The Innocents (1961) - Scariest scene

[WocketInMyPocket7]

OOF! And the last one with Miles as well..

[WocketInMyPocket7]

I beleive that the creepiest part is where the governess finds a dead pigeon under Miles' pillow and then he kisses her passionately. That was pretty weird :x

[DrunkenGamingMaster]

To be honest, as much as I love this film this is one of the least scariest scenes. I find it scarier when the ghosts are hidden and otu of sight.

[angdemo69]

εκπληκτικη ταινια.

[foxylorri64]

oh how I love these old scary movies best of all.much more atmosphere then what is in them today ..my brother and I watched them all as youngsters..lol

[KaydeyRai]

The creepiest part is the lady on the lake, the whole movie is creepy though to be honest

[msshellokitty88]

I just stumbled across this clip and I remember seeing it on tv when I was a kid and I think this particular scene is the reason for me closing the blinds at night without looking in fear of seeing something there.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@HorrorMoviesRock1 Join the club. :-)

[ForeverOldiesO1]

This scene scared me too...

[DickieAnginson]

Deborah Kerr once said that she felt Miss Giddens was a repressed woman who was slowly going mad. Apparently Henry James left "The Turn of the Screw" ambiguous so that the reader had to decide whether Miss Giddens was insane or whether the house was truly haunted.

I agree with Miss Kerr. :)

[TheTonyfromconey]

Excellent but the woman ghost walking down the hall was even creepier.

[neilerone]

A brilliant movie and scary and all were incredible. Deborah Kerr is such a beauty and great actress........a favorite film, and soon to watch over Halloween.

[H2R504]

Movie still scares me to this day. Martin Stephens, who portrayed Miles in this film will also be remembered as the leader of the "Children" in the original "Village of the Damned".

[EstelleVEdwards]

I think that Henry James was probably the first author to introduce the concept of the psychological ghost story. He throws in enough details to support either theory: that there are ghosts, or the governess is going insane.

[TheTonyfromconey]

@EstelleVEdwards Never explained in the novel whether it was in her mind or real.

[EstelleVEdwards]

@TheTonyfromconey - And that's what made Henry James' material so great. He throws in enough suspense but leaves the reader wondering: are there demons, or are they of our own making?

[kay77764]

I was just wondering at first how is she going to hide in that big velvet Cinderella dress lol. Anyways this scene was really scary! I want see the whole movie now.

[SamuelH105]

This scene shocked me so much the first time i watched the film! :O 

[WalterLiddy]

Great cinematography.

[inogi339]

Can we get the whole movie here please!

[inogi339]

@inogi339 I overlooked. I found all parts. Thanks!

[jackthayer]

this is probably my favorite horror movie

[bawbaw222]

Can you upload the whole movie:)?xx

[CatchingBKaulitz]

this scared the mess outta me...

[MsSarjen]

I love Pamela Franklin!

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@MsSarjen Yes Pamela was wonderful in this, and also in "The Legend of Hell House".

[MsSarjen]

@AppallingRetroTrash I haven't seen Hell House yet, though I really want to, but it's difficult to get hold of it. Another of my favorite Pamela-films is Our Mothers House, which came some few years after the Innocents. Great psycological drama/horror.

[rematpac]

Don't judge a movie on one scene.This is a brilliant movie.

[rematpac]

This is not the scariest scene,don't worry.It is a little scary though if you watch the whole movie.It's a great movie.One more thing,WARNING,travelogue 200,who has a strange youtube site is a psychopath,check and see for yourself.

[rematpac]

My remarks were removed by travelogue200 begging her many weird friends to do it.The "Ja Wohl ,mein Fuhrer!"is a dead give away since according to your website one of your obsessions is that secret white supremacist groups are out to get you.Your other obsessions,your video content,and your remarks to other people reveal you to be a most mentally deranged person.Just because I don't agree with you on something ,don't attack me like I'm the anti-christ.You need mental help!

[rematpac]

Do you really think anyone can't figure out you got your weird friends to give my comments negative votes travelogue200 because you can't stand being proved wrong?I checked out your youtube site and you're just the type of person with weird obsessions that would do that.As if all these stangers would care about our arguement that you're losing?You are a strange person,your website reveals it and trying to make me look bad reveals it.

