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Having enjoyed a palpable international hit with his Abre Los Ojos—picked up for an American remake, under the title Vanilla Sky, by Tom Cruise—Amenábar made his English-language debut with The Others, a dolorous, deftly directed Old Dark House chiller set in the immediate aftermath of World War II, about a devoutly religious Englishwoman (Nicole Kidman, superb) living in a remote home in the Channel Island with her two young, severely photosensitive children and the strange goings-on that begin shortly after she takes on a trio of new servants. “Elegant… Creates more tension from atmosphere alone than most other horror films do from vats full of fake blood.” —The Times of London

Distributor: Rialto Pictures