Based on Henry James' story Turn of the Screw this catches an eerie, spine-chilling mood right at the start and never lets up on its grim, evil theme.
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09/10/08
The Innocents (1961)
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Reviews Counted: 23
Fresh: 22
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Consensus: Creepily atmospheric, The Innocents is a stylishly crafted, chilling British ghost tale with Deborah Kerr at her finest.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Based on Henry James's TURN OF THE SCREW, THE INNOCENTS is a chilling psychological horror film about a woman, Miss Giddens (Kerr), who takes a position as governess for two orphans in a stately Victorian home. Alone with the children and... [More]
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Director: Jack Clayton
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Reviews for The Innocents
Top Critic This unresolved mystery charges the events ... with a dreadful sense of uncertainty far more thrilling than the simple supernatural chills of a typical haunted house movie -- another "turn of the screw," as James would have said.
07/04/08
Kerr is on top form here, enacting a role that takes perfect advantage of her respectable facade wrestling with unspeakable turbulence beneath the surface.
09/24/07
Stylish, intelligent and creepy. Cinematic storytelling at its finest, where word and image are perfectly married.
09/24/07
Is it the finest, smartest, most visually savvy horror film ever made by a big studio?
09/24/07
It's masterly in every way with a great performance from Deborah Kerr as the troubled Victorian governess, superb black-and-white widescreen photography by Freddie Francis and Georges Auric's last, truly distinguished score.
09/24/07
Jack Clayton’s 1961 chiller lives up to the story’s title, incrementally tightening the nerves through suggestive technical artistry in a way that few contemporary ghost stories manage.
06/24/06
An impressively creepy adaptation of Henry James' The Turn of the Screw.
06/03/06
Top Critic It sneaks under your skin, subtly and suggestively portraying something sinister and perverse that may exist only in the protagonist's head, but that doesn't mean it can't mess with yours.
04/05/06
...creates an appropriately spooky tone that builds slowly, incrementally, until it reaches a shattering conclusion.
09/16/05
Ambíguo e com forte subtexto sexual, este é um filme seminal, servindo como inspiração para obras como O Bebê de Rosemary, Os Outros e os recentes longas de terror japoneses.
07/18/05
Top Critic
Not altogether frightening, but it has a few creep-out moments that mostly redeem its totally ambiguous ending.
12/16/02
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