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* BigDamnKiss: Miles asks Miss Giddens to kiss him goodnight - and plants one of these on her. Startling the hell out of her.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Mrs Grose describes Quint and Miss Jessel's relationship to us and it's not entirely clear whether it was straight up abuse, mutually toxic or even some form of BDSM (she mentions seeing Quint hit her and Miss Jessel enjoying it, which has several interpretations).
* BigDamnKiss: Miles asks Miss Giddens to kiss him goodnight - and plants one of these on her. Startling the hell out of her. [[spoiler: When he dies, she kisses him on the lips as well]].
* BigDamnKiss: Miles asks Miss Giddens to kiss him goodnight - and plants one of these on her. Startling the hell out of her. [[spoiler: When he dies, she kisses him on the lips as well]].
* BrutalHonesty: The uncle bluntly says he has no room in his life for children, nor is he willing to make any.
* CrapsaccharieWorld: Bly is a beautiful country house with gardens that overflow with flowers and sculptures. But of course there are dark shadows everywhere, and the house may be haunted. There are frequent shots of insects emerging from statues or decaying flowers - which was a touch by Creator/TrumanCapote to show "the skull beneath the skin".
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* FreudWasRight: The filmmakers inserted a few phallic symbols to highlight Miss Giddens's repressed sexuality. Notably the pointed corners on the tower where she first sees Quint, and the candlesticks she's often carrying.
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* GorgeousPeriodDress: Miss Giddens has some splendid crinoline dresses and bustle skirts, with HighClassGloves - possibly a bit too splendid for [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality a modest parson's daughter]].
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* MeaningfulName: The children's ties into the symbolism.
** Flora is the Latin for 'flower', and FlowerMotifs abound in the house. Miss Giddens is often tending to flowers that fall apart or decay, just like how Flora appears angelic but is deeply troubled.
** Miles is Latin for soldier, like MilesGlorisious. Miles is bold and daring - but it just serves to go with his TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour.
** Flora is the Latin for 'flower', and FlowerMotifs abound in the house. Miss Giddens is often tending to flowers that fall apart or decay, just like how Flora appears angelic but is deeply troubled.
** Miles is Latin for soldier, like MilesGlorisious. Miles is bold and daring - but it just serves to go with his TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour.
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** Miss Giddens wears lots of white and brighter clothes when she first arrives at Bly. As the film goes on, she's shown in black more often. In the final sequence, her dress resembles Miss Jessel's.
** Miles too subtly changes his wardrobe over the film, in the final scene wearing clothes like those of Quint.
** Miss Giddens wears lots of white and brighter clothes when she first arrives at Bly. As the film goes on, she's shown in black more often. In the final sequence, her dress resembles Miss Jessel's.
** Miles too subtly changes his wardrobe over the film, in the final scene wearing clothes like those of Quint.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Peter Wyngarde only appears in brief shots as Quint's ghost. It adds up to only a minute or so of screen time.
* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Miles dies at the end]].
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Miles dies at the end, making this an aversion]].
* InformedAttractiveness: Mrs Grose and Miles do make a big fuss of how pretty Miss Giddens is, though in Miles's case he's probably trying to be flattering to distract her.
* InformedAttractiveness: Mrs Grose and Miles do make a big fuss of how pretty Miss Giddens is, though in Miles's case he's probably trying to be flattering to distract her.
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* IronicNurseryRhyme: The film opens with Flora singing "Willow Waly" to creepy effect. It's later found out to be a song Miss Jessel sang to her, and Miss Giddens has a dream of the two dancing to it.
* IronicNurseryRhyme: The film opens with Flora singing "Willow Waly" to creepy effect. It's later found out to be a song Miss Jessel sang to her, and Miss Giddens has a dream of the two dancing to it.
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* TheOphelia: Miss Jessel is portrayed this way, and is said to have completely despaired after Quint was found dead. Like Ophelia, she drowned herself.
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* RiddleForTheAges: The film is as ambiguous as possible about whether there are ghosts haunting Bly. Miss Giddens sees and hears other people, but she never sees a ghost up close until she's seen a picture. The children act creepy but that could just be from all the trauma they've suffered. When Miss Giddens tries to get Flora to admit that Miss Jessel's ghost is across the lake, Flora's only response is to scream that she can't see anything. Either she's telling the truth, or she's in denial.
