The Others - film overview and techniques used
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The Others is a horror thriller set in a Victorian mansion on the British Isle of Jersey in 1945. The film stars Nichole Kidman as Grace, a mother who isolates her two children in a haunted mansion, slowly discovering that she is surrounded by ghosts. Ironically the twist at the end reveals in the stunning penultimate sequence of the film that she too is a ghost. The Others provides a frequent use of dull candlelight making it psychologically creepy and keeps the interest level high. Not only does this engage the audience with none of the typical horror thriller properties such as, explicit violence and lots of gore but leaves them shrouded in complete mystery and suspense throughout the film. Once the credits fade out, the relaxing and homely background music slowly dies down and is replaced by total silence. This effect prepares the audience in for something to happen....


