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The Others is about a woman who has two children with an affliction that leaves them unable to be in sunlight, or other bright lights without suffering severe harm.  Their father went off to fight in World War II and though the war is over he still has not returned.  So the mother and children live in seclusion in their large estate house with all of the windows heavily curtained and very few lights.  During the occupation by German troops the house's electricity was cut off frequently until the family became so used to it that they simply never bothered to get it fixed at the end of the war.  One night the staff of the house just up and left in the middle of the night not even taking their things with them.  The mother advertises for new staff and three people show up to take the job.  The people are quiet and unassuming.  Soon after their arrival things start going weird.

The Others, once one gets past the contrivance of light allergic children as an excuse to keep everything dark and moody, is one of those really good, dramatic and slowly unfolding horror movies.  It relies on suspense and good acting instead of special effects and as such stands out as an exceptional horror.  The acting in this is very good and the set and locations, and such are very well done.  There is a lot of silence in this movie that is spoiled by the general hum of the TV speakers when you turn it up to hear all of the whispering that goes on in the film.  This makes it distracting but there is something about the film that just does not make up for this fault like some other films do.  All in all this is a good horror, a better than average film, but I would not go so far as to call it a new classic or compare it to any other film.

( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

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