Gloomy

Merritt 2022-01-12 08:01:29

The most frightening thing is not the skeleton that jumps out suddenly, but the gloom of the heart; it is not what you see, but imagination. Even if the sun is shining, it can make the cold climb up the spine.

The Innocents is a classic in horror movies. It is gentle and elegant without skeletons, it is hell in broad daylight, and it starts to scare people after it finishes: because it has no explanation and no ending.

The story is simple. Miss Giddens was hired to work as a tutor at Bligh Manor and take care of two children. The manor was like a heart-worn cake, a rotten rose. Miss Giddens lost her mind bit by bit before our eyes.

Under the black and white lens, the manor is extremely dignified and beautiful, the pond is shining, the tower is crowded with white pigeons, and the stone statues in the garden stand neatly and silently. But the more I thought about it, the more I was afraid. The fear in my heart is as thin as a mosquito creak, but it will not dissipate for a long time, making people restless.

Are you sure you can bear it? Adapted from a novel by Henry James, written by Capote. Yes, that's the capote.

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Extended Reading
  • Deon 2022-03-19 09:01:07

    Like on the tip of an iceberg, I always want to pry into the truth below. But forget it, don't expect to reach a certain place in the dark stairs and lofts, don't expect the boats to reach the reeds in the middle of the water, you can't reach anywhere. This is a struggle between two perspectives, and can only accept ambiguous fate.

  • Jaylan 2022-04-22 07:01:45

    15/12/2005 7:00pm Space Museum

The Innocents quotes

  • Flora: [singing] We lay, my love and I, beneath the weeping willow. But now alone I lie and weep beside the tree. Singing "Oh willow waly" by the tree that weeps with me. Singing "Oh willow waly" till my lover returns to me. We lay, my love and I, beneath the weeping willow. But now alone I lie. Oh willow I die, oh willow I die...

  • Miss Giddens: The children... have they had a governess before?

    The Uncle: Yes, unfortunately. Not that there was anything wrong with Miss Jessel. She was an excellent governess and a most respectable woman. The children quite liked her especially little Flora. Oh, which reminds me: Be careful not to broach that subject to Flora unless of course, she broaches it to you first which I doubt will happen because she was so fond of Miss Jessel and it did come as an appalling shock.

    Miss Giddens: I'm not certain that I understand you, sir.

    The Uncle: She died.