The Innocents

Director: Jack Clayton
Starring: Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens
Runtime: 99'
Year of Production: 1961
Language: English
Subtitles: Greek

The psychologically fragile mid-19th century governess who believes that the two young children she has been taking care of are haunted by the ghosts of two corrupt adults. The imposing Victorian building with its peaceful lake and the many windows looking out at night towards the shore. The mist and wind that compose together the most chilling song every night. The man with the evil eyes who looks down on you from above. The sad, dressed in black silhouette of a woman in the rain. An eerie figure in the window, through the darkness. An old enigmatic photograph tucked away in a small music box in the attic. A creepy lullaby. Voices in empty rooms. Muffled laughter and sighs outside the door. Spirits that refuse to find their way towards the world of the dead. The flame of a candle that suddenly goes out. And a child's voice that hides within it everything and nothing: «It was only the wind, my dear» he whispers to his frightened governess. «He is the one that blew out the candle...». Some films cannot be described in words. You can only look back on their images, their ambiance, their unsolved mysteries. Stunningly adapting Henry James' «The Turn of the Screw» from a brilliant script by Truman Capote, Jack Clayton's masterpiece is such a case of a film. A ghost story that primarily haunts its audience. As irreparably as it haunted its heroine. Best horror film of all time according to a vote of the magazine SINEMA, with a permanently high position in the most important lists of the top creations of the genre and a favorite film of many important directors. Loukas Katsikas

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