Haunting story alright!

Rating: 9/10 (26 July 2015)

Nicole Kidman once again proves what an A List actor she is! She plays her character to perfection. And everyone else in the film surround Kidman with high acting skills. Superbly directed, the tension is pulsing throughout the film's duration, not letting you go for a second, thanks mainly to Kidman's performance. Fionnula Flanagan's performance as Mrs Mills the housekeeper blended in so well with Kidman's character, perfect. Atmospheric, macabre, suspenseful, dark, scary, all the adjectives that you can apply to a horror movie are there. You wondered at some point, were the staff all supernatural beings? Was Charles Stewart's appearance in the film a figment of Grace's (Kidman) imagination? It was only the point at which the prospective buyers of the house came into it you realised Grace, Charles, the children & the staff were indeed ghosts!