Darkness and Blindness in The Others (2001)

The Others (2001), directed by Alejandro Amenábar, is one of my favorite supernatural horror/psychological thriller movies. It’s got everything I love: horror, the supernatural, the afterlife, mystery, suspense, Christianity, and Spiritualism. It shows what a haunting is like from “the other side.”

I could approach this film in so many ways. But I want to point out some things about darkness and blindness.

While the screen is still dark before the opening credits, a voiceover begins in whi...