The Innocents

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Screen_Stack S @Screen_Stack Feb 6 The Good: Everything. The entire cast did their job very well indeed, from Deborah Kerr as the ever-unspooling Miss Giddens as the governess to the two children Martin Stephens as Miles and Pamela Franklin as Flora. Both children, surely under 10 at the time of filming, we so inexplicably good at being creepier than they had any right to be at such tender ages, that I often wondered what kind of direction they were getting behind the scenes. Especially Martin Stephens. That young lad was PARTICULARLY weird and unsettling. And like I implied, hats off to Deborah Kerr as Miss Giddens. As the movie goes on, she becomes more and more unhinged, leaving us all to wonder if she's mad, if the house is haunted, or ... IS IT THE CHILDREN. See more Irate T @IrateTyrant Nov 27 BABA-dumb This was a chore to get through. So many movies mix children and horror, and so many are therefore so boring. Children are very rarely scary. They just wander around slowly with sticky hands crying about snacks and random things they consider their toys. That's literally what happens in even this "horror" movie. There are only a couple saving graces; one unforeseen jump scare of an inanimate object, and compelling black & white cinematography. Otherwise, the stakes are nonexistent, and the story just waddles around like an unsupervised toddler. Oh, one thing that was noteworthy that also speaks to how stupid it is to think you can make interesting material without carefully plotted out themes about children: there is a line of dialog in the movie by the lead actress; "I'm at sixes and sevens" (she says when she's very confused). Further proof that children today are ripping off super-old ideas! Nothing unique at all! Just a dumb generation coming up today! See more Jaime A @RT46765443 Oct 17 It is in my list of the best horror films of all time. See more Lau S @LaurainSilentill Jul 29 I love this horror movie! Damn great! See more Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 4 Successful horror movie in 1 hour and 40 minutes. See more Alejandro E @Alex970 01/24/2025 From the ghost genre, the plot shines with the use of uncertainty, creating a surprise factor as one waits to see what is going to happen. Not for nothing did it serve as a reference for The Others (2001). See more Read all reviews

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