The Innocents (1961) - Scariest scene

The 1961 film version of Henry James' "The Turn of the Screw" was entitled "The Innocents" and stars Deborah Kerr.

Here Miss Giddens, a governess to two orphans living in a (haunted?) country house indulges them in a game of hide and seek.

Are Miles and Flora really possessed by the spirits of the dead valet and governess? Or is Miss Giddens INSANE?

Miss Giddens: Deborah Kerr
Flora: Pamela Franklin
Miles: Martin Stephens
Mrs Grose: Megs Jenkins
Quint: Peter Wyngarde

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[MsSarjen]

I love Pamela Franklin!

[AppallingRetroTrash]

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

[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.

[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.

[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]

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[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.

[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.