Henry James’ masterful story The Turn of the Screw was brought to chilling cinematic life by Jack Clayton in 1961 as The Innocents. A mixture of psychological horror with an allegorical treatise on moral degradation, The Innocents is one of the most adult horror films ever made. Like Robert Wise’s The Haunting made a couple of years later, without showing graphic gore but instead relying on the camera and the sound to instill a feeling of dread in the viewer, The Innocents is one of those movies that reverberates in your head long after it finishes, and its enigmatic qualities are so beautifully ingrained that the movie brings you back for multiple revisits always exerting a power on the viewer that builds and builds.
Studio: Criterion
Distributed By: N/A
Video Resolution and Encode: 1080P/AVC
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audio: English PCM 1.0 (Mono)
Subtitles: English SDH
Rating: Not Rated
Run Time: 1 Hr. 40 Min.
Package Includes: Blu-ray
keep caseDisc Type: BD50 (dual layer)
Region: A
Release Date: 09/22/2014
MSRP: $39.95
The Production Rating: 5/5
Video Rating: 5/5 3D Rating: NA
Audio Rating: 4.5/5
Special Features Rating: 4/5
Overall Rating: 4.5/5
Reviewed By: Matt Hough
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