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The Innocents

Summary: A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.

Release Date: December 15, 1961

Genre: Horror

Director: Jack Clayton

Writers: Henry James

, John Mortimer

, William Archibald

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Achilles

Distributor: CBS, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, The Criterion Collection, Fox Video

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 430,000

Box office:

Budget:$430KWorldwide:$30.2K

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Decided about three weeks ago to watch a lot of old horror films from the 60's, it's December, it's cold and dark and I was in the mood for it. After a few vampire, monster and ghost flicks I finally stumbled on this one. Had never seen it before, but I was pleasantly surprised. It's not really a horror film, I think a film should only be labeled as horror when the focus is on mood, body horror, violence...

Dec 22nd 2023

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