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''The Others'' is a 2001 supernatural horror film directed by Alejandro Amenábar, and starring NicoleKidman, Christopher Eccleston and Fionnula Flanagan. It became the first English spoken film ever to receive the Best Film Award at Spain's Goya Awards.

The film is set on the British Channel Island of Jersey in the immediate aftermath of WorldWarII, and follows devout Catholic Grace Stewart and her two young children, Anne and Nicholas, who both suffer from a rare disease which means that they cannot risk exposure to sunlight as it will be fatal to them. The arrival of three servants coincides with a number of odd and increasingly disturbing events - disembodied voices, strange noises and the children claiming to have seen several ghostly figures - causing Grace to fight to save her children while struggling to keep her sanity.

Known for its multiple [[TheReveal reveals]] and TwistEnding. '''Beware of spoilers below.'''

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!!This film provides examples of:

* AdultFear: Grace really freaks out whenever she believes her children are hurt or in danger.
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The servants were ghosts who drove Grace to suicide and murder of her children.]]
* BittersweetEnding
* BrokenBird: Poor Lydia comes conveniently pre-broken.
* CaliforniaDoubling: The film is set in Jersey, but the exterior shots of the mansion were filmed in Spain.
* CatapultNightmare: At the very beginning of the film, Grace is shown awaking from a nightmare (which the audience doesn't witness) by screaming her head off. Later events, however, imply that [[spoiler:it was no dream - her ghost had just "woken up" from killing her own family and then herself]].
* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler:"book of the dead"]], not to mention [[spoiler:Grace's rifle]].
* CreatorCameo: Alejandro Amenábar appears as one of the photographed corpses in the book of the dead.
* CreepyChild: Anne has her moments.
* DeadpanSnarker: Anne. Also Bertha Mills, towards the end:
-->'''Grace:''' ''[in a state of hysteria]'' Someone has taken the curtains!
-->'''Mrs. Mills:''' I ''have'' noticed, ma'am. There's no need for you to raise your voice. ''[she sees Mr. Tuttle]'' Oh, Mr. Tuttle. I was just on the point of calling you. Did you know that someone has taken all the curtains?
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:Anne possesses the old woman at one point]], although it is completely unintentional on her part. [[spoiler:It is quite possible that the old woman [[WillingChanneler was allowing herself to be possessed.]]]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Grace was driven to suicide by the ghosts of the servants of the ''previous'' owners. She discovers ''they'' had died in the late 19th century by finding their mourning portraits.]]
* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Throughout the movie there is the palpable sense that ''something'' has happened in the house and that ''everyone'' knows something that they're not talking about - but what it is remains a mystery to each character and to the audience until the conclusion.
* [[FantasyForbiddingFather Fantasy-Forbidding Mother]]: Grace initially acts like this towards Anne and Nicholas' belief in ghosts, and at one point tells Mrs. Mills that she dislikes "fantasies; strange ideas."
* {{FutureShadowing}}: Grace's reaction when she first [[spoiler:picks up the rifle]] when attempting to hunt down the "intruders" foreshadows the film's TwistEnding.
** Coupled with HarsherInHindsight is the twice-repeated, [[spoiler:"Stop breathing like that... Stop breathing!"]]
* HauntedHouse: [[spoiler:Both played straight and inverted. The house is haunted, but by the main characters, who don't realize that they're dead.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler:The final shot of the film shows the gate leading to the house with a "For Sale" sign attached to it.]]
* HeroicBSOD: It is this that causes [[spoiler:Grace to snap and kill her children and then herself prior to the events of the film]], but she is also well on her way towards another one towards the end of the film. Also, Charles suffers one [[ShellShockedVeteran after returning home from the horrors of war]].
* ISeeThemToo: Mrs. Mills says this word-for-word to a highly upset Anne, when Grace is in severe denial about the presence of the "others."
* IWantMyMommy: Anne says this except for her dad.
* {{Jerkass}}: Anne psychologically bullies her brother and is cruel to Lydia, making fun of the latter's muteness. However, her mother's way of raising her isn't exactly ideal, so that does explain a lot of the behavior, and by the end Anne is firmly in JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory.
* JumpScare: A few - the first shot of the mansion having its silence suddenly interrupted by Grace's ear-splitting scream, the part during the "piano room" scene when [[spoiler:the door suddenly slams into Grace's face, knocking her backwards]], and, of course, the old woman [[spoiler: bursting into the cupboard]].
* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:"We're not dead! WE'RE NOT DEAD!"]]
** "This house is ours. This house is ours."
* MamaBear: Grace.
* MirrorScare: Completely averted. There is a significant use of mirrors and reflections throughout the film, which may lead some viewers to believe that a MirrorScare is going to be set up, but it isn't.
* MusicalSpoiler: Averted. During the "piano room" scene, the film's scary score increases in volume, leading the viewer to believe that something frightening is about to happen. It doesn't. [[NothingIsScarier After a minute or so of tenseness]], however, the JumpScare does eventually happen - when there's no music playing.
* NothingIsScarier: Used throughout much of the film.
* OhCrap: When Anne and Nicholas realize that they aren't alone when they are hiding in the cupboard.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* ProphetEyes: The old woman, although this is because [[spoiler:she is (presumably) blind]].
* PsychicPowers: [[spoiler:The old woman, who turns out to be a medium.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Not only are Mrs. Mills, Mr. Tuttle and Lydia all ghosts, but so are Grace and her family, and the "others" are, in fact, living people who have bought the house and, none too pleased about the fact that it is haunted, are using the services of the old woman to try and contact the spirits of Grace and her children.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Charles.
* SmallSecludedWorld: Grace keeps her children locked in the house. [[spoiler: And they don't grow up either, being her little children forever...]]
** Of course, [[spoiler:now that they're dead, they're immune to the disease that kept them inside all of the time...]]
* TheSpeechless: Lydia is a mute. The reason why is not revealed until the ending: [[spoiler:She became traumatized upon discovering that she and the two other servants are dead]]. There is a moment when she does make a valiant attempt to speak, but she just cannot get the words out, no matter how hard she tries.
* SpookyPhotographs: The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-mortem_photography memento mori]].
* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:Grace and the kids have been dead all along.]]
* WeakenedByTheLight: Because of a genetic disorder ([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeroderma_pigmentosum Xeroderma pigmentosum]]), the kids cannot be exposed to sunlight or they might die. [[spoiler:Once they realize they are already dead, they get to enjoy sunlight for the first time.]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Is that how she ''killed'' you?"]]

!!Tropes that are inherent spoilers:

* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: Grace and both of her children at the end.]]
* [[spoiler:DuelingMovies: was contrasted against ''Film/TheSixthSense'' largely because they share the same TwistEnding.]]
* [[spoiler:TheEndingChangesEverything]]
* [[spoiler:{{Familicide}}]]
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Grace herself at the end.]]
* [[spoiler:InfantImmortality: Subverted]].
* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: ALL of the characters are ghosts, except for the "intruders" Anne keeps seeing. (They are alive).]]

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