The Others (DVD, 2002)

Finally, a ghost story of substance!

Grace (Kidman), the mother of two severely photophobic children, Anne and Nicolas, lives in an eerie isolated mansion just after WWII ends. It's quite a burden on a young and attractive mother to keep the sunlight out of every room her children pass through or stay in, let alone keep up a huge estate that she holds out hope for her war veteran husband to return to and keep with her.

After placing an ad in the newspaper for servants, three such servants arrive on the doorstep. When Grace answers the door, she believes they have come to answer the ad and to work for her. Instead, the trio are the former tenants of the mansion with alterior motives.

When Grace's little girl, Anne, keeps talking to what her extra-Catholic home-schooling mother believes is a child's fantasy playmate, Nicolas (who is the younger child) is scared beyond compare. Both children claim that there is another little boy living in the house. They can hardly be disbelieved by their spiritual mother because of the strange sounds in the house indicating something or someone is hiding and dwelling inside of their home.

The interesting point is that the nanny has no difficulty at all believing the children, and the three keep that secret from Grace. As in the classics "Gaslight, with Ingrid Bergman, and "Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte," with Bette Davis, Nicole Kidman finds herself in a very similar sort of situation where inanimate objects become animated, voices haunt her, and she begins growing more and more skeptical of reality.

The film is a tension building, haunted house, ghost thriller. Though it is rated PG, I found it more suitable for an adult because this one could give smaller children nightmares. Kidman gives a first rate dramatic performance based upon nothing but her remarkable acting ability, and not her good looks! She is comparable to Bergman and Davis as an actor, that's why I previously mentioned both of them.

I'm normally not a fan of supernatural horror, simply because I need to see the horror/terror/gore to get scared, stairs creaking/ghosts/dark hallways/voices don't normally scare me at all in fact they normally leave me bored and feeling like I've wasted my time. However, this movie surprised me. I won't give any details away about the plot, but from the beginning this movie had me intrigued with the visitors arriving at the door, and it never let up until the twisted ending. I would recommend this simply for the killer ending alone, but the movie as a whole is definitely well done.

Nicole Kidman plays a mother who is abandoned by her husband, who is away at war, and left raising her two small children in a huge mansion. The children start to believe that the house is haunted and it does'nt take long for Kidman to think it too. This movie has all the right stuff for a horror film. Dark, creepy, and twisted. One of my favorite horror movies.

I loved the movie and it had me thinking through the whole
movie are they dead? It was kind of scary a little but mostly had me wondering until the end of the movie who the one that's really dead?
Nicole is one of my favorite actress and this is her best movie yet!
I think everybody should see it because it a very wonderful movie.
And if you like movies with ghost in it you'll definitly love this movie!

Excellent tale of a paronoid woman with her two kids living in a mansion not knowing she and the kids are dead. Great chilling, thriller. Highly recommended.

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Very good!

Nicole is amazing actress, but this movie is the best! I think is very interesting to see and keeps you on the edge of the chair! A must see if you enjoy spooky things!

love this movie n thought i would buy if for my collection on dvd's an to share with friends would buy from this dealer again

This is such a great movie, even if have seen it before you are still suprised at the ending. The movie is not like other movies. It's a one of a kind movie. I love the story line and the actors. I recommend it.

The plot is simple and not especially innovative (your average ghost story), but it seems fresh thanks to strong acting and a well-crafted, eerie atmosphere that rivals that of a Tim Burton film. Nicole Kidman is Grace, a beautiful young married mother who must raise her two children, Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley) alone in their gigantic (actually, ridiculously large) mansion on a British isle, around the end of WWII. They are alone, for the husband and father has been at war and has not returned, and their housekeepers mysteriously vanished. Suddenly, a trio of friendly caretakers arrive one day. Mrs. Mills (Fionnula Flanagan) is the amiable old lady, Lydia (Elaine Cassidy) is a mute young girl, and Mr. Tuttle (Eric Sykes) is the not-so-social gardener. However, there is a strange, arcane facet to the trio; they have little background and had no way of knowing that Grace was offering positions at her manor. Aside from this, Grace must deal with her children, who have a deadly allergy to light, which means that the house must be dark all the time, allowing for a spooky dark, shadowy ambience. Anna and Nicholas, most importantly, have been visited - by a family of ghosts. Noises - crying, piano music, and running - have been heard. And curtains that stop light from entering the house are opening and closing by themselves. The film is based around Grace's efforts to solve the enigma.

My sister told me about this movie, She said it had a great twist. I am very glad I bought it. My whole family really enjoyed it. It does have a fantastic twist. Thank you, Thank you!

I got this dvd when it first came out. Somebody borrowed it and never returned it. Unable to find it at the stores like walmart, target or bestbuy.

This movie is amazing! I love the fact of the way it starts, you are actually a bit confused, then it just seems like a normal family with a father at war. But when you realize that she killed herself and the children because the father was killed, wow, it really surprises you. And with the nanny and the housekeepers, that's another great surprise added. I give this great ratings from start to finish!!

5 Stars. Excellent Movie. Intense Throughout The Whole Movie. Surprise Ending. I Loved This Movie. Scary Without The Bloody Scenes.

This movie was good, because a lot of suspense and have you thinking all the time, so yo are into the movie all the time, is one of my favorites.

I love the fact that you thiunk the ghost are the people Nichole is talking about when in reality it is actualy her faimly that are the ghost. I could watch this movie over and over without catching all the details. In other words something new every time you watch it.

Definitely a ghost story with a twist. One of my favorites. Nicole Kidman gives a stellar performance as an overbearing (but very loving) mother. Loved this movie.

This is the best "Haunted House" or Ghost story film that I have ever seen! FANTASTIC acting by the adults AND the children in the movie, very suspensful, one of the very, very best Ghost films I have ever seen, and one of those that you totally ENJOY WATCHING OVER, and OVER AGAIN! The story is very good, and always a surprise lurking somewhere in the film!

The shipping was fast and the video was in excellent condition. I bought it because it's one of creepiest movies I've ever seen and I love scary movies!

We could not find the movie nowhere in stores wanted the movie for a long time and the movie is great thanks a bunch 4 having it

Bought an older movie that is difficult to buy in stores. My daughter wanted it for Christmas and I knew this was the only way she was going to get it. She was thrilled and so was I because I got a great deal. Thank You

I first watched this movie when my sister bought it a long time ago. It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time~!! From the start everything's pretty mysterious and leaves you wanting to know what's really going on.

I have a peculiar taste for movies, and if you consider your taste unconventional as well i recommend you give this one a try. The awesomely wicked end is definitely a shocker.

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