I saw at Ain't it Cool that Clive Barker wrote in with the following rave review:

"The Others"

THE OTHERS is a quiet horror film; a film full of whispers and glimpses that possesses a truly exceptional power to disturb and terrify. The performances are WITHOUT EXCEPTION superb, pitch perfect. The photography evokes an elegant world of dread that has not been created on screen since the days of the original version of THE HAUNTING, or ROSEMARY'S BABY. The music, which was composed by the director, Alejandro Amenabar, is a masterpiece of tonal perfection. And finally the story, with its interweaving of subtle mind-games and moments of stark terror, has an beauty in its structure and a gut-wrenching force in its finale, that makes this an undisputed classic of gothic horror film-making.

In the midst of a season of disappointments, THE OTHERS is THE film of the summer; a stunning horror film of the highest caliber, a movie that will be used for years to come as a benchmark of excellence.

Terrifying, subtle and totally unpredictable, THE OTHERS is the best horror film I've seen in years.

-- Clive Barker

Anyone seen it? Is it really that good?

Haven't seen The Others, but it's been recommended by a few people I consider reliable.

I have, however, seen something called Session 9. Which I recommend. Part Treasure of the Sierra Madres, part whodunnit, part Silent Hill. Very slick, considering it's also very low budget. Creepy, unsettling, and suprisingly well put together considering the director, Brad Anderson, has only done fluffy comedies.

-Tom

Saw it last night. It's really good. Try not to watch any commercials for it or read any reviews of it, though. It's not a movie driven by big plot twists, but the commercials give away a couple of the creepier moments. Better to just go see it without any preparation.

So instead of saying anything specific about it, here's this: We saw it in a theater packed, packed, packed with especially loud teenagers. I got the sinking feeling that I was in for a two hour battle between the dialog in the movie and conversations in the audience. However, I didn't hear an inappropriate peep the whole time; the movie really hooked the audience. Rereading that, I guess pointing out that dumb teenagers like something isn't necessarily the ringing endorsement I meant it to be.

Afterwards, I read *several* reviews that mention it's the only decent haunted house movie since The Haunting. Why doesn't anyone ever rememeber The Changeling? *That's* a scary goddamn haunted house movie. And, obviously, the haunted house section of The Warriors is terrifying.

I was talking about The Others, by the way. Seesion 9 isn't showing around here.

Ok, wait a minute.
The horror movie starring Nicole Kidman (whom I dislike) is good? And Osmosis Jones, which looks terrible judging by previews, is getting good reviews as well?

So, I'm living in a parallel universe where the movies I'm ambivalent about are good and the one's I wanted to go see are bad?

Someone tell Rod Serling he can't smoke in here!

-Andrew