The only category you can fit this film into is excellent.

Rating: 8/10 (14 November 1999)

This film isn't a horror, or a thriller, or even a do-the-right-thing film. It's all of them, and although you can clearly see the joins, it helps you across them without you really giving them a second thought.
I thought this film was fantastic. Bruce Willis proves that he can act without a dirty string vest, and he proves that there's talent in there dying to get out, with this film I think he's got his ticket out of the action hero genre.
Osment, the child star, is amazing. When he whispers low you can feel how scared he is, he genuinely looks terrified during the scary section. This child is more believable than a lot of so-called A-list stars.
This is another clever film, it manages to avoid stock scare tactics and over the top "I'm over here" signs in the story, it's a huge surprise, and I loved it.
Go see this film, pray you don't catch any spoilers as I did, and go see it. I can only criticise one thing, and that's the borrowing of a scene directly from another film that just happens to be a personal favourite. Won't tell you though, it might spoil things!