10 Terrifying Scenes In Psychological Thrillers

The Sixth Sense has a lot to answer for - Bruce Willis earned his 'serious' acting chops, it kick started M. Night Shyamalan's career and brought the conceit of a movie 'twist' to a mainstream audience.

All praise was deserved, the Sixth Sense has aged well and it's easy to see why - it's a classic ghost story, with some sombre, serious and considered performances that serve the scares well.

Haley Joel Osment plays Cole, a troubled young boy who, after being referred to a child psychologist (Willis), admits "I see dead people... " It's a simple tale of loneliness and mental trauma, and like all good ghost stories, features a central mystery/investigation.

As Cole is tutored by Willis, he learns to accept his gifts and listen to what the dead have to say. The movie is littered with stand out scenes and Shayalaman uses suspense and reveals with Hitchcockian aplomb.

There are clues throughout the film that foreshadow the arrival of a supernatural element, the use of the colour red and the drop in room temperature, fogging Cole's breath, are warnings that something sinister is present.

As Cole races to pin the red sheet over the doorway of his makeshift chapel-tent together, the camera swoops low overhead, showing us the pegs slowly unclipping and suddenly drops down on the face of a dead girl, vomit spewing from her mouth. Cole (like the audience) has to push through the fear and read the signs - the main motif of the film.