Great ghost story

Rating: Null/10 (13 September 2002)

Finally, Hollywood delivers a smart, taut suspense picture which actually provides an intelligently written story along with the thrills and chills. A lot of suspense or horror films (like, say, "The Haunting") seem to consist of various scary or gory scenes around which the writers loosely draped a story to link them together. In a film like this one, the story is interesting enough on its own; the scares flow logically from the established characters and plot. That's the way it's supposed to work!
The previous comments here do a more than adequate job of summarizing the film's plot, so I'll not retread that territory. I'll simply add my voice to the chorus of accolades: "The Others" is a superbly crafted story that is satisfying on every possible level.