''Uninvited Guest'' is a 1999

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written and directed by Timothy Wayne Folsome. It stars

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and

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Plot

The film begins with children playing outside when a stranger walks by and robs a store. After Mecca (

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) pulls out a shotgun, the stranger shoots and kills her. The scene then opens when Debbie (

) and Howard (

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) are celebrating their wedding anniversary. A special night together turns into a nightmare when Howard, Mo (

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) and Tre (William Christopher Stephens) they heard a knock on their door. Tre opens the door lets a man named Silk (

) into the house to use the phone after his car broke down. Besides the car trouble that brought him to the door, he also brings along a string of frightening murders. Debbie then finds out that her husband and best friend Tammy (

) set a hit on her, just to earn a lot of money. However, all of that backfires on everyone, especially Debbie. Howard accidentally shoots Debbie, much to everyone's shock. Silk then crawls towards her, but Howard warned him to get away from her, Silk simply replies. Howard then shoots him in the head, ending the stranger's life.

Cast

Production

The film was produced in

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, Reynoldsburg, Grandview Heights and

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. The artwork featured in the film was by Robert S. Wright, a central Ohio artist. A

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was released in February 2001.

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