The Innocents Summary
Director: Jack Clayton
Genres: Horror
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In this lugubrious but brilliantly realized adaptation of Henry James' classic novella -The Turn of the Screw, 19th century British governess Miss Giddens (Deborah_Kerr) arrives at a bleak mansion to take care of Flora (Pamela_Franklin) and Miles (Martin_Stephens), the wealthy household's two children. Outwardly the children are little darlings, but the governess begins to feel that there's something unwholesome behind those beatific smiles. After several disturbing examples of the children's evil impulses, Miss Giddens gets information from the housekeeper (Megs_Jenkins) that suggests that the children may be possessed by malign spirits -- or are all these events just the products of Miss Giddens's own imagination? The best and most frightening vignette in The_Innocents occurs when the governess casually kisses young Miles, then recoils in horror when she realizes that someone other than Miles has kissed her back. Unlike many CinemaScope productions, The_Innocents plays better in the claustrophobic confines of the TV screen. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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