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* DomesticAbuse: It's left open if Quint and Miss Jessel's relationship was this - Mrs Grose saying she once saw him knock her to the floor.
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Miles dies at the end, making this an aversion]].
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* TheLostLenore: Quint was this for Miss Jessel after he died. She eventually couldn't take it and jumped in the lake to join him.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's established early on that Miss Giddens has a big imagination and is used to living in a cramped city house - so there is a chance the ghosts are only her imaginations. She doesn't see Quint's ghost up close until after she's seen his picture in the attic. But there are a couple of incidents that make more sense if there are ghosts in the house.
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Miss Giddens (Kerr), a young governess in her first position, is sent to look after two children at a country manor called Bly. At first Miss Giddens loves the house and gets along wonderfully with the two children, but she soon starts to see other people in the house. When she sees a man up close, she describes him to the housekeeper and is informed that the man in question died over a year ago. Miss Giddens then becomes convinced that the spirits of two dead servants are trying to possess the children.
The film is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''. Deborah Kerr considered this to be her best performance.
The film is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''. Deborah Kerr considered this to be her best performance.
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Miss Giddens (Kerr), a young governess in her first position, is sent to look after two children at a country manor called Bly. At first Miss Giddens loves the house and gets along wonderfully with the two children, but she soon starts to see other people in the house. When she sees a man up close, she describes him to the housekeeper and is informed that the man in question died over a year ago. The man was Peter Quint, the master's valet. Upon learning that Quint was in a torrid relationship with the previous governess Miss Jessel (also deceased), she starts to see her ghost too. Miss Giddens then becomes convinced that the spirits of two dead servants are trying to possess the children.
The film is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''. Deborah Kerr considered this to be her bestperformance.
performance, calling the film "criminally underrated".
The film is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''. Deborah Kerr considered this to be her best
* ChekhovsHobby: Miss Giddens tells the Uncle that she does have a very big imagination. This proves essential to the plot, where she may or may not be imagining the children being possessed by ghosts.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Mrs Grose and Miles do make a big fuss of how pretty Miss Giddens is though in Miles's case he's probably trying to be flattering to distract her.
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* ISeeDeadPeople: Present but it's never stated whether Miss Giddens is seeing ghosts or just imagining.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Mrs Grose and Miles do make a big fuss of how pretty Miss Giddens is is, though in Miles's case he's probably trying to be flattering to distract her.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Present but it's never stated whether Miss Giddens is seeing ghosts or just imagining. Flora and Miles possibly too.
* LettingHerHairDown: Miss Giddens's hair is down for the part of the film where Miles plants a big kiss on her.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Present but it's never stated whether Miss Giddens is seeing ghosts or just imagining. Flora and Miles possibly too.
* LettingHerHairDown: Miss Giddens's hair is down for the part of the film where Miles plants a big kiss on her.
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* PlayingHamlet: Miss Giddens is supposed to be a young and inexperienced (to say nothing of naive) governess at her very first posting. Deborah Kerr definitely doesn't look young enough for such a role, but her performance is so good you'll find that it doesn't matter.
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* TheCityVsTheCountry: The uncle defies this, refusing to move to his country home to look after the children and instead hiring other people to look after them.
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''The Innocents'' is a 1961 British horror film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr. It is adapted from Henry James's novella ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew''.
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
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* BigFancyHouse:Bly.Bly is full of lavish rooms and long corridors decorated with all sorts of finery.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: Flora talks about a time where she felt bad that so many of the rooms in the house were unused and describes Mrs Grose as being "quite startled" when she wished it was possible to sleep in several rooms at once. [[InnocentInnuendo Oh Flora]]...
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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Miles in the final scene.]]
** Peter Quint also reportedly died this way.
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** [[spoiler: Miles in the final scene.]]
** Peter Quint also reportedly died this way. For added creepy factor, Miles was the one that found him.
** [[spoiler: Miles in the final scene.]]
** Peter Quint also reportedly died this way. For added creepy factor, Miles was the one that found him.
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* TroubledButCute: Miles is a very young example. He's TheCharmer who can flatter any woman. But he was expelled from school for bullying other children, and has a very twisted sense of humour.
* TroubledButCute: Miles is a very young example. He's TheCharmer who can flatter any woman. But he was expelled from school for bullying other children, and has a very twisted sense of humour.
