Oh, nanita! This is the story that inspired the movie ‘Sixth Sense’

Sixth Sense is one of the most shocking supernatural movies of recent times. Its well-woven plot and the surprising ending it gave us are unique and unforgettable. In addition, it has special effects, ghosts and the excellent work of Haley Joel Osment and Bruce Willis, who gave us goosebumps with their performances.

What few knew about this film is that it is based on real events. These were witnessed by the Indian filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, who wrote the story of a misfit child, who is treated by a child psychologist.

In the film we are told that the little protagonist goes to the psychologist to attend to the social problems that prevent him from relating to others. But little by little, we realize that the real problem is the constant harassment that he suffers from ghosts who cannot cross to the afterlife.

Well, this plot might seem like something out of a story or someone’s imagination, but it is actually inspired by a series of events that filmmaker Shyamalan lived through during his childhood.

The director admitted in interviews that as a child he was extremely shy, the darkness and closed spaces caused him fear. These fears are captured in the film, but his greatest inspiration came from an anecdote that he lived at the age of 12. Returning from a family outing, they found the door to their house open. His parents thought it was a thief, but his imagination led him to believe that it was something paranormal.

Shyamalan was terrified and everything got worse when his father showed him a photo of a terrifying person and told him that “that” awaited him under his bed. This joke caused him a recurring fear, he always had the feeling that an entity was awaiting his arrival. But the real culprit that the door was always open was Adam, the family dog.