The Innocents
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The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film, acclaimed for its atmospheric cinematography and chilling adaptation of Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Innocents canonical | 3 |
| The Innocents (1961 film) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8135214 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Innocents Context triple: [Jim Clark, notableWork, The Innocents]
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A.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological horror-drama film about a seemingly perfect little girl who may be a remorseless killer.
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B.
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun is a novel by William Faulkner that blends prose and dramatic dialogue to revisit characters from his earlier work Sanctuary, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and the inescapability of the past in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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C.
The Exorcism
"The Exorcism" is a one-act segment from Edward Albee’s play "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in which the psychological and emotional conflicts between the central couple reach a climactic confrontation.
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D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
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E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Innocents Target entity description: The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film, acclaimed for its atmospheric cinematography and chilling adaptation of Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw."
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A.
The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological horror-drama film about a seemingly perfect little girl who may be a remorseless killer.
-
B.
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun is a novel by William Faulkner that blends prose and dramatic dialogue to revisit characters from his earlier work Sanctuary, exploring themes of guilt, redemption, and the inescapability of the past in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.
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C.
The Exorcism
"The Exorcism" is a one-act segment from Edward Albee’s play "Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" in which the psychological and emotional conflicts between the central couple reach a climactic confrontation.
-
D.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday was a catastrophic 1935 dust storm during the Dust Bowl that turned daytime skies black and became one of the era’s most infamous environmental disasters.
-
E.
Black Sunday
Black Sunday is a 1977 American thriller film about a terrorist plot to attack the Super Bowl, directed by John Frankenheimer and based on Thomas Harris's novel of the same name.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film
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psychological horror film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Turn of the Screw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Henry James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| certificate | British Board of Film Censors X rating NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| childCharacter |
Flora
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographer | Freddie Francis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Jack Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | James Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingTechnique | CinemaScope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological horror
ⓘ
supernatural horror ⓘ |
| leadCharacter | Miss Giddens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Deborah Kerr NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | governess caring for two children ⓘ |
| notableFor |
atmospheric cinematography
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chilling mood and sound design ⓘ use of deep focus and lighting ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer | Jack Clayton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of British horror cinema
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one of the best film adaptations of The Turn of the Screw ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1961-11-24 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 100 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
John Mortimer
NERFINISHED
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Truman Capote NERFINISHED ⓘ William Archibald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Victorian country house ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundMix | mono ⓘ |
| starring |
Deborah Kerr
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Martin Stephens NERFINISHED ⓘ Megs Jenkins NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Pamela Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Wyngarde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
repressed sexuality
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supernatural vs psychological ambiguity ⓘ unreliable perception ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Innocents Description of subject: The Innocents is a 1961 British psychological horror film, acclaimed for its atmospheric cinematography and chilling adaptation of Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw."
Referenced by (5)
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The Innocents (1961 film)
this entity surface form:
The Innocents (1961 film)