This classy English mystery is adorned by a wonderful Deborah Kerr as the governess driven to extremes by a strange, haunted mansion and strange, haunted children,
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12/20/08
The Innocents (1961)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:23
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... [More]
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave
Director: Jack Clayton
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Reviews for The Innocents
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.
09/10/08
Top CriticThis 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
Too much Freud and too little thought.
09/24/07
Top CriticIs it the finest, smartest, most visually savvy horror film ever made by a big studio?
09/24/07
Top CriticIt'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
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
Creepy, atmospheric happenings with effective direction + Deborah Kerr.
02/18/06
...creates an appropriately spooky tone that builds slowly, incrementally, until it reaches a shattering conclusion.
09/16/05
Wonderful adult horror, stylishly well-made and frightening on a couple of levels.
08/04/05
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
No review available.
07/02/05
Sends some formidable chills down the spine.
05/09/05
Top Criticmasterful thriller
11/08/04
No review available.
08/22/03
No review available.
04/27/03
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