There's a true crime channel "That Chapter" and the guy who does it is irish too, and in his case it's the number "three" aka "tree" or if listeners are extra lucky, "tirty-tree" that is the well-loved accent feature.
@@fizzplease6742 Qxir is another great Irish channel that covers a variety of Topics. They range from humorous to dark topics, and he has a good self deprecating sense of dark humor.
I found it kinda bittersweet. Like, the kids are finally playing in the sun, but the cost of it... (Also I enjoy waking up my husband by repeatedly whispering "this house is ours")
It’s so funny cuz I can remember watching this movie as a kid with my mom it was such a mind blown moment that it became ingrained in my memory decades later xD
I thought this was a spoiler, which it is, but I forgot I watched this until I saw the visuals. Wow it's been at least a decade and I've slept since XD
I’ve started saying it the same way. -At first it was a joke-reference-thing, but now I’ve started saying it for real... it’s transcended the irony, and become my reality
I think this is why I love Gothic horror over any other type of horror. It almost always puts people at the center of the horror and they either learn their lesson or they fall further into tragedy. It also almost always relies on building suspense and atmosphere as opposed to constant gore and jumpscares. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I prefer undertones of psychological horror to give it some weight that will last long after I've jumped.
Can't agree more. I really enjoy psychological horrors that are more like character studies/exploration of themes and have a good story. Like you described, the horror in these movies are so much more effective and long lasting because they make me feel fear and dread instead of just startling me in the moment. I find these kind of films aren't just "good for a horror movie" but are good films, period. I continue to think about them years later.
"I have a tremendous dislike of silence; I need noise and distraction to stop intrusive negative thoughts from eating away at my brain." I know a lot of people feel the same and I'm not alone but its comforting to hear someone else say it when you can't, thank you Ryan.
This could be why I hate dead silence. I’ll usually listen to music or something all day if I’m not watching anything. During lockdown I’ve been chatting on Discord a lot. And with any form of voice chat, if nothing is being said, I leave. Now some minutes of silence isn’t bad. But I don’t want to sit in a call where it’s just quiet. I’ve tried explaining this to my friends but they just find it weird and that I should just enjoy company in a manner of speaking. I’ve even reassured them that it’s not because I don’t like being with them. I also just need time to myself and listen to music.
This is almost certainly happening because you are running from the negative feelings behind those thoughts. If you confront them, and find a way to deal with them and live with them, you won't have to fear them arising and can actually enjoy the silence for the lack of stimuli it provides. Silence is a blank canvas for your mind. Don't be afraid of it. Color it in with the things that bring you joy, and deal with negative thoughts one-by-one as they hit you. Don't panic, or dwell, simply let the thought have its space to breathe and then die as you drift on to more pleasant wonderings. Good luck! May peace be with you!
@callmecatalyst I enjoyed it for its openness. Not every film needs to be subtle to be a good horror. I particularly loved the rocking chair scene and the fact the build up is made far more intense due to the maddening isolation. It's a good film! I prefer it to the book.
"They were dead all along" is a total cliche by now but when it's done right it's one of my favorite mystery tropes. It's like locked room murders or eccentric sleuths in that the execution matters infinitely more than how original it is.
This movie gave me nightmares as a child. "are you mad? I am your daughter!" like absolutely traumatized me haha. But this movie is so good it's still one of my favs. So happy you covered it!
The "are you mad? I am your daughter!" Scene gave me such nightmares when I was growing up. My Nana and Grandpa rented the film from Blockbuster and I was curious, so I snuck out of my room and watched some of it from the stairs. Then THAT scene happened and I couldn't run back to my room to hide under my covers fast enough!
The mourning photos were the creepiest part of the film for me. Especially when she finds the ones of the caretakers and they immediately go full ghost powers afterwards
@@nunyabiznes33 It was a TB outbreak- TB before it was contained could really take out a lot of people at once. That's why they're so strict about getting TB tested for jobs like hospitals
This film was a HUGE part my childhood, and I credit it for introducing me to more mature horror. We had surround sound in my home as a kid, which made this movie twice as scary, because the speakers on the walls would convince me that ghosts were running around upstairs in MY house. However, what stuck with me the most was the photographs scene, it's creepy because it's based on a REAL tradition, and the music eerily compliments Grace's shock at these pictures existing. Your review has made me want to revisit the movie greatly.
Oh wow, hi there Jam! I never expected to find *you* here, but in hindsight, I'm not surprised. I love to see various YT critics supporting one another. 😊👍
The best part about this movie is how TECHNICALLY nothing outright “scary” ever actually happens, but it’s still one of the most terrifying atmospheric movies ever. Also, the kid actors are actually fantastic
Not really, my heart dropped when she found the pictures of the housekeepers. Same thing happened when they found out they are dead too. These plot twists fuck with your mind much more than actual jump scares.
To this day, there's a camera shot from The Others that still haunts me: when the housekeepers are peering in through the front door but don't enter. Standing at the door in the dark, talking calmly. The movie is a rare occasion where you don't need all the gore to tell a memorable horror story. Tastefully done.
It's one of the most classy and old fashioned ghost movies of the 21st century, full of macabre mood and ambience. Gets under the skin and remains there long after the end credits have faded away.
I’d definitely consider this the safer option. Moulin Rouge was very off putting to some people because of how Baz Luhrmann-y it was. Very smart of her to have this film in the back pocket.
@kshamwhizzle Baz Luhrmann-y: deliberately theatrical filmmaking designed to emulate the golden age of cinema. Popular among teenage girls who don’t realise The Great Gatsby is full of terrible characters and messages.
@kshamwhizzle yeah, that’s exactly what I mean. It’s just when we read and watched it in school, there were a lot of misty-eyed people who really didn’t seem to understand that. They unironically simped for Jay. It’s one of my favourite books, Luhrmann was the only director outrageous enough to capture its depravity
She kept her kids from the light. She literally kept them from crossing over. Then at the end she traps them in the house by saying “this is our house!” She is protagonist. This movie has many levels to it.
