The Village remains one of M. Night Shyamalan’s best works within his cinematic career. The story takes place in a small village where a forbidden forest encompasses the entire community. If any individual crosses the imaginary border into the forest, the villagers believe that monsters would seek vengeance and attack anyone who trespasses upon their territory. The elders lead the town and make the decisions for the greater good of the community. The elders induce fear upon the village community and control everyone’s exposure to the “real” truth about their protected, sheltered world. At the very end of the movie, the citizens of the village finally realize that the monsters are individuals from the outside that scare people by dressing in
