| | | A Haunting Tale Of Terror
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Deborah Kerr stars in this "horrifying Gothic ghost tale" (Newsweek) based on Henry James' The Turn Of The Screw, a powerful psychological drama about innocence possessed by evil. Shortly after coming to live with orphans Flora and Miles in their dark, eerie mansion, the new governess (Kerr) mistakes their strange behavior for preciousness. But she soon comes to believe that the charming, beautiful children are possessed by evil, malicious spirits - the souls of their previous governess and estate manager who are now dead. With its shocking conclusion and sinister cinematic effects. The Innocents "catches an eerie, spine-chilling mood right from the start" (Variety) that never lets up.
Editor's Note
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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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 9/9/2008 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1961 | | Catalog ID: 2230295 | | UPC: 00024543202950 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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British Academy Awards (1962) | | | , Nominee, Best British Film | | | , Nominee, Best Film from any Source |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...The great Deborah Kerr ghost classic..." 11/06/1995 p.5DPremiere
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] stunning example of a now almost ignored truism of the horror genre: a movie need not show so much as the tiniest fleck of viscera to be absolutely terrifying." 11/01/2005 p.116-117 Total Film
5 stars out of 5 -- "Jack Clayton's genuinely sinister Victorian ghost movie is a British cinema classic." 03/01/2007 p.127 Uncut
4 stars out of 5 -- "Jack Clayton's 1961 black-and-white chiller remains the definitive English horror film." 03/01/2007 p.121 Sight and Sound
"Clayton's superbly unsettling chiller derives its potency from restraint and near-subliminal suggestion." 03/01/2007 p.83 |
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