With only a pair of thrillers under his belt, Chilean-born filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar (he and his family fled the dictator Pinochet in 1973 and settled in Spain) was already considered a wunderkind in Spain when he successfully crossed over to English-language films with the subtle and atmospheric horror film, "The Others" (2001). As part of an invasion of Latin filmmakers—which includes Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, and Walter Salles—Amenabar has added to an impressive array of foreign films that were some of the best in the world. Though he has only a handful of films under
