Rating: NR
Genre:
Horror
Release Date: 09/06/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD1/DD2
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
In this lugubrious but brilliantly realized adaptation of
Henry James' classic novella
The Turn of the Screw, 19th century British governess Miss Giddens (
Deborah Kerr) arrives at a bleak mansion to take care of Flora (
Pamela Franklin) and Miles (
Martin Stephens), the wealthy household's two children. Outwardly the children are little darlings, but the governess begins to feel that there's something unwholesome behind those beatific smiles. After several disturbing examples of the children's evil impulses, Miss Giddens gets information from the housekeeper (
Megs Jenkins) that suggests that the children may be possessed by malign spirits -- or are all these events just the products of Miss Giddens's own imagination? The best and most frightening vignette in
The Innocents occurs when the governess casually kisses young Miles, then recoils in horror when she realizes that someone other than Miles has kissed her back. Unlike many CinemaScope productions,
The Innocents plays better in the claustrophobic confines of the TV screen.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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