I think the point of the film is that there is no crossing over. Grace spent her whole life thinking there was a heaven and a hell and there just..... wasn't.
The kids were photosensitive to a dangerous degree when they were alive. The fact that Grace could not really go anywhere while they were alive was part of her eventual breakdown. She had to stay in the house with the kids all day, every day, to ensure they didn't get exposed, and she would have had to use servants to do any outside errands for her. This created total isolation while her husband was away at war. And then he didn't come home. That is what made her finally break down and kill the children and herself. The "ghosts" (the new living homeowners) take away the curtains later in the film, and Grace freaks out, but the kids are okay in the sunlight. Because they were dead. This was how Grace finally remembered what she had done.
This is one of those perfectly written movies where the twist ending recontextualizes everything that came before it. I recommend watching this movie at least twice: once before you know the twist, and once after. It makes you look at the whole story in a different light. This is easily one of my favorite horror movies ever.
This is the movie I recommend to anybody who says "I don't like horror", because most of the time, they hate cheap jump scares and gore. There's something truly special about horror that scares you with what it chooses to NOT show us.
I am a big Nicole Kidman fan so I was excited to see this when it came out in theaters. I saw the film 3 times. My mother is a big gothic horror person. My childhood hero's were Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. On Saturday mornings she would watch Twilight Zone reruns with me instead of cartoons. The third time I saw the film, I took her with me and she loved it. It was great fun to be able to introduce her to a new ghost story. Now my daughter is 13 and is becoming the third generation horror fan in the family. I can't wait to show this to her.
One of the most underrated and slow burn horror films; great acting as well. One of first horror films I saw when I was younger. So happy to see it acknowledged on this channel.
@@williamerickson520 My wife and I saw it two nights in a row at our local theatre. We absolutely loved this movie, and took her sister the second time. I love paranormal movies and especially psychological thrillers, and this hit me in the sweet spot. But yes, this really does make me feel old.
This movie TRAUMATIZED me as a child. The scene where the small girl turns around and has an old woman's face legitimately scared me to the point of tears. Something about it just terrified me on a primal level.
And it builds upon itself so nicely at the end, saying that in reality the medium got possessed. Like it makes you imagine what that looked like from our side of the living.
Whoa, I never knew that, cool! For such an over-the-top & blatantly-adult parody film I remember being surprised by how much genuine enjoyment I got of Scary Movie 3. I particularly loved the scenes where Brenda faced-off with the ghost and when Cindy kept questioning what "seven days" meant. 😆 It also introduced me to Anna Faris, which subsequently led to me watching her wonderful work on Mom. 💖
@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose If I remember correctly Scary Movie 3 was the only one of the series directed by the great Zucker Brothers, who basically invented the spoof genre with Airplane and such. While the other Scary Movies have a laugh here and there Part 3 is freaking hilarious from start to finish and watching with the Zuckers' commentary, especially for the deleted scenes, is funnier than the movie itself. But, man, when the Oracle says to Anna Faris the line about knocking over the vase and she backs into the pillar and the HUGE vase falls on her, knocking her down, my friend and I rewound and watched it like 5 times, until we could finally stop laughing. She is a comedic genius.
My parents saw this in theaters and my mom as saying how she noticed that there were a group of people in one of the rows just messing around in their seats because they were bored and then something happened, and they immediately jumped and were completely glued to the screen to the end. My mom also kept telling me how this was such a good film (and one of the reasons why the film stands out to me is because she was not only so impressed with it but she also wouldn't tell me how it ended), so we finally rented it from Blockbusters and thankfully even though I was young, I was all for films with that slow build (I think because I grew up watching black and white films).. I love this film to this day, and the ending was so out of nowhere at first glance but then when you start to think about it, everything that's happened before makes all the more sense, and this is honestly one of my favorite ghost/horror films (it's what a ghost story should be, I think). I've also heard that studios may or may not be thinking of remaking this film, which.. honestly, leave it alone. Why mess with perfection?
@@oliviav.3565 There's always somebody out there that just has to wring every last drop of blood before casting anything aside to work on something "new".
@Evaleigh et Valentine-I still remember watching The Others for the first time at home with my parents during one of our weekend movie nights when my brother & i were kids. My family have always loved a good old fashioned ghost story so The Others became one of the movies that me & my brother would watch together a lot growing up, & it's still one of my favourite ghost stories along with Susan Hills The Woman In Black & Shirley Jackson's The Haunting Of Hill House.
This movie succeeds or fails on the believability of the two child actors, and they are SO GOOD!!! Smart and age appropriate. They create characters who are just bickery and bratty enough that I felt several moments of grudging empathy for their migraine-prone mother. The kids are everything in this movie.
'The Others' is a very well-done piece of gothic horror. Tragedy makes for much better stories of fear, in my opinion, than does revenge. Tragedy just seems more generally complex, I think. What was done in this story was unspeakable, but was the result of many factors leading up to it - tragedy isn't simply black and white. The reverberations of guilt, fear, stress, illness and loneliness, are deftly crafted in this film. I think it may be one of Nicole Kidman's best performances, and the kids were great, too. This little girl more than held her own, and the little boy looked like he could have been drawn by Edward Gorey. :)
you mentioned Guillermo del Toro and his movie "The devil´s backbone". I hope you make a video about "Panths laberynth" some day, even if it is not strictly a pure horror movie.
"I don't like Silence. I need noise and distraction to stop intrusive, negative thoughts from eating away at my brain -" Fuck dude. You've never said anything more poignant and pertinent to my own life than that.
