Excellent movie for gothic drama lovers

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 2001)

Spoiler! Don't read unless you've seen this film.
This movie won't please the same crowd that enjoys horror movies like Halloween and Scream. There is a feeling of tension and suspense throughout the film, and an interesting twist at the end, but no blood or gore. Although the movie is about dead people who don't realize they are dead, the story line is far different from the Sixth Sense.
However, like the Sixth Sense it is fun to think back and remember various clues. Twice a character said, "Stop breathing like that, stop breathing like that. Stop breathing." Possibly what Grace said as she suffocated the children.
Grace also refers to loud noises triggering her migraines. Later we find that she died of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Her husband says, "Sometimes I still bleed." He probably died of blood loss on the battlefield.
The three servants who died of tb appear in a death photograph. Not too unusual as there are documented cases at the Princeton tuberculosis web site of household members succumbing to tb within a day of each other. And the photo sure had scare impact.
In one scene the daughter's eyes become weirdly opaque. (Other than the scene when she's wearing the communion dress and the medium channels her spirit). It appears the medium is watching through her.
I have read the reviews by posters stating they were bored. All I can say is the dramatic tension easily sustained me, and I find myself replaying scenes of the film long after it's over. A terrific film!