The Innocents
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Movie Reviews of The Innocents
Movie Review: Still scary after all these years
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this film as a child and remember being so terrified that I had to spend most of the time hiding in the theatre lobby while it was playing! Everything about the way the movie is written,filmed,paced,and especially,acted,from beginning to end, works perfectly to create a completely believable aura of supernaturally creepy malevolence.(and,as has been mentioned by other reviewers here, without relying on those fancy special effects that are so overly relied upon today!)Movie Review: HENRY JAMES' 'TURN OF THE SCREW'
Summary: 5 Stars
Henry James psychological ghost story, "The Turn of the Screw", makes for a dark and glorious, black and white-filmed horror thriller from 1961. Deborah Kerr stars as the governess who becomes convinced her young charges are possessed by evil. Spooky, yet based on hard-earned Freudian fear, the film possesses an eerie old estate, haunted gardens, thunder and lightning ravaged nights, and ghosts so alluring, it seems a waste to write them off as imaginings. James' novella of sexual repression and conflicts between science and religion, is brought to the screen in all it's psychological intelligence while never abandoning it's haunted house appeal. The movie was filmed with subdued shadowing around the edges, giving it a spacious, ghosts-in-the-attic cinematic effect. The screenplay is by William Archibald, who wrote the successful Broadway play this film is based on, and Truman Capote, ( Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood). The bad news is the shabby presentation of this classic movie finally available on DVD in 2005. Double sided disc offers both wide-screen and full screen versions, but the sound is terminally television, and the extra feature consists of one, (one!) insulting theatrical trailer which touts the movie as if "It Came From Outer Space". Why not target the movie-loving public, dress the package up with extras and care, and claim this title to be one of the greatest ghost stories ever filmed?Movie Review: IS JUST OK!!
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie. Of course is classic because made 1961 ..Doesn't mean is good & great classic movie, because is old!!. Like that cheesy over rated movie call "THE HAUNTING"(1963) with cheesy lame story and special effects, but the innocents, a bit better seen then "the haunting".! I guess is ok for rental and one time seen,If u like old movies. But not definitely to buy for sure. just have a little old chessy/suspense, that's all about it!Movie Review: Wonderful classic entertainment...
Summary: 5 Stars
I order so many of these classic films that I believe my wife may leave me if just one more silent film graces my dvd player. On that note, a sarcastic one at that, I would say that this film was highly entertaining. The acting is superb and the storyline is well written. I will agree that the pace may or may not allow younger viewers to become engulfed with the story, but I am only 31 and was "locked in" from the first scene. A true winner for classic horror fans. Also seek out Village of the Damned which was released in the same time period. Great Stuff!!!!Movie Review: Very odd movie, a bit like "The Others" with Nicole Kidman
Summary: 1 Stars
I was excited to own this movie but after watching it twice (second time hoping to like it more) I tossed it in the trash! I found it weird and disturbing but then maybe it was my own fault for getting a movie where the children are the spooky ones. I just didnt like it at all. I usually like the old scarey ghost stories, (my favorite being "The Uninvited" with Ray Molland) but this just wasnt for me. I know others love it so this is just my own take.