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''The Others'' is a 2001 supernatural horror film directed by Alejandro Amenábar, and starring Creator/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.

* CatapultNightmare: At the very beginning of the film, Grace is shown awaking from a nightmare (which the audience doesn't witness) by screaming in horror. Later events, however, imply that [[spoiler:it was no dream - that she was reliving the memory of killing of her own family and then herself]]. Technically though, it's not a CatapultNightmare - she remains lying down throughout the traumatic awakening.

'''''The Others''''' is a 2001 supernatural horror film directed by Alejandro Amenábar, and starring Creator/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.

* AdultFear: Grace really freaks out whenever she believes her children are hurt or in danger.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: The Stewarts were dead all along, and died in a very tragic manner, but realizing and accepting this has allowed them to overcome their dysfunctional family issues.]]
* BrokenBird: Poor Lydia comes conveniently pre-broken.

* 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]]. Technically though, it's not a CatapultNightmare - she remains lying down throughout the traumatic awakening.

* DeadpanSnarker: Anne. Also Bertha Mills, towards the end:

* TheEndingChangesEverything

* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Grace herself at the end.]]

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Subverted]].

* {{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.

* ProphetEyes: The old woman, although this is because she is presumably blind.

* ShellShockedVeteran: Charles.
* SmallSecludedWorld: Used to make the presence of the "others" more eerie. The entire film takes place on a very empty island estate, occupied only by the Stewart family and three new servants. To add to this effect, almost every time we see ouside it's misty, creating a bigger sense of isolation.

* ChekhovsGun: The "book of the dead." It's filled with photographs of the corpses of recently deceased people; a practica that's supposed to help bring them back as spirits.

* DemonicPossession: When Anne is left alone to play she's possessesed by the ghost of an old blind woman. Subverted, however, [[spoiler: when it's revealed the family are ghosts, and thus Anne was the possesor - though it was completely unintentional on her part. In fact, the old woman may have been [[WillingChanneler allowing herself to be possessed]]]].

* 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' haunted, are using the services of an old blind medium to try and contact the spirits of Grace and her children.]]

'''''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.

!!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're a living family trying to make peace with the spirits that appear to be haunting their new house.]]

''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.

* TeamMom: Mrs. Mills. She's very kindly and comforts Grace and Nicholas several times, acts as something of a mother towards [[BrokenBird Lydia]], and [[spoiler:gently offers to make Grace a cup of tea after TheReveal]].

* TheSpeechless: Lydia is mute. [[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.

* HeroicBSOD: It's this that causes [[spoiler:Grace to snap and kill her children and 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]].

* OhCrap: When Anne and Nicholas realise that they aren't alone when they are hiding in the cupboard.
** Grace, when she discovers the photograph of [[spoiler:the corpses of the servants]] - and the scene cuts away to Anne pulling a similar face after finding [[spoiler:the servants' gravestones.]] Then Anne turns around and sees that they're walking towards her and Nicholas...
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler:They're actually alive and the characters we've been following the entire movie are the ghosts]].
* ParentalIssues: Anne and Grace do ''not'' get along, but as the film goes on it becomes clear how deeply they care about each other.

** Grace, when she discovers the photograph of [[spoiler:the corpses of the servants]] - and the scene cuts away to Anne pulling a similar face after finding [[spoiler:the servants' gravestones.]] Then Anne turns around and sees that they're walking towards her and Nicholas.

* OhCrap: When Anne and Nicholas realize that they aren't alone when they are hiding in the cupboard.

* RewatchBonus: If you watch the film again after learning that [[spoiler:Grace and her children were DeadAllAlong, you'll notice how alot of the things they do and wear are common with what people usually associate ghosts with (erratically moving things, wearing creepy clothing, making noises/talking in acoustic hallways/rooms, not leaving their home etc.)]]

** Coupled with HarsherInHindsight is the twice-said [[spoiler:"Stop breathing like that... Stop]]

* 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]].

* DemonicPossession: When Anne is left alone to play she's possessesed by the ghost of an old blind woman. Subverted, however, [[spoiler: when it's revealed the family are ghosts, and thus Anne was the possesor - though itmwas completely unintentional on her part. [[spoiler:In fact, the old woman may have been[[WillingChanneler allowing herself to be possessed]]]].

* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: ALL of the characters are ghosts, except for the "intruders" Anne keeps seeing. They're a living family trying to make peace with the spirits that appear to be haunting theirmnew house.]]

** Coupled with HarsherInHindsight is the twice-said [[spoiler:"Stop breathing like that... Stop

* BittersweetEnding

* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler:"book of the dead"]], not to mention [[spoiler:Grace's rifle]].

* CreepyChild: Anne has her moments.

* 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 realisation of what she did to her children.]]

* [[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-said [[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.]]

* 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]].

* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* ProphetEyes: The old woman, although this is because [[spoiler:she is (presumably) blind]].

* 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.]]

* 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]].

* [[spoiler:DuelingMovies: was contrasted against ''Film/TheSixthSense'' largely because they share the same TwistEnding.]]

* [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror: ALL of the characters are ghosts, except for the "intruders" Anne keeps seeing. (They are alive).]]

* [[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."

** Coupled with HarsherInHindsight is the twice-said, [[spoiler:"Stop breathing like that... Stop breathing!"]]

* IWantMyMommy: Anne says this except for her dad.

** Coupled with HarsherInHindsight is the twice-repeated, [[spoiler:"Stop breathing like that... Stop breathing!"]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: The servants were ghosts who drove Grace to suicide and murder of her children.]]

* 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.]]

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