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The Innocents

1961 · 100 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into ambiguity and dread, where every shadow and whisper feels charged with unspoken corruption.

Tagline
Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?
Overview
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • corruption
  • guilt
  • fate
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Jack Clayton
Written by
William Archibald, Truman Capote
Starring
Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins, Michael Redgrave, Martin Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Clytie Jessop, Isla Cameron
Music
Georges Auric
Cinematography
Freddie Francis
Runtime
100 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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