Roxy Book Club
The Innocents
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Roxy Book Club: Which is better, the book or the movie? To find out, take the month to read this month’s Roxy Book Club selection, the classic gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw. We'll have a discussion about the book and its adaptation after the film screening. Copies of the book will be for sale in the Roxy lobby!
Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," The Innocents is a psychological thriller about a woman who takes a governess job for two orphans in a Victorian home. She begins to see what she believes are ghosts and suspects the children's bizarre behavior is the result of supernatural powers.
Cast: Debroah Kerr, Michael Redgrave, Peter Wyngarde
Director: Jack Clayton
Written by: William Archibald, Truman Capote
Duration: 100 min
Released: 1961
Genre: Horror
Country: United States