Friday, October 1, 2010

31 Frights #1: THE INNOCENTS [1961]

Old-fashioned spooky doesn’t get any better than this, an adaptation of Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw.” Literate, multilayered and beautifully crafted, with a magnificent central performance from Deborah Kerr. Truman Capote was one of the writers; expressive B&W camerawork from the great Freddie Francis, and a hauntingly impressionistic Georges Auric score.

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