The Innocents (1961)
Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?
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The Innocents rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.7/10· 35K votes
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic88%
TMDb7.5/10· 663 votesWith 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb and 88/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About The Innocents
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.
Cast of The Innocents
Deborah Kerr
as Miss Giddens
Peter Wyngarde
as Peter Quint
Megs Jenkins
as Mrs. Grose
Michael Redgrave
as The Uncle
Martin Stephens
as Miles
Pamela Franklin
as Flora
Clytie Jessop
as Miss Jessel
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Isla Cameron
as Anna
- E
Eric Woodburn
as Coachman (uncredited)
The Innocents facts
- Budget
- $430K
- Box office
- $1.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Jack Clayton builds genuine psychological tension through restraint masterfully
- •Ambiguity regarding supernatural elements generates genuine uncertainty throughout
- •Black and white cinematography enhances gothic atmosphere considerably
What the audience disliked
- •Deliberate pacing feels glacial by contemporary thriller standards
- •Narrative ambiguity satisfying intellectually but emotionally unfulfilling ultimately
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