Another great Haunted House movie

Rating: 9/10 (10 February 2004)

Haunted house movies usually come in two categories: really good or really bad. In the latter are films like The Amityville Horror, and in the former I would add this movie along side classics such as The Haunting (the original).
This is not a film for those with a nervous disposition. Hailed as the next Sixth Sense, a comparison that that is perhaps a little unfair, this movie will have you trembling in your seats and spilling your popcorn.
Nicole Kidman stars as a mother trying to cope with bringing up two children in a large house on Jersey in 1945, still waiting for news of her long absent husband. Soon after the arrival of three new staff, strange things start to occur... If I told you any more of the plot it would spoil it. This is definitely one film where the least you know before hand the better. All I will say that it represents everything that is good about film; there is no swearing, gratuitous violence or nudity. Instead there is suspense and a great deal left to the imagination. I would certainly say it was suitable for anyone 12 or over that doesn't mind being frightened out of their wits!
This film deserves to become a classic, and hopefully it will be allowed to shine on its own merits, and not draw too many comparisons with Sixth Sense or Others.