NICOLE Kidman has been the toast of cinema lovers since Moulin Rouge hit the screen and she's followed up that stunning success with Alejandro Amenabar's ghost story The Others.

It's a film full of twists and turns guaranteed to keep viewers on the edge of their seats, with Nicole again on top form.

On the island of Jersey during the Second World World War, young wife Grace (Kidman) waits patiently with her children Anne (Alakina Mann) and Nicholas (James Bentley) for the return of her husband Charles (Christopher Eccleston).

The family lives in a large Victorian mansion, a place of secrets and voices on the wind. Anne and Nicholas are photosensitive and must be shielded from sunlight at all times, plunging the house into eternal darkness.

Three new servants, Mrs Mills (Fionnula Flanagan), Mr Tuttle (the amazing Eric Sykes) and Lydia (Elaine Cassidy) are briefed by Grace about the importance of closing and locking every door in the house.

The light, she explains, must be locked out like water from room to room.

The religiously repressed Grace is also prone to migraine attacks and insists the house must be kept in absolute silence at all times.

When Anne begins to complain that she see ghosts in the house, Grace tells the servants, My children sometimes have strange ideas, but you mustn't listen to them. Children will be children.

Eventually, however, she begins to believe that perhaps there are others living amongst them in the house.

Kidman plays the part of Grace with the perfect amount of fear and intensity that her character needs to make the film both chilling and suspenseful. Though Grace tries to put on a strong face for her children, you can always sense her underlying concern and anxiety.

If you were never a fan of Nicole Kidman, The Others may be the film that changes your mind.

There should be one word of warning. Don't talk to anyone that will give away the ending it would ruin the experience.

But if you loved The Sixth Sense, go and see this film.