The Innocents

The Innocents

Apparitions? Evils? Corruptions?

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Release Date

11/24/1961

Runtime

100 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$430,000

Revenue

$1,200,000

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A creeping psychological horror that blurs the line between supernatural menace and a woman's unraveling sanity, told with deliberate ambiguity and mounting dread in stark black and white.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedClaustrophobicParanoid

Themes

Corruption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

Black and whiteFormalistLong takes

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Child endangerment

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