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens' imagination]].imagination]] (like in Henry James' original book). It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
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''The Innocents'' is a 1961 British horror film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr. It is adapted from Henry James's novella ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' and tells the story of a young governess Miss Giddens (Kerr) in her first position, sent to look after two children at a country manor called Bly. At first Miss Giddens loves the house and gets along wonderfully with the two children, but she soon starts to see other people in the house. When she sees a man up close, she describes him to the housekeeper and is informed that the man in question died over a year ago. Miss Giddens then becomes convinced that the spirits of two dead servants are trying to possess the children.
The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
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''The Innocents'' is a 1961 British horror film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr. It is adapted from Henry James's novella''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' and tells the story of ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew''.
Miss Giddens (Kerr), a young governessMiss Giddens (Kerr) in her first position, is sent to look after two children at a country manor called Bly. At first Miss Giddens loves the house and gets along wonderfully with the two children, but she soon starts to see other people in the house. When she sees a man up close, she describes him to the housekeeper and is informed that the man in question died over a year ago. Miss Giddens then becomes convinced that the spirits of two dead servants are trying to possess the children.
The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances andit is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's debate; it's never confirmed [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane whether the ghosts are real or a product of Miss Giddens is just imagining them. Giddens' imagination]]. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.''Film/TheRing''.
''The Innocents'' is a 1961 British horror film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr. It is adapted from Henry James's novella
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Uncle, played by Creator/MichaelRedgrave. He appears for 5 minutes max but is continually discussed by Miss Giddens and Mrs Grose, reflecting the former's infatuation with him. It doesn't help that Miles is said to [[TheCasanova greatly resemble his Uncle]]. [[spoiler: Also, the Uncle is largely to blame for what happens at the end, because had Miss Giddens been able to consult him, she might not have taken the drastic steps that lead to Flora's breakdown and Miles' death]].
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* CreepyChild: Both of them. Flora has her humming of the song "Willow Waly" to herself and responding to questions she doesn't like with "I don't think I remember". Miles with [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour giving Miss Giddens a long, lingering kiss]] and being played by Martin Stephens (from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned'').
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* CreepyChild: Both of them. Flora has her humming of the song "Willow Waly" to herself and responding to questions she doesn't like with "I don't think I remember". Miles with [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour giving Miss Giddens a long, lingering kiss]] and being played by Martin Stephens (from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned'').''[[Film/VillageOfTheDamned1960 Village of the Damned]]'').
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with NicoleKidman, Creator/NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The estate of Bly, a non-human example. In the book Bly is described as being fairly ugly. In the film it's a gorgeous house full of quirky architectural details and with grounds overflowing with flowers and life.
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* PlayingHamlet: Miss Giddens is supposed to be a young and inexperienced (to say nothing of naive) governess at her very first posting. Deborah Kerr definitely doesn't look young enough for such a role, but her performance is so good you'll find that it doesn't matter.
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* DestructiveRomance: Peter Quint and Miss Jessel.
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* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler: Miles in the final scene.]]
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with NicoleKidman.
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with NicoleKidman.NicoleKidman, and its soundtrack was sampled for the cursed tape in ''Film/TheRing''.
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* BodyMotifs: Hands. The film opens up with a pair of old, wrinkly hands brought together in prayer. When Miss Giddens discovers the statue of a cherub beneath a large rose bush, viewers can notice that he's holding a pair of disembodied, smaller hands in his own.
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* FlowerMotif: White roses with falling petals appear in several key scenes throughout the film to symbolize the corruption of purity. It's also crossed with AnimalMotif, as Miss Giddens moves away the brances of a rose bush to discover the statue of a little cherub. At first, she is charmed, but recoils in disgust when a large, ugly insect falls from its mouth...
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* FlowerMotif: White roses with falling petals appear in several key scenes throughout the film to symbolize the corruption of purity. It's also crossed with AnimalMotif, as Miss Giddens moves away the brances branches of a rose bush to discover the statue of a little cherub. At first, she is charmed, but recoils in disgust when a large, ugly insect falls from its mouth...
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* FridgeHorror: Miss Giddens believes Peter Quint and Miss Jessel wish to relive their relationship by possessing Miles and Flora. [[{{Squick}} Two 8-year-old children that are brother and sister]].
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* OneSceneWonder: Michael Redgrave and his five minutes on screen as the uncle.
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* HairOfGold: Miss Giddens.
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Inverted. The boy who got sent away to school was expelled because '''he''' was the one scaring all the students.
