The Others
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Watched this for the first time in about 7 years last night...
It holds up very well...possibly one of the best ghost stories?
The twist is still great and not an obvious one at all....
I'm wondering what the general consensus is of this movie?
Do people like it? Did it scare you at all?
Also I found out that the little girl apparently became addicted to eating biscuits on the set and pilled on the weight...:eek:
Possibly why she hasn't been in anything since?
EDIT:
Quite Sad actually
For some years now, Alakina Mann has been plagued with an inability to find acting jobs. Mann has also struggled intensely with her weight and clinical depression.
Whilst filming on the set of The Others, Alakina got notoriously greedy with biscuits in the canteen; a result of both greed and a generous dinnerlady. As a consequence, she gained weight during filming, the result of which was the costume department having to alter the costume to hide the fact that she had done so.
It holds up very well...possibly one of the best ghost stories?
The twist is still great and not an obvious one at all....
I'm wondering what the general consensus is of this movie?
Do people like it? Did it scare you at all?
Also I found out that the little girl apparently became addicted to eating biscuits on the set and pilled on the weight...:eek:
Possibly why she hasn't been in anything since?
EDIT:
Quite Sad actually
For some years now, Alakina Mann has been plagued with an inability to find acting jobs. Mann has also struggled intensely with her weight and clinical depression.
Whilst filming on the set of The Others, Alakina got notoriously greedy with biscuits in the canteen; a result of both greed and a generous dinnerlady. As a consequence, she gained weight during filming, the result of which was the costume department having to alter the costume to hide the fact that she had done so.
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I watch it every halloween and it still freaks me out
I love the setting in just that one house and the constant darkness
Nicole Kidman actually gives one hell of a performance and it is actually one of my fav performances from a film of all time.
I love the creepy housekeepers
The kids are adorable
Just an amazing film
If you like this then I'd suggest you give The Orphanage a try. It's a spanish language film and has a similar feel, relying more on atmosphere than shocks and gore.
The movie expands it and adds a lot of very effective window dressing but it's still recognisable as the same story.
www.imdb.com/title/tt0293890/combined
See also "Voices" (1973).
www.imdb.com/title/tt0070888/combined
No point letting a good story go to waste.:)
Well, I didn't know that! I do have vague memories of Armchair Theatre though. Shame they never repeat that series. There was also a good series called "Thriller" that used to be on in the early seventies.
Didn't do much for me though, but can see its appeal as a handsomely-shot piece of spooky entertainment.
I got the twist pretty early on, but I'll admit the big reveal scene - when Kidman intrudes upon the seance - is a terrific moment that must have given those unawares a fair old jolt.
isn't there a bit where she's waving the shotgun around where you see she's not there? I didn't see it
I don't think it was meant to be scary. Just creepy and spine-tingling.
Films like Saw are scary, but the others are not.
Saw isn't scary, it's just unpleasant.