Chilling little ghost story

Rating: 9/10 (26 May 2002)

I guess the people watching this film fall into two categories - the ones who have a real shock from the twist in the end; and the ones (like me) who cottoned on almost from the beginning.
Yes there is a twist, but I think it is the eerie cinematography, the strong acting (yes, even of Nicole Kidman...) and the gothic style setting that makes this beautiful, sad, frightening tale so mind-capturing.
This movie is a ghost story in the old style - where there is no "blood and guts" but rather a sick, tight feeling at a strange noise in the middle of the night...