[windstorm1000]

@rematpac You're not getting any neg. comments from me--your comments are very intelligent and perceptive on this movie--more than anyone else. Why is the host hiding your comments?

[rematpac]

@windstorm1000 Thank you for your supportive comment.My comments are being hidden because I'm dealing with a very immature person who can't stand to be proved wrong.There are plenty more people like this out there.It's really frustrating when someone can't handle a conversation like an adult and their actually scared to be critisized or to look at a different point of view that's not their's.I'm dealing with a very insecure person here who still thinks and reacts like a child in many ways.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@windstorm1000 No...I haven't hidden any comments. I LIKE the fact that this clip is bringing on a good debate!

[PimpingRice]

1:03

Now you see me.... Now you don't...

Now come outside so I can rape you.

[adebarde1]

That apparition is Peter Wyngarde who went on to become more scary as Jason King.

[SpockLover27]

Yes, where IS she going to hide with that huge dress! lol XD

[sugreev2001]

The TV movie made with Lynn Redgrave was great as well.

[moletinii]

was it scaring ?

[SpockLover27]

You should have had the part right before this, when he is hurting her and will not let go. But that's ok. :) Could you upload the kiss?

[djbethell]

I saw this as a child and so many times since and it has always left me freaked out. The idea that the ghosts are real and/or a figment of the imagination is disturbing. Two other movies make me feel the same fear: The Haunting, and The Shining as they also have double explanations. The camera angles and use of sound and objects moving around are also creepy. I could watch these films so many times and still feel really freaked-out, like I'm watching them for the first time - true movie-making.

[ffejbboc]

the scariest scenes, IMO, are the ghost in the lake, and the fleeting glimpse of the ghost going down the hallway.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@ffejbboc I also find those scenes very chilling and affecting. Possibly because of their brevity. They have quick shock value. This one scares me more in its intensity.

[rematpac]

In the movie The Other(1972),it is eventually made clear that the 2nd boy,the one who does all the evil acts,doesn't really exist at all and has been long dead and is just a figment of the mentally disturbed lone boy's imagination.That movie is always compared with this one,I wonder why! It is so much easier for people to press a thumb's down against someone's comments than to watch a movie a 2nd time and check to see whether the person speaks the truth,isn't it.

[rematpac]

To subscribe to the ghost theory,you have to rely on nothing except Deborah Kerr's impression of being an honest,sincere person by her appearence and what SHE claims only,because there is not 1 shed of objective,physical or corroberatable evidence in the movie to support this.You also have to give her some heightened,extra-sensory powers that no one else has here.On the other hand,there are many hints that she may not be mentally stable or be what she tries to appear to be.Ted Bundy had charisma

[rematpac]

The last scene when the ghost of Quint appears again,it's not the ghost that's scarey at all(since you suspect he might not really be there),but it's still is a very chilling scene.What's scarey is Deborah Kerr's character,and you think of what you were like when you were Mile's age and left all alone at the mansion at night with her.Miles is the one who found Quint dead with his eyes open looking like he was murdered,a recent memory he must naturally repress,but Kerr is now capable of anything!

[rematpac]

It's too bad it seems to ruin the movie for some people when you point out that there were really never any ghosts.It doesn't ruin it for me at all.I'm able to feel the chilling effects watching all the ghost scenes(except the last one of Quint)despite that fact because all but the final scene were indeed ghost scenes as they were meant to be,the viewer not knowing otherwise until the end.It's not until the housekeeper denies having seen Miss Jessel do you start to really suspect otherwise.

[rematpac]

@joeinparis She found a droplet of water,that is all.You are just assumming it was a tear.Why would an intangible object such as a supposed ghost leave a tangible tear?Why did they add the sound of a fly buzzing around at that time only?They certainly didn't do it for nothing.Every scene leaves an alternative explanation to there being ghosts without fail,no matter how subtle.I was waiting for someone to try to use this scene as proof,but like every other scene,it doesn't pan out.They make sure.

[travelogue200]

@rematpac All the denials that this is story of malevolent spirits is let down somewhat with the eventual scene where Miles screams out the name of Quint near the end.