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* FridgeHorror: Miss Giddens believes Peter Quint and Miss Jessel wish to relive their relationship by possessing Miles and Flora. [[{{Squick}} Two 8-year-old children that are brother and sister]].
* FreudianExcuse: Whether or not the children are possessed, it's understandable they aren't the best behaved little people. First of all, they're orphans and can't be any older than eight years old. Secondly their only living relative couldn't care less about them and doesn't bother to take care of them. Third of all, they had to live in a house with an open abusive relationship going on in front of them (where they both looked up to both people). Fourth of all, Miles '''found''' Quint dead on the steps and Miss Jessel then killed herself. Fifth of all, Miles gets sent away to school and Flora is pretty much alone in the house with only the servants until Miss Giddens gets there. And if she wasn't messed up before she arrived...
* FreudianExcuse: Whether or not the children are possessed, it's understandable they aren't the best behaved little people. First of all, they're orphans and can't be any older than eight years old. Secondly their only living relative couldn't care less about them and doesn't bother to take care of them. Third of all, they had to live in a house with an open abusive relationship going on in front of them (where they both looked up to both people). Fourth of all, Miles '''found''' Quint dead on the steps and Miss Jessel then killed herself. Fifth of all, Miles gets sent away to school and Flora is pretty much alone in the house with only the servants until Miss Giddens gets there. And if she wasn't messed up before she arrived...
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''The Innocents'' is a 1961 British horror film directed by Jack Clayton and starring Deborah Kerr. It is adapted from Henry James's novella ''Literature/TheTurnOfTheScrew'' and tells the story of a young governess Miss Giddens (Kerr) in her first position, sent to look after two children at a country manor called Bly. At first Miss Giddens loves the house and gets along wonderfully with the two children, but she soon starts to see other people in the house. When she sees a man up close, she describes him to the housekeeper and is informed that the man in question died over a year ago. Miss Giddens then becomes convinced that the spirits of two dead servants are trying to possess the children.
The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with NicoleKidman.
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!! ''The Innocents'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Peter Quint was red haired in the book but is dark haired in the film (it's in black and white but Miss Giddens says he has dark hair).
* BigFancyHouse: Bly
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Flora is a curious example. She's the only character always shown wearing white and, while she may or may not be evil, she is definitely mischievous and she does have a rather dark sense of humour.
* {{Casanova}}: The uncle is said to be this. Miles has elements of it as well.
* CerebusCallBack: Flora's pet tortoise Rupert is the subject of some lighthearted moments early on in the film. He appears again near the end [[spoiler: where Miles throws him through the greenhouse wall in a fit of rage]].
* CreepyChild: Both of them. Flora has her humming of the song "Willow Waly" to herself and responding to questions she doesn't like with "I don't think I remember". Miles with [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour giving Miss Giddens a long, lingering kiss]] and being played by Martin Stephens (from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned'').
* DreamMelody: Miss Giddens, as a result of hearing Flora humming "Willow Waly" at night.
* DrivenToSuicide: Miss Jessel drowned herself in the lake after Quint died.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Sometimes waking a child from a bad dream is worse than the nightmare. It's the shock..."
* GenreSavvy: Miss Giddens though it is suggested she is merely making the story up on her own.
* GhostlyGoals: Miss Giddens believes that the two ghosts are trying to possess the children so they can continue their relationship.
* HairOfGold: Miss Giddens.
* HarmfulToMinors: Miss Jessel and Quint--on multiple levels.
* InformedAttractiveness: Mrs Grose and Miles do make a big fuss of how pretty Miss Giddens is though in Miles's case he's probably trying to be flattering to distract her.
* ISeeDeadPeople
* LesYay: There's rather a lot of it between Miss Giddens and Mrs Grose.
* MadLove: Miss Jessel for Quint.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The governess is unnamed in the book but called Miss Giddens in this. Miss Jessel is also given "Mary" as a first name.
* OminousMusicBoxTune
* OneSceneWonder: Michael Redgrave and his five minutes on screen as the uncle.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Miss Giddens is convinced that getting the children to admit the ghosts are there will get rid of them.
* ParentalAbandonment: The children are orphans and their uncle refuses to be saddled with them.
* PleaseWakeUp: Miles did this on discovering the dead Quint.
* PsychoticSmirk: Both of the children flash these at points.
