The Innocents
1961 · TMDB 7.5
Directed by Jack Clayton
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.
Why it matters
Jack Clayton's adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, photographed in CinemaScope by Freddie Francis, turns a country estate into a stage for a governess's unravelling. The lake, the tower and the nursery are all complicit.
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Released
- 1961-11-24
- Studio
- Achilles
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 7.5
KinoChain appearances
Chains through this film
Where this title sits in a journey — and where cinema takes you next.
Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave
Position 5 of 8
Jack Clayton's adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, photographed in CinemaScope by Freddie Francis, turns a country estate into a stage for a governess's unravelling. The lake, the tower and the nursery are all complicit.
The Mother Who Comes Back Wrong
Position 2 of 8
Jack Clayton's adaptation of The Turn of the Screw, in which a governess (Deborah Kerr) becomes convinced that the children in her care are possessed by the dead, and that her own love for them may be the danger.
Connected films
Where this film leads
Linked through chains, directors and neighbouring cinema.
Other Mommy
Previous in chain · The Mother Who Comes Back Wrong
The Beyond
Previous in chain · Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave
The Haunting
Next in chain · Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave
The Other
Next in chain · The Mother Who Comes Back Wrong
Thir13en Ghosts
Also in “Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave”
Kill, Baby... Kill!
Also in “Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave”
The Whip and the Body
Also in “Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave”
The Legend of Hell House
Also in “Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave”
The Shining
Also in “Glass Houses That Refuse to Let You Leave”
Possession
Also in “The Mother Who Comes Back Wrong”
People
Key contributors
Topics