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 The Innocents (DVD)
Description: Genre: Horror / Theatrical Release: 1961 / Director: Jack Clayton / Actors: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde ... / DVD ... more  The Innocents (DVD) ... released 11 December, 2006 at Bfi Video / Features of the DVD: PALNewest Review: ... time - it only runs for 100 minutes, but nothing overtly spooky happens until half an hour in. It builds mood through the ... more ... deployment of things like children humming, music boxes playing, sinister poetry readings, and very slightly indecent statuary. Needless to say, this is not like modern horror films, and the slowness may discourage audiences used to the likes of Saw. The ghostly manifestations themselves, although extremely well done and jolting, aren't gory or even particularly nasty - the shock is purely in seeing someone where there shouldn't be anyone. If this doesn't sound like your cup of tea, best to steer clear.
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The Innocents (DVD): "Oh look! A lovely spider! And it's eating a butterfly!" (924 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 02.12.07 (Very useful, 128 readings)
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(This was meant to be a DVD review, but it turns out my DVD is an American import and therefore of little use to the UK consumer. I have no idea how I've come to own an American version without even noticing. Spooky...). This is a very effective British film from 1961. It's an adaptation of Henry James' cerebral ghost story The Turn of the Screw. A new governess, Miss Giddens, is sent to look after two children, Miles and Flora, in a huge mansion in the country. The last governess took her own life following the death of her lover, the valet. Miss Giddens soon starts to experience supernatural happenings and develops some dark suspicions about the ...
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