Servant: How a 'Less Is More' Approach Revived M. Night Shyamalan's Horror Career
After the triple-whammy ofThe Happening(2008),The Last Airbender(2010) andAfter Earth(2013),M. Night Shyamalan, the horror-with-a-twist master behindThe Sixth Sense(1999) andSigns(2002), took a step back from directing features. After picking up some producer credits and directing an episode ofWayward Pines, Shyamalan had a quiet — but very good — return to the big screen withThe Visit(2015),a movie that’s as hilarious as it is terrifying. Although not the most talked-about film in the director’s oeuvre,The Visitwas undeniably creepy and unburdened by complicated story beats....