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 NO,Miles DOES NOT scream out "Quint" near the end! what movie are you talking about?Certainly not this one.At the end of this movie ,when Deborah Kerr keeps on insisting that Quint is there and keeps trying to convince Miles that he sees something that he doesn't see and isn't really there he starts yelling at her,"Where?,Where? Where,you devil? Where?" and the very last word he WHISPERS before he dies is "where" again.

[travelogue200]

@rematpac "Quint! Peter Quint!" I must have a very different edition than the one you are watching! Or maybe the ghosts are playing with your mind too! Whoooaa!

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 You are obviously watching either one of the awful remakes of The Innocents or your watching a version of Turn of the Screw.I have the 1961 version of The Innocents up on my website right now in 9 parts.So if you watch Part 9 you'll see it's exactly how I said it is.

[travelogue200]

@rematpac No, I'm talking about the 1961 version. And that is what he says.

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 Correction : Part 11 is the last part of the movie.It only lasts 2;2O minutes.It is on my website right now.I've just watched it again as I have 100's of times over the years and Miles says "Where? ,Where? ,Where ,you devil?",as he runs back and forth looking everywhere for Quint ,but is unable to find him and is perplexed at what Kerr is taking about because there is nothing there,except in Kerr's insane mind,WATCH IT AND SEE FOR YOURSELF! Kerr is constantly acting nuts!

[travelogue200]

@rematpac Ok, this is all getting a little dramatic for me. Without a doubt Miles says "Quint!" Peter Quint!" /watch?v=w_QHgQLWW9w

Granted, he says "where?" several times after but none before. You're confusing the first "Quint!" with "where" but it isn't so. Your interpretation is just that, mine is that Miles is unknowingly possessed by Quint. I'm not sure why you are so adamant we all have to see it through your eyes, but SHOUTING that I WATCH IT isn't going to make me see it your way!

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 I thought you might believe your own eyes and ears if you watched it and we were sure we were talking about the exact same movie.O.K.,lets say it's how you say.Then Mile's last dialogue is this,"No.it can't be so!Quint,Peter Quint?,Where?,Where?,Where?Whe­re,you devil? Where!?,Where?,then he dies.How does that change anything?Miles isn't denying he knew Quint,he's saying ,if he's back from the dead ,then where is he?And before this he repeatedly shouts the truth,"Your insane!,"

[travelogue200]

@rematpac You ignore the possibilty that Miles is unknowingly possessed. He switches between adult and child-like speech at a rapid pace and is terrified by his own behaviour. Or that Kerr is the true Innocent in this movie; for me that's the great twist here. She has the true ability to see, but like most seers she's ridiculed and denied as we witness so plainly in this movie. That in itself is terrifying, and then to be called mad! Your interpretation is no more right/wrong than anyone else's.

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 This is pointless.Rather than review the facts that present themselves in each scene,you're even willing to change the title of the movie from The Innocents(plural and referring obviously to the children)to The Innocent and ascribe it to pertain to the villianess and make her out to be some kind of hero,just to suit your own personal interpretation.And according to your own personal interpretation,what does your hero do?She kills 1 innocent child and drives the other 1 mad! Flawed

[travelogue200]

@rematpac Yeah, what ever you say.

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 Who ridicules Kerr or denies her anything?What are you talking about?The chidren's Uncle doesn't even bother to check her references,but blindly puts her in charge of the whole estate and she does everything her way unimpeded by anyone.And the results are disasterous needless to say.It is not my interpretation,it's what happens in the movie.Where does this interpretation of a gifted seer ever come in?This isn't about picking your own interpretation no matter what you have to add.

[travelogue200]

@rematpac Ja wohl, mein Fuhrer!

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 O.K.,I guess we've reached an impasse.Actually ,I subcribed to your duality theory for a long time myself,but have recently changed my mind and think I've finally cracked this movie's plot,and you have to admit it's not easy,if possible at all.Having made up my mind,I wanted to see if you could do anything to change it.No one can pretend to read the mind of the writers and producers,but I've come to the point that, I've convinced myself anyway, I've finally got it .