I know you won't believe me, but if you do enough research and ignore the doubt you initially have when I tell you this, you'll find that these intrusive and/or negative thoughts are actually spirits. I didn't fully believe it until I tried to cast them out, then I could literally feel them in my solar plexus & heart chakra. The world isn't at all what it seems. Here is a small list of spirits that will *name themselves* if you properly cast them out, which proves what I'm saying is 100% true: Sorrow Vanity Stress Lust Doubt Unbelief Religion Infirmity Unforgiveness Perversion Hate Pride Anger Shame Masturbation(no joke, bro) Addiction Narcissism Jezebel Occult Dragon spirits Egyptian mascot Poverty Jealousy Generational curses are very real and affect us all, so I suggest breaking them all properly. This is info that took me nearly 12 years to reach, so I hope you'll respect it and not just assume I'm crazy. God bless you.
The part where Chris Ecclestons's character comes back bums me out so much. His performance really sells that whole part. The dichotomy of how happy he is to see his family contrasted with the limitations and realities of his current existence is gut wrenching.
What I especially liked about this movie was just how grown up the kids were, it's as if they had already aged in spite of being kids because so much time has passed. That was so brilliant, OF COURSE that would happen if this was real.
This was the first time I was spoiled by the internet for the ending. What I'll never forget though is that when I did go and see this in the theatre I was totally caught up in the story and characters anyway. Kidman especially was spectacular, of course.
I took a date to this movie. Every time I screamed or teared up, he laughed at me. We both loved horror and ghost stories, but for VERY different reasons. This wasn't the ONLY reason we stopped hanging out, but I can't pretend it wasn't symbolic of the bigger picture! *shivers*
This was the first movie that made me existential about death and the afterlife. It totally changed my view of horror and how atmosphere can be utilized in scary movies. Loved watching your review!
We are lucky to have somebody like Ryan to make such enjoyable videos so we too can drown out the depressing silence by watching his videos. Depression is the siren of the void that sings to you. Distractions drown it out it's song but when there is nothing left then the next thing that drowns is you in the sea of self doubt and soon you'll sink so deep that not even the light can reach the place where you are headed.
this was and still is one of my favorite movies ever. My family told me that i’d carry this VHS around with me when i’d spend the night at a family members house
At 7:36 you described how you hate silence, and about how you need some form of stimulation to stop intrusive and negative thoughts from entering your head. This is me in a nutshell. It genuinely gives me some slight form of levity that I’m not the only one that feels this way. I love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Saw Ryan wearing what looked like pink pants and I thought damn so I'm not the only lad out there wearing em and then he said he had bad fashion sense and I'm so offended
This was a staple of my childhood, me and my siblings would rewatch it quite a bit and the ending always hits really hard. Also the remake of The Haunting (of Hill House) was another one we watched a lot, used to creep us out bad but it’s kinda hokey when I rewatch it haha.
Right. the CGI was a bit hokey with Haunting, but still a great watch in general. House on Haunted Hill from around then was good too. (it's sequel, not so much)
Watched this movie in a classroom at 12 years old. It's the piece that started my love for horror media and made me frantically pirate a shitton of movies and games. It has a special place in my heart for that.
Ryan as a fellow Northern Irish man I love your content. It always seems to be a thoughtful analysis of my childhood horror catalogue. Or a reminder of a gem I'd watched and forget about.
This is a film I point to whenever someone says "a 12 rated film can't be scary". It's also a film that benefits from multiple viewings. Just small things like when the housekeepers come to the house, they never mention the advert mentioned earlier by Grace.
Hey ryan, love your channel! I just wanted to say I used your vids as inspiration for some argumentative essays I had to write and I ended up getting a 95% which is amazing!! Keep it up I love hearing your analysis and opinions.
Ok but you literally keep uploading videos about the movies i have been obsessing with recently. I stg your videos just come up exactly when i need them about the exact topic im interested in.
This was probably the best video I've seen sofar. I think that after watching most of your videos. I guess that means you are a real talent, and a unique one at that! Thank you for creating content, Ryan! God bless!
My family camped a lot when I was younger, we had a trailer and brought a TV along for night time movies! We watched The Others probably 20 times. It was one of the few Horror movies that I loved since it didn't rely on jumpscares+loud sounds. I hate when there's just cheap scares that just illicit temp shock because most often, its not truly scary. This film was actually scary scary. I felt bad at the end. It stuck with me. It made me think through the film and the twist ending was actually GOOD. I didn't see it coming at first watch.
I really relate to what you said about this year and how it's all been about waiting, and being unable to move on until "something" happens, and how that warps your feelings about the home environment. Been feeling that very strongly.
It's funny because I was just talking about living in the moment and trying not to worry about what is to come. Everyone is suffering in one way or another due to Covid. We live in silence now. In other news, I'm supposed to write a movie review for Misery 1990 for my English class this week. I was tasked with reading a lot of reviews to get a sense of style and structure. I'm glad that I watched yours because it's pure inspiration. You are so talented.
Dude your videos are literally so good, I treat them like a masterclass in film and cinema, they're so interesting but I also feel like I'm learning so much!! Thank you for what you do!
I sort of want to double feature The Others and The Devil's Backbone now. They have a lot in common, don't they? They both deal with the terror of being a child, they both use silence to accentuate the stress and oppression of the homes in the respective films, they're both framed by the same war. But where The Others shows us next to nothing, The Devil's Backbone shows us everything by the twenty minute mark. It's a movie without many secrets. This serves not to shock or scare, but to draw you into a plodding certainty that it's all coming apart soon. The Others has the same kind of feel, but it's a movie with many secrets, and one of those secrets is that it came apart already. So yeah, that'd be a really good, really sad double feature.
Glad to see you're still making content. Hope everything is OK with you. Hope you stream again soon. Also, I'm like the only person who has even heard of The Others TV show. It ran for 1 season and was cancelled on a cliffhanger. It was based in modern day and followed a group of ghosthunters with psychic powers. Never put on home video or streaming. I loved the series.
