by Melissa Strong

Period movies offer creepy psychodrama and mysterious plot twists perfect for Halloween viewing. If you enjoyed The Witch and The Woman in Black, consider The Others (2001): the time, 1940s. The place, Jersey, U.K. The literary connection, Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw. A woman isolated with her sickly children and weird servants in a remote country house. Strange occurrences ensue. Things are not what they seem, and someone isn’t telling the truth. Who is haunting whom? Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, starring Nicole Kidman.