The best spook-fest since What Lies Beneath

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2001)

Most films these days are too busy with spending millions of pounds on special effects (Pearl Harbor, Mummy Returns?), and I don't thnik that any of them really make good films. Then we get The Others. It's an old fashioned ghost-story, which, although is rather slow, is beautifully made and has a few parts which are pretty spooky. Nicole Kidman is great, as are the 2 young children who play her children. There is no violence. I like gory horror films, but sometimes it's good to get just some good old chills. Just as good as last years psychological chiller, What Lies Beneath and with a twist ending that's definately going to be compared to The Sixth Sense.