M. Night Shyamalan's "The Sixth Sense" needs no introduction. The psychological horror, which was released during the summer of 1999, became something of a sleeper hit while cementing Shyamalan's strengths as a director with an intuitive bent for surprise twists. "The Sixth Sense" uses gradually escalating dread to build its central tragedy, and knowing its big twist in advance doesn't detract from the experience. If anything, it adds thematic layers to the plight of the troubled Cole (Haley Joel Osment), while highlighting the unique anxieties of life during the cusp of the millennium.

Toni Collette's nuanced performance as Cole's mother, Lynn Sear, earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Academy Awards, where horror awards are rarely recognized. Yet Collette wasn't actu

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