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The Innocents, 1961

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Michael Redgrave

Directed by: Jack Clayton

Written by: William Archibald

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 100 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:8.0

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The Innocents can be described as bleak, atmospheric, and scary. The plot revolves around being mute or deaf, masters and servants, and domestic disturbances. The main genres are thriller, horror, and mystery. In approach, The Innocents is serious. The storytelling is slow paced. It is located in England. The Innocents takes place in the Victorian era. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.

Summary of The Innocents

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 only a few servants, Miss Giddens soon begins to see what she believes to be ghosts and begins to suspect that the children's increasingly bizarre behavior may be the result of some supernatural power. When she learns the fate of the house's previous governess and valet, Miss Giddens takes it upon herself to rescue the children from the supernatural being that seems to have them in its grips, all the while questioning her own sanity. Ms. Kerr's nuanced performance, possibly the best of her career, and Mr. Francis's atmospheric cinematography help make this a true horror classic.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	25 December 1961
Runtime:	100 min

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Deborah Kerr

as Miss Giddens

Michael Redgrave

as The Uncle

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The worst thing a supernatural thriller can do is try to provide the viewer with too much information. More often than not, the eeriest element in a well executed horror film is in fact, its ambiguity. Jack Claytons The Innocents is such a case.... Read and rate it

31.May.2009
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by: j7m7f7
j7m7f7 rated this movie10/10Must See

As a ghost story, this is a wonderful (if slightly confusing) movie. The problem is that, as both book and screenplay will attest, this was never meant to BE a ghost story, at least not in the way normally meant. You want to love this movie as a... Read and rate it

14.May.2009
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by: Celainn
Celainn rated this movie5/10So-so

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