A chilling and unique experience

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2001)

I have always been an avid fan of horror films but despite of this, I still can decipher which are the good ones and which are the bad ones. Personally, this is one of the good ones. I extremely loved this film! It's story is truly original, one that you thought you knew how the story goes, and then suddenly you find out that your wrong. And then from there you think you know how the story goes, and then BOOM, you're wrong again. This is one of the things you don't expect in a horror film. In most horror movies, you expect to be scared from right to left with the bombardment of visual effects, scaring you with what is on the surface. Werewolves, vampires, witches, ghouls, or ghosts and the looks of them and how they mingle with characters in a film are mostly what keeps a horror film going. But this one had an added element, a good twist! The twist of the story line is very good. It came rather unexpected and surprising which made this film worth seeing.
It is also because of this, that personally, I believe why The Sixth Sense was such a success. Something new and something that wasn't just merely a kid who saw dead people. We've seen a lot of films where people can see dead people and that somehow they find out that they need to help the spirits of these dead people. But personally, I think what made this movie good was something that no one was expecting, the nature of the character Bruce Willis played. But between the two films, I liked The Others more in that I never guessed the outcome. In The Sixth Sense, I've had friends who said that somehow they got the twist of the movie, but with The Others, they, including me, didn't.
I highly recommend this film and I'm pretty sure you won't be disappointed with the performances of Nicole Kidman, Alakina Mann, James Bentley and the rest of the cast. The spooky backdrop, the sombre costumes, terrific performances and the great twist made watching this movie a chilling and unique experience.