The Others
2001
***½
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Christopher Ecclestone, Fionnula Flanagan, Elaine Cassidy, Eric Sykes, Alakina Mann, James Bentley
In 1945, mother and her two light-sensitive children recide in an isolated mansion on Jersey Island, where they wait for the father to return from war. She gradually becomes convinced that the house is haunted. Alejandro Amenabar's powerful and atmospheric psychological horror film offers no gore or special effects, just wonderfully ustained tension. Whether you like the twist ending or not is a matter of taste. Nicole Kidman is superb in the lead.