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 You would have to use something in the actual footage to change my mind at this point,but I've gone over it so many times I can't see what I've missed.We can at least agree that it's a good movie,the controversy over it only proves how interesting it really is.Who knows,I might go back to endorsing the duality theory again like you someday,but for now my mind has been made up by the outcome and the 1st question Kerr's asked,"Do you have an imagination? ,which she affirms assuredly

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@travelogue200 I love your take on this. Very insightful. While Miles' ability to speak in an adult way is something he could have picked up from Quint while still living, it also lends credence to the possession theory. And I love your point about Ms. Giddens being the true innocent.

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 Why is Kerr the only one in the movie to ever see any ghosts?Does she have some special power?Why doesn't the housekeeper,Miles,Flora or anyone else ever see any ghosts?Just look at Kerr's face and the way she's talking and the things she says at the end of the movie,she's nuts.How does she jump to all these wild conclusions through out the movie?Is she an expert on ghosts?What is she ranting about during the 1st 5 minutes of the movie as if she's in an assylum?Why that scene?

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 You don't have to see it through my eyes.I didn't write the movie.Truman Capote wrote the screenplay for this version.The guy was a genuis with an IQ of 216.He wrote this version and changed the plot of the story ,but did it so cleverly as to leave doubts in the viewers mind until the end.He did it to heighten the scare factor and then end it with a brilliant irony.He did it so well that many people can't figure it out at 1st,but there's still no doubt about his intensions.

[travelogue200]

@rematpac For me that is the greatest pay-off of Capote's screen-play. His ability to leave the viewer with two scenarios of what they've just witnessed; insane, sex-starved house-keeper or malevolent spirits controlling the children and controlling her through the children or even the possibilty that both scenarios are true at the same time. Imagine that! That's difficult to pull-off but that's exactly what he's achieved; in life there is always two-sides to every story. Try Inland Empire.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@travelogue200 Agreed. It's wonderful the way the screenplay is able to present these multiple possibilities that would be much harder to achieve in written form only.

[rematpac]

@travelogue200 Miles full dialogue during the last 2 minutes of the movie,"No .It can't be! Where's Peter Quint?,Where?,Where?,Where?,Wh­ere,you devil? Where?!!,",then he whispers "where?" and dies of shock and fright brought on by the OBVIOUS insanity of Deborah Kerr,which is apparent time and time again throughout the movie,just like when she drove poor Flora insane insisting on a dead woman being there that neither Flora NOR the housekeeper could see! She claims special knowledge constantly!

[rematpac]

@joeinparis Nope.you didn't pay close enough attention to the subtlety of that scene. Notice that you hear the sound of a fly buzzing around when she discovers the water droplet.Why would they make such an important point of having a fly buzzing around?Why did they put that in there?.It opens up the possibility that the fly got in through a possible hole in the roof as where the water droplet could have gotten there, through the same leak in the roof.They added that noise for a definite reason.

[rematpac]

@joeinparis This movie IS NOT another version of Turn of the Screw,which was a ghost story.It uses the story but changes the plot completely around.It keeps you in suspense,but in the end,the mystery is solved (which is actually revealed at the very beginning of the movie before the story starts,where Deborah Kerr is rambling by herself revealing she is a completely unstable psychotic woman).At the end ,you realize there were no ghosts,but a dangerously insane woman frightening Miles to death.

[cynder167]

i would have made a funny face :P

[420Brackish]

Ooo now i want to see the whole movie!

[BrilliantlyBecks]

WHAT THE ACTUAL. When the kids laugh at the end. Omg. Lolol.

[LaurelleStars]

I don't get it, is this strictly psychological horror or supernatural horror too?

[justcogitating]

@LaurelleStars Good question. Ask Henry James.

[LaurelleStars]

@justcogitating Is he even alive?

[rematpac]

@LaurelleStars Thats just it,you're supposed to be completely confused.But there is an answer.It usaually takes watching it twice and carefully analizing the clues to figure it out.It is an extremely clever movie.Many have tried to duplicate it's unique style(The Other,1972 and a couple extremely terrrible modern attempted remakes of this movie to name a few),but all failed miserably.You may think that to watch it again might prove boring,but it doesn't.It makes you aware of it's brilliance.

[LaurelleStars]

@rematpac Brilliant yes, confusing definitely. I don't think anyone in the 21st century could pull off a remake of this. I'd foresee lawsuits and public condemnation if it did.

