The Others (Blu-Ray, #1195)

A remote manor; hushed, candlelit atmosphere; and shivery, supernatural menace. With his first English-language feature, Chilean Spanish writer-director-composer Alejandro Amenbar resurrected the classic gothic chiller to create a ghost story of uncommon emotional resonance. Nicole Kidman stars as a World War IIera mother whose imperiousness masks a terrifying pain, as she keeps her light-sensitive children enshrouded in darkness on her country estate. The arrival of three new servants punctures her insular worldand seems to disturb the balance between the living and the dead. With each stunning twist and turn, Amenbar immerses us more deeply in a realm haunted not only by spirits but also by guilt, trauma, and repression.

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Alejandro Amenbar, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Amenbar
• New conversation between Amenbar and film critic Pau Gmez
• New making-of program from Studiocanal UK featuring Amenbar, actors Nicole Kidman and Christopher Eccleston, and producer Fernando Bovaira
• Archival programs about the films production, soundtrack, and visual effects, featuring interviews and footage recorded on the set
• Audition footage of actors Alakina Mann and James Bentley and photography from the Book of the Dead
• Seven deleted scenes
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by scholar Philip Horne

  New cover by Greg Ruth