Why The Others Is a Scary Reflection of Today
This August,Alejandro Amenábar’s horror dramaThe Othersturns twenty years old. At the time of its release,The Otherswas both a financial and critical success,pulling in a nearly $210 million worldwide gross on a $17 million budgetwith critics such asRolling Stone’sPeter Traverscalling the film a “master class." With a third-act twist just as memorable as, and similar to,M. Night Shyamalan’s “I see dead people” inThe Sixth Sense,The Othershas its fair share of creepy children and their antics, an eerie atmosphere set in a secluded Victorian estate, and some genuinely spine-tingling scares and imagery....