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“The Others” film. For those that believe …

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NotSoSlimShadee · 01/06/2025 10:05

It’s an old film but SPOILERS will be included here!

I’m an open minded sceptic but I’d like to believe. I watched “The Others” many years ago and it really made me think - if ghosts are real - AIBU to think “The Others” is probably the most likely scenario in how they exist?

Going about their lives completely unaware that they’re dead? Unable (normally) to detect the living? Invisible (normally) to the living? And sometimes the two worlds cross slightly so the two become aware of each other?

I know it’s an old film but it’s one of my favourites and really made me think about the possibilities of the paranormal.

No need to reply with “ghosts aren’t real”

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NotSoSlimShadee · 01/06/2025 10:21

EveryKneeShallBow · 01/06/2025 10:10

But how would that work? Surely they’d notice eventually that they never got old? What happens when they go to work, or the pub? Where do they think their friends have gone? I’ve seen the film, years ago, and don’t remember the details.

Well in the film she can’t leave the house because of the fog. The kids can’t go out anyway as they’re allergic to sunlight and she has no friends. Thinking about it - the set up is pretty convenient 😂

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EveryKneeShallBow · 01/06/2025 10:10

But how would that work? Surely they’d notice eventually that they never got old? What happens when they go to work, or the pub? Where do they think their friends have gone? I’ve seen the film, years ago, and don’t remember the details.