Twenty-seven years ago, The Sixth Sense rewrote the rules of cinematic twists — and became a global smash. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring a then-ten-year-old Haley Joel Osment as a boy who sees dead people, it raked in nearly $300M domestically and over $670M worldwide, becoming Bruce Willis’s highest-grossing film and earning six Oscar nods. Behind the scenes? Shyamalan demanded $1M for his script, Disney paid $2.25M (then fired an exec for approving it without permission), and later sold production rights to another studio — all while Osment filmed scenes chronologically to live the character’s journey. The iconic line “I see dead people” was barely noticed during filming — it became legendary through marketing. Bruce Willis, forced into the role to cover Disney’s losses from a prior project, kept things light on set — even DJing parties and introducing Shyamalan to his first hangover with “candy” shots. And despite every effort to hide the twist, subtle clues lingered: Malcolm’s identical outfits and a soundtrack track titled “Malcolm is Dead” could’ve spoiled everything — if you listened before watching.
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