the vanishing be a movie only those with ice in their vein can ever forget . the direction be absolutely brilliant and from the opening frames until the very end . i felt saskia fright when she think she lose rex initially and and her description of her dream make me feel chill . when she disappear and rex combination of rage and frustration and anxiety and and grief be torture to watch . a particularly powerful moment be when he slam the car door shut so hard the window crumble into piece . watch rex become consume in every way by his quest to find saskia be also extremely difficult to watch and although it be certainly inevitable . i find the professor description of his action appal in many case and the most notable one be when he fixate on saskia and we see his pov . see saskia warmly respond to him be devastate and know what would happen . throughout the film there be an overwhelming sense of doom and isolation and like this be a cruel world where even in the most idyllic setting evil lurk everywhere and attempt to fight it be futile . rex undergoes one of the most harrowing emotional ordeal of any movie character ever and and when he be at the end of his rope his crucial decision would seem so insane out of context but viewer understand that it really be his only choice . the shock end and especially the way it be do and almost make me scream and and i will never forget the final shot . the vanishing could be show in any film class on direction and a an example of perfection . material that could have be turn into just a mediocre thriller with would have seem like a lame twist be turn by george sluizer into an utterly harrowing filmgoing experience . and that be the right word and because a movie like the vanishing be not just watch it be experience . i estimate i have see around 700 movie in my life and and horror be my favorite genre . i have only see two film that leave me so scar that after they end i couldn not even move . one be psycho and which i saw 10 year ago when i be only 12. the other one be just this year the vanishing .