The critically acclaimed 2001 supernatural horror movie The Others —which many say was inspired by Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw— centers on the strange fate of the Stewart family: Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman), who lives with her two young children, Nicholas (James Bentley) and Anne (Alakina Mann), in post-World War II Jersey.

‘The Others’ is a horror-thriller that stars Nicole Kidman in the lead role. It follows the story of a woman whose children suffer from an extreme case of photosensitivity. This requires all of them to stay inside their house at all times.

The Others is a Gothic-inspired ghost story – a framework that blinds us to some fairly rampant clues throughout the film. It takes place shortly after the second world war, which explains the deathly quiet and isolation: many people were evacuated or never returned from combat.