The power of The Innocents much like the novella its adapted from, The Turn of the Screw, lies in how understated the ghost story is. This is close to how Henry James originally crafted it but the movie takes it almost further or should I say down. The majority is done through suggestions and inferences, planting the seeds of horror in the mind of its viewer and allowing them to grow. Before highlighting them with a few precisely placed confrontations. However, even these are done in a brief and understated way.
Two names that should definetly be mentioned when discussing this film are Deborah Kerr whos front, center and everything about this film and DP Freddie Francis without whom the affect of this movie wouldn't have been possible.
Two names that should definetly be mentioned when discussing this film are Deborah Kerr whos front, center and everything about this film and DP Freddie Francis without whom the affect of this movie wouldn't have been possible.