I've been binging your channel for the last few days and am pleasantly surprised of catching a new upload so early! Your videos are always interesting and entertaining, keep it up!
Aw man I remember our English teacher in academy showing us this on the last day before we left for the summer holidays and we all loved it! Gonna rewatch
I don't watch horror films; correction, I CAN'T watch horror films, but it is for moments like these that I am still subbed to Ryan. The Others walks the line of supernatural and uneasy, but yet not full out horror. I love this genre, like the game Little Nightmares. Speaking of which Ryan should analyze if he play games.
FINALLY! I have been waiting for such a long time for someone to make a worthy video of The Others, you would think it'd be a well covered movie yet you'll struggle to find a review that does it justice. Thank you so much Ryan, you are the most reliable artist/creator when it comes to horror, the most underrated and sadly misunderstood genre in film.
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Ryan, you make phenomenal content. I started watching you a year ago this month and I love all your videos. I listen to them when I go for walks. Your passion for horror is infectious and you convey ideas in an intelligent manner. Thank you for your work.
only watched this one in high school, but it was like one movie that a lot of teachers had access to on chill days for some reason so i ended up watching it like 3 times over 4 years
If it wasn’t for Halle Berry’s “Monsters Ball” awards sweep, this definitely would have been the role that brought her the Oscar. Especially since this was the year she also had acclaims for “Moulin Rouge”
Nicole Kidman was nominated for Best Actress for Moulin Rouge, not for The Others. The Others was a Golden Globe nomination only and helped her win the Oscar in 2002 for The Hours.
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I liked the fact that in the end they were the ones haunting someone's family I didn't expect that... I can't think of another movie that's done that (I could be wrong but I haven't atleast )
I remember going into this movie with my friends not expecting much. I was blown away by the twist and how deeply sad it was. I rewatch it every few years.
This is certainly on my top ten list and will likely forever will be. I want more movies like this. Silence is your friend, Ryan. It can feel uncomfortable at first, but when you get used to it, it is marvelous. I personally can't stand constsnt noise.
Been waiting for you to cover this, a really good film! Shame there isn't more films like it, genuinely unnerving. Amazing essay as always Mr. Hollinger :D
This was one of my first favourite horror/thrillers as a kid, it has a special place in my heart because it was my gateway to seeking out more horror movies and ultimately becoming a huge horror fan!
When I was a kid we had a DVD of this movie. I have no memory of who bought it or whatever we just had it and I would watch this movie over and over for no reason
Us: "Say the line, Ryan!"
*weary sigh*
Ryan: "Hoyever..."
Us: "Yay!!"
"Is he gonna say it again?"
I love his accent and I was actually anticipating hearing him say it too.
There's a true crime channel "That Chapter" and the guy who does it is irish too, and in his case it's the number "three" aka "tree" or if listeners are extra lucky, "tirty-tree" that is the well-loved accent feature.
@@fizzplease6742 Qxir is another great Irish channel that covers a variety of Topics. They range from humorous to dark topics, and he has a good self deprecating sense of dark humor.
Us: "Now your other line."
Ryan: "Are you serious right n..."
Us: "Say it!"
Ryan: "Beeeesically."
I think this is the first time a “they were dead all along” actually surprised me and highkey made me sad
I found it kinda bittersweet. Like, the kids are finally playing in the sun, but the cost of it...
(Also I enjoy waking up my husband by repeatedly whispering "this house is ours")
I was 12 when I saw this and it was my first introduction to the trope. It broke my mind.
If I remember right, it came not long after The Sixth Sense which had a similar premise and was kinda overshadowed by it.
It’s so funny cuz I can remember watching this movie as a kid with my mom it was such a mind blown moment that it became ingrained in my memory decades later xD
I thought this was a spoiler, which it is, but I forgot I watched this until I saw the visuals.
Wow it's been at least a decade and I've slept since XD
will never tire of how Ryan says "hi-yever"
Hoyever
Wait till you hear him say "Satan" and "snake" and also "mouth"
Hoyever
Hoyever
I’ve started saying it the same way. -At first it was a joke-reference-thing, but now I’ve started saying it for real... it’s transcended the irony, and become my reality
I think this is why I love Gothic horror over any other type of horror. It almost always puts people at the center of the horror and they either learn their lesson or they fall further into tragedy. It also almost always relies on building suspense and atmosphere as opposed to constant gore and jumpscares. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I prefer undertones of psychological horror to give it some weight that will last long after I've jumped.
Can't agree more. I really enjoy psychological horrors that are more like character studies/exploration of themes and have a good story. Like you described, the horror in these movies are so much more effective and long lasting because they make me feel fear and dread instead of just startling me in the moment. I find these kind of films aren't just "good for a horror movie" but are good films, period. I continue to think about them years later.
Hear hear! You've articulated precisely why I much prefer psychological horror to the depressingly ubiquitous violence & gore variety.
Thats why even tho I loved Haunting of Hill House, Haunting of Bly Manor's gothic romance was so deep and great
"I have a tremendous dislike of silence; I need noise and distraction to stop intrusive negative thoughts from eating away at my brain." I know a lot of people feel the same and I'm not alone but its comforting to hear someone else say it when you can't, thank you Ryan.
I could never explain why I hate absolute silence. Now I have one.
Same but its because of tinnitus
This could be why I hate dead silence. I’ll usually listen to music or something all day if I’m not watching anything. During lockdown I’ve been chatting on Discord a lot. And with any form of voice chat, if nothing is being said, I leave. Now some minutes of silence isn’t bad. But I don’t want to sit in a call where it’s just quiet. I’ve tried explaining this to my friends but they just find it weird and that I should just enjoy company in a manner of speaking. I’ve even reassured them that it’s not because I don’t like being with them. I also just need time to myself and listen to music.
