Jack Clayton’s intricate film The Innocents is a flawless display of cerebral horror. The protagonist Miss Giddens’ emotional stability slowly diminishes throughout the film, which shows the main theme: corruption of innocence. The success of this film is mostly due to this films magnificent multiple dissolves, discordant soundtrack and exquisite irony of The Innocents. Filmed at Sheffield Park in Sussex and Shepperton Studios, this gothic horror film features outstanding acting and an arty but …showed first 75 words of 469 total…

…showed last 75 words of 469 total…rent by mail.) Reportedly, director Jack Clayton did not let Stephens or Franklin read the entire script, as the movie carries some extremely disturbing undertones. Instead, Clayton let the children approach each day of shooting as a new adventure, without revealing the intention of some of the scenes (e.g., the scene in which a presumably possessed Stephens kisses Kerr passionately). Clayton later directed Franklin as a teenager in another dark film, Our Mother's House