Haunted houses and deadly dwellings on film

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Everything goes bump in the night for Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman), a mother who lives with her two children in a remote British country house. The children, who have a physical sensitivity to light, hear things that Grace dismisses -- until she hears them. A visit from her World War I-bound husband and the weird whisperings from her housekeeper put Grace into a frenzy.

'The Others' (2001)

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Everything goes bump in the night for Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman), a mother who lives with her two children in a remote British country house. The children, who have a physical sensitivity to light, hear things that Grace dismisses -- until she hears them. A visit from her World War I-bound husband and the weird whisperings from her housekeeper put Grace into a frenzy.

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