Fresh
You can watch 'The Innocents' twice and walk away with different conclusions. Psychological horrors have imitated its ambiguous ending ever since. Few have pulled it off half as creepily.
Cath Clarke, Time Out
The Innocents
Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?
1961 · 1h 40m · Approved
Horror, Mystery
Directed by
Jack Clayton
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The Innocents
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
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.
Variety Staff, Variety
Rotten
Too much Freud and too little thought.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Is it the finest, smartest, most visually savvy horror film ever made by a big studio?
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
Fresh
Sends some formidable chills down the spine.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
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