But seriously dude, if I watch it one more time, I'll go nuts. Maybe its cuz I have a short attention span or something, but I still haven't been able to figure it out. I feel like I'm hunting Waldo over here! ^_^ So I ask of you... what it the answer? : (

[rematpac]

@LaurelleStars The answer is actually 1st revealed at the very start of the movie,before the story even begins.The 1st scene you see is Deborah Kerr by herself talking to herself in a very strange psychotic mentally unbalanced state of mind with no explaination offered as to what this is about(You can at least watch just the 1st 5 miutes of the movie 1 more time can't you).And after this weird scene,the story begins and the viewer just puts this unexplained strange scene out of their mind.....

[rematpac]

@LaurelleStars ...for now this there is no way to explain or interpret it for sure until you've watched the whole movie.It seems like a ghost possession movie,as The Turn of the Screw was,but in this movie ,every scene where there is a ghost involved ,there is also an alternative explanation that is plausible offered,EVERY SCENE.if you examine it carefully enough.The only person who EVER sees any ghosts is Deborah Kerr,and nothing unusual really happens,except to Kerr and in her mind only.....

[windstorm1000]

@rematpac why is this comment hidden? this person is making a very perceptive film comment!!!

[rematpac]

@windstorm1000 Thank you again for being a perceptive person yourself and pointing out my facts to the dull,stubborn person who can't admit their wrong and are even so afraid they blot out reality and try to make it look like everyone disagrees with me.Too afraid to leave both sides up and then let people watch the movie and decide for themselves.Censorship-and the person who censors is the worried person who has something to hide or be afraid of.An unscrupulous way to control other's thoughts.

[rematpac]

@LaurelleStars ...at the end of the movie when Kerr successfully frightens the poor young boy Miles to his DEATH,you come to the grim realization that she is not the self-sacrificing savior she's convinced she is,but instead is a woman who is dangerously insane and who has driven one poor child out of her mind and killed the other one in a most terrible way.There were no ghosts,only a delusional,perverse woman who is hoplessly insane,And if you remember.no one knew anything about her or checked.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@rematpac Yes, the Uncle was so relieved to be rid of the problem, he accepted Miss Giddens, without learning more about her past. Mind you, a background check would have revealed little. He already knew she was a parson's daughter, and had an imagination. Perhaps if she'd let out her little rant to Miles at the end with the Uncle (My father taught me to love people, to help them! Even if they refused my help. Even if it HURT them!) he would have continued with more interviews.

[travelogue200]

@LaurelleStars Quite possibly both!

[rematpac]

This is not the scariest scene.The scene where the governess tries to make Flora see the ghost of the woman standing in the lake who drowned herself there is.Black Sabbath used that scene for the cover of their 1st album."Look Flora ,you know you can see her",and she drives the poor innocent girl mad.

[Landulphcounter]

@rematpac I've just pointed to someone on the the Black Sabbath threads how they used that imagary. Even the rain and thunder on the opening of that first album.

As the governess first approaches Flora you can here the influence for sabbaths "Children of the Grave".

I remember this film from way back. It has remained one of my favourite films. When I bought that first Sabbath album I recognized the film right off.

Thanks for the post. R.M.

P.S. The tortoise through the window is memorable!!

[Landulphcounter]

@rematpac I've just pointed out to someone on the the Black Sabbath threads how they used that image. Even the rain & thunder are on the opening of that first album.

As the governess first approaches Flora you can here the influence for Sabbaths "Children of the Grave".

I remember this film from way back. It has remained one of my favourite films. When I bought that first Sabbath album I recognized the film right off.

Thanks for the post. R.M.

P.S. The tortoise through the window is memorable!!

