A slow but, more than worthy scare!

Rating: 10/10 (19 October 2001)

If you like a good ghost story this is the movie for you to see. Nicole Kidman deserves the Oscar for this. Her nervous 1940's Englishwoman was played perfectly. I certainly hope the girl that plays the daughter is nominated for best supporting actress. I've paid to see this movie 3 times. It starts rather slowly but all the while the plot certainly thickens on the fog shrouded island that lends atmosphere to this project. To me it was like seeing the best of a 1940's thriller for the first time. Then I had to see it again to pick up on clues. Yet the third time I went was the time that made me jump the hardest. The plot is truly engrossing and you're never really sure exactly what is happening until the final climactic moments. You'll leave the theater with your mouth hanging open.