with what sounds like the Reaper himself proclaiming, '''''"I've got you!"'''''
** The DOS version punishes failure with a scary organ chord.

* NightmareFuelUnleaded: Lots of things, but especially the SouthernBelle. Euuuuugh.
** Runner up goes to the Ghost Servant that turns into acid. Ugh...

* {{Yandere}}: A possible explanation of the actions of the SouthernBelle.
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* CuteGhostGirl: Oh, god, [[NightmareFuelUnleaded subverted so hard.]]

[[caption-width-right:256:[[SchmuckBait Oh, hello, lady.]] [[TooDumbToLive Mind if you tell me what's with this house]] [[HellIsThatNoise --]] '''[[HighOctaneNightmareFuel AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQCRSUN69yQ HHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!]]''']]

[[caption-width-right:256:You do ''[[{{Understatement}} not]]'' want to see her [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel face]]. [[SchmuckBait You really want to?]] Click [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQCRSUN69yQ here]] then, and don't say you weren't warned. [[HellIsThatNoise Shiver on the music too. It fits.]]]]