Throughout the entirety of The Sixth Sense, the sinister
presence of death is in the air each and every time that something red is seen.
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When Malcolm meets Cole at the church? The church has a red
door. When Cole writes about the things he’s heard from dead people? The ink is
red. When Cole is attacked in his closet? He’s wearing a red sweater. When Anna
goes for her anniversary meal? She wears a red dress. When Anna is revisiting her
wedding video? She’s wrapped in a red blanket. When young Kyra Collins turns up
in Cole’s fort? A red blanket is there.
So intent was Shyamalan to showcase red as being an
ever-present whenever the worlds of the dead and the living cross, the director
purposely made sure to remove any red from any other scenes.