This is almost certainly happening because you are running from the negative feelings behind those thoughts. If you confront them, and find a way to deal with them and live with them, you won't have to fear them arising and can actually enjoy the silence for the lack of stimuli it provides. Silence is a blank canvas for your mind. Don't be afraid of it. Color it in with the things that bring you joy, and deal with negative thoughts one-by-one as they hit you. Don't panic, or dwell, simply let the thought have its space to breathe and then die as you drift on to more pleasant wonderings. Good luck! May peace be with you!
Oh man, me too! Anxiety and intrusive negative thoughts can feel paralyzing! I look forward to more therapy for this very reason...
This was the first serious horror I encountered. The fact it’s PG-13 shows that the rating isn’t a limitation
It was rated M here in Australia
Same, I watched it as a kid cuz my mom loves this movie (despite not being a horror fan in the slightest)
Similarly Woman In Black was a 12A here in the UK.. should've been a 15+ oof.
@callmecatalyst I enjoyed it for its openness. Not every film needs to be subtle to be a good horror.
I particularly loved the rocking chair scene and the fact the build up is made far more intense due to the maddening isolation. It's a good film! I prefer it to the book.
That last scene of the three of them in the window together always gives me such a chilling feeling of eternity.
I thought it was oddly comforting.
@@annaeverette8960 Kubrick said the same thing about The Shining actually.
"They were dead all along" is a total cliche by now but when it's done right it's one of my favorite mystery tropes. It's like locked room murders or eccentric sleuths in that the execution matters infinitely more than how original it is.
This movie gave me nightmares as a child. "are you mad? I am your daughter!" like absolutely traumatized me haha. But this movie is so good it's still one of my favs. So happy you covered it!
That part made me so scared, I almost couldn't watch the parody comedy version in Scary Movie 3 where the little girl ends up being Michael Jackson.
Same -- was completely terrified by that! Totally worth it though, great film.
The "are you mad? I am your daughter!" Scene gave me such nightmares when I was growing up. My Nana and Grandpa rented the film from Blockbuster and I was curious, so I snuck out of my room and watched some of it from the stairs. Then THAT scene happened and I couldn't run back to my room to hide under my covers fast enough!
The mourning photos were the creepiest part of the film for me. Especially when she finds the ones of the caretakers and they immediately go full ghost powers afterwards
It's kinda weird that the caretakers all died at around the same time for their photo to be taken together.
@@nunyabiznes33 It was a TB outbreak- TB before it was contained could really take out a lot of people at once. That's why they're so strict about getting TB tested for jobs like hospitals
This film was a HUGE part my childhood, and I credit it for introducing me to more mature horror. We had surround sound in my home as a kid, which made this movie twice as scary, because the speakers on the walls would convince me that ghosts were running around upstairs in MY house. However, what stuck with me the most was the photographs scene, it's creepy because it's based on a REAL tradition, and the music eerily compliments Grace's shock at these pictures existing. Your review has made me want to revisit the movie greatly.
Oh wow, hi there Jam! I never expected to find *you* here, but in hindsight, I'm not surprised. I love to see various YT critics supporting one another. 😊👍
The best part about this movie is how TECHNICALLY nothing outright “scary” ever actually happens, but it’s still one of the most terrifying atmospheric movies ever.
Also, the kid actors are actually fantastic
Not really, my heart dropped when she found the pictures of the housekeepers. Same thing happened when they found out they are dead too. These plot twists fuck with your mind much more than actual jump scares.
To this day, there's a camera shot from The Others that still haunts me: when the housekeepers are peering in through the front door but don't enter. Standing at the door in the dark, talking calmly.
The movie is a rare occasion where you don't need all the gore to tell a memorable horror story. Tastefully done.
One of my favorites, love the reverse haunting angle.
When the little girl turns around and has the old lady face I was legit freaked
It's one of the most classy and old fashioned ghost movies of the 21st century, full of macabre mood and ambience. Gets under the skin and remains there long after the end credits have faded away.
Between The Others and Moulin Rouge, 2001 was definitely Nicole Kidman's comeback after her divorce.
I’d definitely consider this the safer option. Moulin Rouge was very off putting to some people because of how Baz Luhrmann-y it was. Very smart of her to have this film in the back pocket.
@kshamwhizzle Baz Luhrmann-y: deliberately theatrical filmmaking designed to emulate the golden age of cinema. Popular among teenage girls who don’t realise The Great Gatsby is full of terrible characters and messages.
@kshamwhizzle yeah, that’s exactly what I mean. It’s just when we read and watched it in school, there were a lot of misty-eyed people who really didn’t seem to understand that. They unironically simped for Jay. It’s one of my favourite books, Luhrmann was the only director outrageous enough to capture its depravity
Divorce from Tom Cruise?
she will ALWAYS understand the assignment
She kept her kids from the light. She literally kept them from crossing over. Then at the end she traps them in the house by saying “this is our house!” She is protagonist. This movie has many levels to it.
I think you mean shes the protagonist as well as the antagonist
I think the point of the film is that there is no crossing over.
Grace spent her whole life thinking there was a heaven and a hell and there just..... wasn't.
This actually proved that heaven and hell aren’t real as Grace always said and believe in the last few scenes
@@SjofnBM1989 That is Soo deep
The kids were photosensitive to a dangerous degree when they were alive. The fact that Grace could not really go anywhere while they were alive was part of her eventual breakdown. She had to stay in the house with the kids all day, every day, to ensure they didn't get exposed, and she would have had to use servants to do any outside errands for her. This created total isolation while her husband was away at war. And then he didn't come home. That is what made her finally break down and kill the children and herself. The "ghosts" (the new living homeowners) take away the curtains later in the film, and Grace freaks out, but the kids are okay in the sunlight. Because they were dead. This was how Grace finally remembered what she had done.