[coralin378]

@rematpac

that scared the crap out of me-and I don't usually get scared watching horror films

it gave me such an uncomfortable feeling :(

[rematpac]

@coralin378 It scared me too being a very effective,well done scene using the fear of the unknown of the night darkness and then some unknown sinister element coming from out of the darkness right at you ,menacingly close and threatening, creating another unknown fear of what was going to happen to you next in such a vunerable position of close proximity,taking me by surprise the way it was meant too.But to me the scariest scene was the ghost of Miss Jessel across the lake just staring at you.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@rematpac Agreed that the shots of Miss Jessel across the lake are indeed chilling. I think the mere fact that we only see her at a distance is a more subtle kind of terror. But for me, the prolonged close shots of Quint's ghost (compared to the quick distant shots of Miss J) inspire more fear. His cold, highlighted eyes and the sound of his breathing bring the fear right up close. :-)

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@coralin378 It certainly does create an eerie atmosphere, doesn't it?

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@rematpac Agree that the scene where Miss Giddens tries to FORCE Flora to accept HER version of reality is truly scary in its real-world implications. However I find this scene scarier in a completely different way.

[geoffdoor]

everyone has ripped off that sequence...

[ebf1957]

I don't know if anyone ever brought this up in TOTS but has anyone thought that Miss Jessel was also an innocent. Her, Miles, and Flora were living this cloistered life only to be disrupted by a stranger who brought a hedonistic aspect?

[rematpac]

@ebf1957 No,you're missing the true meaning and disguised plot of the movie.This was not another version of Turn of the Screw.It takes the story and creates a whole new plot but goes to great lengths to hide it in every scene it would appear,but on really close examination,the true story is played out undisputably right in plain sight.It's a work of genuis by the screenplay director Truman Capote(I.Q. OF 215) and the effect has never been duplicated to this day though many have tried and failed.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@ebf1957 Interesting point about Miss Jessel. I guess she was corrupted by Peter Quint in an even more tangible sense than the boys at Miles' school were being corrupted by him!

[ThatHauntFreak]

I don't think this was the scariest part. The part that creeped me out was when she was wandering through the halls, hearing all the ghostly voices.

[rematpac]

@ThatHauntFreak She wasn't wandering through the hall hearing ghostly voices,she was havind A DREAM about wandering through the hall.It might sounr trivial,but it makes all the difference in the world in keeping with the true story ,which IS NOT another take on Turn of the Screw,otherwise they would have simply called it such.It takes the story and turns the plot of it completely around,on it's head.Completely unique movie.

[Rebas1Okie]

Deborah protrays such fear!!!!!! It was soooo believable!! That would be a terrible hard thing to do for me if I wasn't really frightened! Oh la la what a great actress she was!!

[SuperBecks101]

I get to see the end tommorow. Apprantly it's really scary :L

[chickenmafia]

i have to read this book for my english class. and it seems pretty scary to me.

[kiwijoa]

Is this an old version of "The Others?"

[mowingthefrontlawn]

@kiwijoa No, but they are similar movies.

[nuwandaDalton]

This movie is so scary.

[AzulaPrincess007]

yaa and whats so scary on this ?

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@AzulaPrincess007 Everything!

[Orphan9999]

That man freaked me out for a sec

[MsSarjen]

@Orphan9999 Most scary is that you can see the light in his eyes longer than the man himself. And the sound of his breath... *shiver*

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@MsSarjen That's what gets me too! Shivers down my spine EVERY time I watch it!

[BlackRosesWeep]

i love the song!

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@BlackRosesWeep Yes the song is great. I love the way the film opens with just the audio of a girl singing the song over a blackscreen. Then the Fox logo comes up with the song still going. It's eerie.

[BlackRosesWeep]

travelouge200 I just shat myself! nice!!!

[ElizaChristina93]

spookey

[Chipmunk1992]

is this from the haunting?

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@Chipmunk1992 No...this is from "The Innocents", an adaptation of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw".

[neilerone]

Brilliant film, great Deborah Kerr...this scene is just intense! Whew!

[Dallasboy678]

Being scared isn't what you see. It's what you feel. That's why this movie made me piss my pants.

[aidanschanze]

One can hardly help admiring Miss Giddens' courage and backbone in going *right* out the door to chase the strange guy who's just given her such a shock.

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@aidanschanze Yes...she's a gutsy governess...even if she MAY be insane.

[coracleman]

it's called subtlety, Not something we are used to these days but true to the spirit of the original james story.

coraclewoman

[newusernoah]

"Scariest scene"??! If this is the scariest scene of this movie I'm not gonna waist my time with this movie.....

