The Innocents
1961
Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?
Directed by Jack Clayton
User Rating
Intensity
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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- Director
- Jack Clayton
- Written by
- Henry James, Truman Capote, William Archibald
- Produced by
- Jack Clayton
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Francis
- Editor
- Jim Clark
- Studios
- 20th Century Fox, Achilles
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- NR
- Also known as
- The Turn of the Screw
- TMDB
- 7.5/10 (685 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 95% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 88/100
- IMDb
- 7.7/10 (35,410 votes)
Cast
Crew
Jack Clayton
Director
Truman Capote
Screenplay
William Archibald
Screenplay
Henry James
Novel
Georges Auric
Music
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Jim Clark
Editor
Albert Fennell
Executive Producer
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Links
Trailer
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — GHOSTS Pt 3: The Innocents (1961) & The Haunting (1963)
Appears in
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Criterion Collection: Horror
Ghosts - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
House of Psychotic Women
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
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