I love how when I’m looking through RUclips for something to watch you just so happen to upload this your timing is great Ryan
Literally was me right now
Thats a whole mood
He’s great analyzing films and writing his own review. Very entertaining
This is one of those perfectly written movies where the twist ending recontextualizes everything that came before it. I recommend watching this movie at least twice: once before you know the twist, and once after. It makes you look at the whole story in a different light. This is easily one of my favorite horror movies ever.
This is the movie I recommend to anybody who says "I don't like horror", because most of the time, they hate cheap jump scares and gore. There's something truly special about horror that scares you with what it chooses to NOT show us.
I am a big Nicole Kidman fan so I was excited to see this when it came out in theaters. I saw the film 3 times. My mother is a big gothic horror person. My childhood hero's were Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. On Saturday mornings she would watch Twilight Zone reruns with me instead of cartoons.
The third time I saw the film, I took her with me and she loved it. It was great fun to be able to introduce her to a new ghost story. Now my daughter is 13 and is becoming the third generation horror fan in the family. I can't wait to show this to her.
One of the most underrated and slow burn horror films; great acting as well. One of first horror films I saw when I was younger. So happy to see it acknowledged on this channel.
20 years!? Thanks for making me feel old as dirt Ryan, buddy!
I remember seeing it in the theater. Damn that was a long time ago.
@@williamerickson520 My wife and I saw it two nights in a row at our local theatre. We absolutely loved this movie, and took her sister the second time. I love paranormal movies and especially psychological thrillers, and this hit me in the sweet spot.
But yes, this really does make me feel old.
In an era of movies with terrible trailers, The Others had a great trailer. I still remember that 20 years later.
This movie TRAUMATIZED me as a child. The scene where the small girl turns around and has an old woman's face legitimately scared me to the point of tears. Something about it just terrified me on a primal level.
I mean, imagine someone wearing a relative/friend's clothes, having their voice and pretending to be them. It's creepy af
And it builds upon itself so nicely at the end, saying that in reality the medium got possessed. Like it makes you imagine what that looked like from our side of the living.
Charlie Sheen beat the crap out of Michael Jackson in Scary Movie 3 thanks to this film. Always remember.
Whoa, I never knew that, cool! For such an over-the-top & blatantly-adult parody film I remember being surprised by how much genuine enjoyment I got of Scary Movie 3. I particularly loved the scenes where Brenda faced-off with the ghost and when Cindy kept questioning what "seven days" meant. 😆
It also introduced me to Anna Faris, which subsequently led to me watching her wonderful work on Mom. 💖
Charlie Sheen beating someone for putting children in harms way... in hind sight...lol
@@DJtheBlack-RibbonedRose If I remember correctly Scary Movie 3 was the only one of the series directed by the great Zucker Brothers, who basically invented the spoof genre with Airplane and such. While the other Scary Movies have a laugh here and there Part 3 is freaking hilarious from start to finish and watching with the Zuckers' commentary, especially for the deleted scenes, is funnier than the movie itself.
But, man, when the Oracle says to Anna Faris the line about knocking over the vase and she backs into the pillar and the HUGE vase falls on her, knocking her down, my friend and I rewound and watched it like 5 times, until we could finally stop laughing. She is a comedic genius.
I LOVED Scary Movie 3 growing up hahaha, rewatched it like 20 times with my siblings and friends
@@MandleRoss yeah the Wayans left after part 2, I believe
My parents saw this in theaters and my mom as saying how she noticed that there were a group of people in one of the rows just messing around in their seats because they were bored and then something happened, and they immediately jumped and were completely glued to the screen to the end.
My mom also kept telling me how this was such a good film (and one of the reasons why the film stands out to me is because she was not only so impressed with it but she also wouldn't tell me how it ended), so we finally rented it from Blockbusters and thankfully even though I was young, I was all for films with that slow build (I think because I grew up watching black and white films).. I love this film to this day, and the ending was so out of nowhere at first glance but then when you start to think about it, everything that's happened before makes all the more sense, and this is honestly one of my favorite ghost/horror films (it's what a ghost story should be, I think).
I've also heard that studios may or may not be thinking of remaking this film, which.. honestly, leave it alone. Why mess with perfection?
Remake?!
Blasphemy!
Why remake a perfect film?
@@oliviav.3565 There's always somebody out there that just has to wring every last drop of blood before casting anything aside to work on something "new".
@Evaleigh et Valentine-I still remember watching The Others for the first time at home with my parents during one of our weekend movie nights when my brother & i were kids. My family have always loved a good old fashioned ghost story so The Others became one of the movies that me & my brother would watch together a lot growing up, & it's still one of my favourite ghost stories along with Susan Hills The Woman In Black & Shirley Jackson's The Haunting Of Hill House.
This movie succeeds or fails on the believability of the two child actors, and they are SO GOOD!!! Smart and age appropriate. They create characters who are just bickery and bratty enough that I felt several moments of grudging empathy for their migraine-prone mother. The kids are everything in this movie.
'The Others' is a very well-done piece of gothic horror. Tragedy makes for much better stories of fear, in my opinion, than does revenge. Tragedy just seems more generally complex, I think. What was done in this story was unspeakable, but was the result of many factors leading up to it - tragedy isn't simply black and white. The reverberations of guilt, fear, stress, illness and loneliness, are deftly crafted in this film. I think it may be one of Nicole Kidman's best performances, and the kids were great, too. This little girl more than held her own, and the little boy looked like he could have been drawn by Edward Gorey. :)
you mentioned Guillermo del Toro and his movie "The devil´s backbone". I hope you make a video about "Panths laberynth" some day, even if it is not strictly a pure horror movie.
*Pan's Labyrinth
Omg yes, I love that movie to bits
"I don't like Silence. I need noise and distraction to stop intrusive, negative thoughts from eating away at my brain -"
Fuck dude. You've never said anything more poignant and pertinent to my own life than that.