[AppallingRetroTrash]

@newusernoah . If you mean WASTE your time, it's just as well.

[rematpac]

@AppallingRetroTrash No,watching this is not a waste at all.This movie stands by itself as a one of a kind movie.All the god awful remakes got it wrong,just like so many people do for some reason.They're not trying to follow the book here that it's based on at all.This is a whole different take on it.The screenplayer has an IQ of 215 and I think that has a lot to do with why no one can duplicate it's unique style.The Other(1972) tried and totally failed.This is a movie not to be missed.

[alexchmara]

@newusernoah so you like to piss your pants often, huh? :-? it's full of supermans on internet... and some of us don't give a shit on what they're saying. watch the movie and shut your pie-hole

[newusernoah]

@alexchmara not even commenting on your disrespectfull comment.. wooow.. you have problems if you don't accept other opinions...

[rematpac]

@newusernoah Dallasboy678 is the one who said it made him piss his pants not you .Probably just a mistake that's all.But since you answered only 7 hours ago and I just put this movie on my site to watch ,I thought I might make a comment.This is not the scariest scene in the movie.Black Sabbath used a scarier scene from this movie for their 1st album cover).No gore.,But someone knows it is one of the most unique and ingeniuous movies ever made.Many people can't figure out what it's really about

[jckfmsincty]

@newusernoah The scene should have been shown with Deborah Kerr's getting her head copped off with a pair of rusty hedge clippers by the psychotic housekeeper.

[precoded]

Very gripping movie. The best screen version of "The Turn of the Screw" I think.

[JubalCalif]

@MaggieLovesJimmy

Sorry to hear you lost your dad last year! My dad died of a sudden massive heart attack back in early 2001 at the age or 71. I'm glad my punishing puns brought a smile to your face & some happy memories of you & your pappy! Ha ha...loved your comment about rings around Uranus after hovering over the toilet too long! Love your sense of humor! Hope the rest of your weekend is as NICE as you are!

[MaggieLovesJimmy]

@JubalCalif Thanks! Same here. :)

[Dix994]

this scene tops them all for movies that have scared the daylights out of me....the way he just glides up to the window, his eyes, the way they look as he fades back out of sight.....omg so creepy.

[mickeychaseify]

Kids are creepy. Full stop. We don't need horror movies to tell us that! lol

[travelogue200]

I just shat myself.

[Projectrez]

@travelogue200 Me too and I haven't even watched it yet.

[IAmTheMinority167]

@travelogue200 lol, same

[indiewannabe11]

@travelogue200 trust me, your not alone.

[BabiiDalek]

lol omg! We watched this at school today xD half the room was screaming it was so funny. :] that little boy is really creepy.

[djbethell]

Try 'The Haunting' too (the b/w original and not the shite re-make). That is just as scary.

[travelogue200]

You've got a cool school if they are showing movies like this.

[Dix994]

@travelogue200 well, it is based on a classic novel - if a movie is an effective way to get kids interested in literature, then I am all for it! I remember when we read Romeo and Juliet in English class, our teacher one day showed us a movie as well. Made it much easier to understand, and also more interesting!

I remember my mom getting me to watch this with her when I was little - and it did peak my interest in reading both this story and others by Henry James.

[travelogue200]

@Dix994 Wish they would do that more in schools around here. I remember seeing Kubrick's The Shining in film studies. It made me run out and get the book. Sadly it was a Stephen King so no great literary breakthroughs; the film actually shat on the book!

But I often read books before and after films and am usually disappointed with the latter. Have you ever seen the original of the Haunting? It's very similar to this movie for atmosphere and shadows and let's the imagination work overtime.

[Dix994]

yes, I have read the original Haunting - it was the Haunting of Hill House, right? Shirley Jackson.

As for the Shining, making an exact movie version of the book would have not worked - just too much going on. Remember the TV one made a few years back under Kings direction? It was awful. The Jack Nichelson version may not have been exact to the book, but it captured the atmosphere of it perfectly. Supposedly Stephen King was not happy with it, hence the TV film that he produced.

[MrsChetBaker555]

@BabiiDalek You watched it at school?? The movie is about two spirits who are about to possess two children and go at it like a couple of monkeys.