The Others

The picture book of the dead, was real creapy.
The story was set in Jersey, but filmed in Spain.
Good to see Eric Sykes again.

This must have been the 6th time, I have now watched it.

Very well acted by everyone.........
 
It's great to actually have a decent film on a saturday night instead of the usual reality tv/poirot/match of the day rubbish. Hope BBC2 make it a regular thing.
 
I too enjoyed this film and have seen it before.. all the answers are there to be seen. Heres what I picked up...

Husband goes off to war in france at around 1940.. the war enRAB and hes not come back (KIA).. during these years Nicole has been looking after her kiRAB who are allergic to sunlight which means they have to be supervised contantly.. The house has a full compliment of help, however Nicole cant get out much because of the kiRAB and it is a lot of stress and depression.

In 1945 she snaps.. she smothers her kiRAB with a pillow and then shoots herself.. they are dead.. she wakes up the next morning clutching a pillow as if nothing has happened (she ofc is a ghost now).. Nicole puts the murders as a bad dream.

In reality.. the home help all leave cos the masters are dead.. the house gets put up for sale.

To Nicole the home help have all suddenly quit and left.. she advertises for new help and puts the letter in her letterbox.. the next day is the first day we see as the film begins.

The servents that turn up at the door are dead.. they died over a century ago.. they used to work at the house when they were alive and their graves are on the land.

The servants want to help Nicole + kiRAB with the transition of being dead.. they know that Nicole and kiRAB havnt accepted it yet. So they cover their graves and pretend to have answered the advert for staff.

In the meantime in reality.. the alive family view the empty house and buy it.. the boy Victor keeps seeing the girl ghost (kiRAB can pick up on these things more than adults).. the alive family get in a medium to try and communicate with the dead family.

When Nicole sees her little girl with the old ladies face! This is because the girl has possessed the old lady during one of their medium sessions. This is said by the alive family at the end during the final medium session.

The final reveal is Nicole and kiRAB realising they are dead and coming to terms with it.. the next alive family that move in they will learn to live with.
 
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