Let me first say this. In retrospect, there isn't really much to fear in the movie. But how it is presented is actually totally and completely scary.
It is set in an orphanage and centres around a family who has recently moved in. Their son is extremely perceptive to everything around him and he has a number of imaginary friends. In this case however, some of his friends are ghosts.
Ghosts may not want to harm. When something terrible has happened, they want a knot to be opened in their story, so that what happened to them can be made known and their souls put to rest.
The ending is poignant - and it is one of the best films I've seen in a long time.
Now I don't know why it didn't get 10/10. I think it thoroughly deserved it. Why isn't horror as a genre respected more? Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, this is one film that deserved more awards than it got I think.
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