I know you won't believe me, but if you do enough research and ignore the doubt you initially have when I tell you this, you'll find that these intrusive and/or negative thoughts are actually spirits. I didn't fully believe it until I tried to cast them out, then I could literally feel them in my solar plexus & heart chakra. The world isn't at all what it seems. Here is a small list of spirits that will *name themselves* if you properly cast them out, which proves what I'm saying is 100% true: Sorrow
Vanity
Stress
Lust
Doubt
Unbelief
Religion
Infirmity
Unforgiveness
Perversion
Hate
Pride
Anger
Shame
Masturbation(no joke, bro)
Addiction
Narcissism
Jezebel
Occult
Dragon spirits
Egyptian mascot
Poverty
Jealousy
Generational curses are very real and affect us all, so I suggest breaking them all properly. This is info that took me nearly 12 years to reach, so I hope you'll respect it and not just assume I'm crazy. God bless you.
@@PridelessChickz Poverty??? Lol thats not a spirit thats a economic problem lol. I’m open minded but half your list makes no sense.
The part where Chris Ecclestons's character comes back bums me out so much. His performance really sells that whole part. The dichotomy of how happy he is to see his family contrasted with the limitations and realities of his current existence is gut wrenching.
What I especially liked about this movie was just how grown up the kids were, it's as if they had already aged in spite of being kids because so much time has passed. That was so brilliant, OF COURSE that would happen if this was real.
That was a beautiful reminder of a great movie.
This was the first time I was spoiled by the internet for the ending. What I'll never forget though is that when I did go and see this in the theatre I was totally caught up in the story and characters anyway. Kidman especially was spectacular, of course.
I took a date to this movie. Every time I screamed or teared up, he laughed at me. We both loved horror and ghost stories, but for VERY different reasons. This wasn't the ONLY reason we stopped hanging out, but I can't pretend it wasn't symbolic of the bigger picture! *shivers*
This was the first movie that made me existential about death and the afterlife. It totally changed my view of horror and how atmosphere can be utilized in scary movies. Loved watching your review!
We are lucky to have somebody like Ryan to make such enjoyable videos so we too can drown out the depressing silence by watching his videos. Depression is the siren of the void that sings to you. Distractions drown it out it's song but when there is nothing left then the next thing that drowns is you in the sea of self doubt and soon you'll sink so deep that not even the light can reach the place where you are headed.
this was and still is one of my favorite movies ever. My family told me that i’d carry this VHS around with me when i’d spend the night at a family members house
At 7:36 you described how you hate silence, and about how you need some form of stimulation to stop intrusive and negative thoughts from entering your head. This is me in a nutshell. It genuinely gives me some slight form of levity that I’m not the only one that feels this way.
I love your videos. Keep up the good work.
LORD BLESSED US WITH HOYEVER SUNDAY AGAIN
Saw Ryan wearing what looked like pink pants and I thought damn so I'm not the only lad out there wearing em and then he said he had bad fashion sense and I'm so offended
Pink pants are great 😊
Lmao when we say bad fashion sense we actually mean excellent
This was a staple of my childhood, me and my siblings would rewatch it quite a bit and the ending always hits really hard. Also the remake of The Haunting (of Hill House) was another one we watched a lot, used to creep us out bad but it’s kinda hokey when I rewatch it haha.
Right. the CGI was a bit hokey with Haunting, but still a great watch in general. House on Haunted Hill from around then was good too. (it's sequel, not so much)
you just brought me back with this one all the way that scene with the old lady using a child's voice rocked me to the core
Watched this movie in a classroom at 12 years old. It's the piece that started my love for horror media and made me frantically pirate a shitton of movies and games. It has a special place in my heart for that.
So glad im not the only one who experiences intrusive thoughts amidst deafening silence lol
Same mate
I was eagerly anticipating Ryan's pronunciation of director Alejandro Amenábar. Was not disappointed.
this is genuinely one of the greatest movies of all time regardless of genre. i think this might be the best twist of all time
Felt a disturbance and saw this was uploaded. Impeccable timing, lol.
Same...though that might have been my indigestion.
Same
Step into the light
I felt a cold spot
This was the first ever horror movie I watched! It set my expectations of horror way too high.
Yep, I know what you mean. Not every horror film plot is thoroughly thought through. Unfortunately.
This was the movie that got me to fall in love with horror and thrillers.
Ryan as a fellow Northern Irish man I love your content. It always seems to be a thoughtful analysis of my childhood horror catalogue. Or a reminder of a gem I'd watched and forget about.
This is a film I point to whenever someone says "a 12 rated film can't be scary".
It's also a film that benefits from multiple viewings. Just small things like when the housekeepers come to the house, they never mention the advert mentioned earlier by Grace.
Hey ryan, love your channel! I just wanted to say I used your vids as inspiration for some argumentative essays I had to write and I ended up getting a 95% which is amazing!! Keep it up I love hearing your analysis and opinions.
Ok but you literally keep uploading videos about the movies i have been obsessing with recently. I stg your videos just come up exactly when i need them about the exact topic im interested in.
Have loved this movie since it came out. Feel like it's extremely underrated! Thanks for bringing some attention to it!
This was probably the best video I've seen sofar.
I think that after watching most of your videos. I guess that means you are a real talent, and a unique one at that! Thank you for creating content, Ryan! God bless!
My family camped a lot when I was younger, we had a trailer and brought a TV along for night time movies! We watched The Others probably 20 times. It was one of the few Horror movies that I loved since it didn't rely on jumpscares+loud sounds. I hate when there's just cheap scares that just illicit temp shock because most often, its not truly scary. This film was actually scary scary. I felt bad at the end. It stuck with me. It made me think through the film and the twist ending was actually GOOD. I didn't see it coming at first watch.
I really relate to what you said about this year and how it's all been about waiting, and being unable to move on until "something" happens, and how that warps your feelings about the home environment. Been feeling that very strongly.
