The Innocents
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Movie Reviews of The Innocents
Movie Review: Terrifying!
Summary: 5 Stars
Professional Nanny Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) is persuaded by a handsome playboy to take on the care of his neice and nephew on his large country estate. Before long, Miss Giddens becomes convinced that the spacious estate is inhabited not only by her and the children, but also by evil spirits that mean to do harm.
The Innocents is a brilliant adaptation of Henry James's novel, The Turn of the Screw. It is one of the greatest haunting films ever made and is a movie that everyone should see. Unfortunately, it has been unavailable on VHS and DVD until this year. I've been waiting for the day it would be available since the first time I saw it in a theater in college in 1996.
The Innocents is a very scary movie and I wouldn't show it to small children. The language is clean and there is no violence, but it's terrifying nonetheless.
Movie Review: A Textbook Example of Reactive Attachment Disorder
Summary: 5 Stars
Watch this movie if you want insight into how childhood sexual abuse, neglect and trauma horribly affects children's emotional development and ability to authentically attach to new caregivers. If you're a foster parent, adoptive parent, teacher or therapist of a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder, this movie lays out all the triangulation, manipulatiion and "craziness" that comes into play. Though the abusive caretakers are dead, they continue to "haunt" the children and the children channel or are possessed by them. This is symbolic for how abused children continue to recreate the chaos and abuse they experienced from their birth parents for years and years after removal. I could go into greater detail, but this movie would certainly make an excellent subject of study and analysis for a graduate course in psychology or social work.Movie Review: A cut above other horror films
Summary: 5 Stars
Obviously this film is on several levels the allegorical nature of this film doesnt detract from the ghost story however as evidenced from the good reviews from people that see it as purely a horror film.I'm quite surprised at a lot of negativity directed at the heroine of the story. Thats whats so refreshing about the film a woman confronted by the bizarre and twisted who isnt interested in only saving her own skin and who shows real compassion and courage.
Without going into the allegory specifically I didnt find the ending horrifying, though of course it was quite tragic.
An expertly crafted film with astonishing performances from the children and the female lead as well as the housekeeper. To say that your average modern horror film isnt in the same ballpark as this film is an understatement.
Movie Review: Unbelievable
Summary: 5 Stars
This isn't going to be extremely helpful, but I had to write... that I was just watching t.v. in my house, pbs to be exact (no cable and all), and I came across an interesting looking black and white movie. And for the past hour I watched this movie, The Innocents, and thought it was one of the scariest, provocative, and absolutely just fantastic movies I've ever seen. _Wow_. So much so that when it ended, I went online to pbs.org to check to see what was just on. And thank goodness pbs is so wonderful, because now I can own this movie :)
I have to say though, that they aired the film in widescreen format, so I got the benefit of seeing all the extra footage... the cinematography is really just outstanding. Be sure to see this movie in your lifetime... and buy it if it comes out on dvd.
Movie Review: The coldest, blackest Winter's night...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Do you have an imagination?" the Uncle asks Miss Giddons during her interview for the job as governess to his niece and nephew. "Oh, yes, yes, I can say that I do."
That's our cue into what happens next; this woman's imagination gets the worst of her in the big old house of Bly. Or does it?
It is rare for a film to capture so beautifully, and disturbingly, the disintegration of a sane person eaten away by uncertainty. This movie is surely the greatest ghost story ever filmed. There are no big scares, just a lot of really creepy and disturbing chills. The crumbling of the white roses everytime Miss Giddons touches them tells you everything you need to know about what's really going on in this house. A masterpiece to learn from.
If you have an imagination.