The Sixth Sense (1999)
"Sixth Sense is.... reality based fright. It comes from the fears of real people, real
children and real adults; fears of loss, the unknown, of having a sixth sense about what lies beyond and fears of not understanding those intuitions.... Ultimately, it's about learning how to communicate those fears, whether it's communication between a doctor and the patient, a husband and a wife, a mother and a son or between ourselves and loved ones who have passed on. As we all have seen, not communicating with, or keeping secrets from people we love can destroy marriages, careers, families and even lives. That in itself is horrifying." ~ M. Night Shyamalan
"Sixth Sense is.... reality based fright. It comes from the fears of real people, real
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Respond to these questions in your blog in addition to your normal sentiments.
1. Does Cole realize from the very beginning that his psychologist is also a ghost? What details support your answer to this question?
2.What textual and/or visual clues do we, the viewers, have that Malcolm is dead?
3. In the quote above, M. Night Shyamalan suggests that not being able to communicate—secrets, lies and repression—is the worst kind of horror. Where do we see references to this in the film?
3. In the quote above, M. Night Shyamalan suggests that not being able to communicate—secrets, lies and repression—is the worst kind of horror. Where do we see references to this in the film?