* SanitySlippage
* SceneryPorn: Several long and lovely shots of the English countryside, as well as the grounds and gardens of the house itself. Miss Giddens loves it so much she gets out of the carriage at the gates and walks the rest of the way to the house.
* ShipTease: Some rather odd subtext going on between Miles and '''Miss Giddens'''. He asks her to kiss him goodnight and then gives her a rather passionate kiss on the lips. [[spoiler: She also kisses him on the lips after he dies]].
* StepfordSmiler: Miles is a bit of a type C.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: The uncle defies this, refusing to move to his country home to look after the children and instead hiring other people to look after them.
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* TitleDrop
* WomanInBlack: Miss Jessel, although with the ghostly characteristics of a WomanInWhite.
* WomanInWhite: Flora. She's the only character who wears all white.
* WouldHitAGirl: Mrs Grose says she saw Quint strike Miss Jessel and knock her to the floor several times.
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The film is widely considered to be one of Kerr's best performances and it is notable for leaving the existence of the ghosts up to debate. It's never confirmed whether the ghosts are real or Miss Giddens is just imagining them. It has also been the basis for other horror films such as ''Film/TheOthers'' with NicoleKidman.
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!! ''The Innocents'' provides examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: Peter Quint was red haired in the book but is dark haired in the film (it's in black and white but Miss Giddens says he has dark hair).
* BigFancyHouse: Bly
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Flora is a curious example. She's the only character always shown wearing white and, while she may or may not be evil, she is definitely mischievous and she does have a rather dark sense of humour.
* {{Casanova}}: The uncle is said to be this. Miles has elements of it as well.
* CerebusCallBack: Flora's pet tortoise Rupert is the subject of some lighthearted moments early on in the film. He appears again near the end [[spoiler: where Miles throws him through the greenhouse wall in a fit of rage]].
* CreepyChild: Both of them. Flora has her humming of the song "Willow Waly" to herself and responding to questions she doesn't like with "I don't think I remember". Miles with [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour giving Miss Giddens a long, lingering kiss]] and being played by Martin Stephens (from ''Film/VillageOfTheDamned'').
* DreamMelody: Miss Giddens, as a result of hearing Flora humming "Willow Waly" at night.
* DrivenToSuicide: Miss Jessel drowned herself in the lake after Quint died.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Sometimes waking a child from a bad dream is worse than the nightmare. It's the shock..."
* GenreSavvy: Miss Giddens though it is suggested she is merely making the story up on her own.
* GhostlyGoals: Miss Giddens believes that the two ghosts are trying to possess the children so they can continue their relationship.
* HairOfGold: Miss Giddens.
* HarmfulToMinors: Miss Jessel and Quint--on multiple levels.
* InformedAttractiveness: Mrs Grose and Miles do make a big fuss of how pretty Miss Giddens is though in Miles's case he's probably trying to be flattering to distract her.
* ISeeDeadPeople
* LesYay: There's rather a lot of it between Miss Giddens and Mrs Grose.
* MadLove: Miss Jessel for Quint.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: The governess is unnamed in the book but called Miss Giddens in this. Miss Jessel is also given "Mary" as a first name.
* OminousMusicBoxTune
* OneSceneWonder: Michael Redgrave and his five minutes on screen as the uncle.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Miss Giddens is convinced that getting the children to admit the ghosts are there will get rid of them.
* ParentalAbandonment: The children are orphans and their uncle refuses to be saddled with them.
* PleaseWakeUp: Miles did this on discovering the dead Quint.
* PsychoticSmirk: Both of the children flash these at points.
* SanitySlippage
* SceneryPorn: Several long and lovely shots of the English countryside, as well as the grounds and gardens of the house itself. Miss Giddens loves it so much she gets out of the carriage at the gates and walks the rest of the way to the house.
* ShipTease: Some rather odd subtext going on between Miles and '''Miss Giddens'''. He asks her to kiss him goodnight and then gives her a rather passionate kiss on the lips. [[spoiler: She also kisses him on the lips after he dies]].
* StepfordSmiler: Miles is a bit of a type C.
* TheCityVsTheCountry: The uncle defies this, refusing to move to his country home to look after the children and instead hiring other people to look after them.
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* TitleDrop
* WomanInBlack: Miss Jessel, although with the ghostly characteristics of a WomanInWhite.
* WomanInWhite: Flora. She's the only character who wears all white.
* WouldHitAGirl: Mrs Grose says she saw Quint strike Miss Jessel and knock her to the floor several times.
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