Hell yeah! A classic in my opinion.
"on the isle of jersey"
me: "wait a minute"
*thats where i am*
same i was kinda shocked aha
Least they didn't end up over here in Guernsey, ya Crapaud, you.
It's funny because I was just talking about living in the moment and trying not to worry about what is to come. Everyone is suffering in one way or another due to Covid. We live in silence now. In other news, I'm supposed to write a movie review for Misery 1990 for my English class this week. I was tasked with reading a lot of reviews to get a sense of style and structure. I'm glad that I watched yours because it's pure inspiration. You are so talented.
Dude your videos are literally so good, I treat them like a masterclass in film and cinema, they're so interesting but I also feel like I'm learning so much!! Thank you for what you do!
I sort of want to double feature The Others and The Devil's Backbone now. They have a lot in common, don't they? They both deal with the terror of being a child, they both use silence to accentuate the stress and oppression of the homes in the respective films, they're both framed by the same war. But where The Others shows us next to nothing, The Devil's Backbone shows us everything by the twenty minute mark. It's a movie without many secrets. This serves not to shock or scare, but to draw you into a plodding certainty that it's all coming apart soon. The Others has the same kind of feel, but it's a movie with many secrets, and one of those secrets is that it came apart already.
So yeah, that'd be a really good, really sad double feature.
Glad to see you're still making content. Hope everything is OK with you. Hope you stream again soon.
Also, I'm like the only person who has even heard of The Others TV show. It ran for 1 season and was cancelled on a cliffhanger. It was based in modern day and followed a group of ghosthunters with psychic powers. Never put on home video or streaming.
I loved the series.
Hopefully someone recorded it on tape or digitally that they can put it online sometime then.
So glad you covered this. The Others is one of my all time favorite movies
I've been binging your channel for the last few days and am pleasantly surprised of catching a new upload so early! Your videos are always interesting and entertaining, keep it up!
Aw man I remember our English teacher in academy showing us this on the last day before we left for the summer holidays and we all loved it! Gonna rewatch
Fantastic video. Your editing and analysis is becoming top-notch. Well done
"HAYEVER..." The incantation I always relish in your videos. Thank you.
This movie was the first movie to truly terrify me as a teen exploring new horror films.
I like your accent so much. NAY, HOYEVER. It's just so precious. I don't make fun of you it's genuinely cute.
I've loved this film for years but could never quite explain why, thank you for putting it into words!
I don't watch horror films; correction, I CAN'T watch horror films, but it is for moments like these that I am still subbed to Ryan. The Others walks the line of supernatural and uneasy, but yet not full out horror. I love this genre, like the game Little Nightmares. Speaking of which Ryan should analyze if he play games.
I watched this movie again recently and it really does hit different during quarantine huh
FINALLY!
I have been waiting for such a long time for someone to make a worthy video of The Others, you would think it'd be a well covered movie yet you'll struggle to find a review that does it justice.
Thank you so much Ryan, you are the most reliable artist/creator when it comes to horror, the most underrated and sadly misunderstood genre in film.
It’s not a good Sunday unless Ryan uploads. Wonderful work as usual
Your analysis videos are always so great to watch during my lunch break!
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Ryan, you make phenomenal content. I started watching you a year ago this month and I love all your videos. I listen to them when I go for walks. Your passion for horror is infectious and you convey ideas in an intelligent manner. Thank you for your work.
only watched this one in high school, but it was like one movie that a lot of teachers had access to on chill days for some reason so i ended up watching it like 3 times over 4 years
If it wasn’t for Halle Berry’s “Monsters Ball” awards sweep, this definitely would have been the role that brought her the Oscar. Especially since this was the year she also had acclaims for “Moulin Rouge”
Nicole Kidman was nominated for Best Actress for Moulin Rouge, not for The Others. The Others was a Golden Globe nomination only and helped her win the Oscar in 2002 for The Hours.
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This is one of the BEST ghost film I've ever seen. It was done extremely well. 💗❤💗
I'm so happy you made a video about this movie! It's one of my favorites :)
I liked the fact that in the end they were the ones haunting someone's family I didn't expect that... I can't think of another movie that's done that (I could be wrong but I haven't atleast )
It's the one film where a spoiler doesn't spoil the vibe
I remember going into this movie with my friends not expecting much. I was blown away by the twist and how deeply sad it was. I rewatch it every few years.
i think this movie is massively underrated, i remembering seeing it back in the day and oh boy that ending. masterpiece
Phenomenal as always. This time my favorite words used were "star par"
This is certainly on my top ten list and will likely forever will be. I want more movies like this.
Silence is your friend, Ryan. It can feel uncomfortable at first, but when you get used to it, it is marvelous. I personally can't stand constsnt noise.
Been waiting for you to cover this, a really good film! Shame there isn't more films like it, genuinely unnerving. Amazing essay as always Mr. Hollinger :D
I saw this in theaters with my grandma, and still to this day is one of my favorite ghost tales.
8:47 the man in the portrait is Eduardo Noriega, who was in "Abre los ojos" and "Tesis" (both of Amenabar),, as well in "The Devil's backbone".
I’ve never seen The Others. I just love this channel. Keep up the awesome work ❤️❤️❤️
yesss this was the biggest shock of my young life
When I see Ryan post a new video, I have to wait for the right time to watch it, because these videos disserve your undivided attention.
One of my favourite movies! The very few times where such a twist is handled so beautifully. And very bittersweet.
This was one of my first favourite horror/thrillers as a kid, it has a special place in my heart because it was my gateway to seeking out more horror movies and ultimately becoming a huge horror fan!
I’ve been waiting ages for this video Ryan!!! One of my favourite movies ever. Thank you!!!
When I was a kid we had a DVD of this movie. I have no memory of who bought it or whatever we just had it and I would watch this movie over and over for no reason