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Film stills (1:11:46) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. The paranoia and disassociation is continued as the voices of the spirts begin overlapping and repeating rapidly (Image 4), swallowing the space and causing the governess to…

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Film stills (1:12:04) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. The repetition and rhythm of the object hitting against another, paired with the suggestive words, surrounded by bedrooms, is a clear and extremely explicit reference to…

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The story of Carmilla follows the narration of a young woman who discovers that her close female companion and bond, Carmilla, is a vampire who has romantic desires for her. The novella is notable in that its tone is not hostile towards…

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A young woman in a dark dress and a necklace leans against a wall, her hands on her face.

innocents_set5.jpg
Film stills (1:04:30) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. The spirt of Miss Jessel appears before the governess in the children's classroom within the manor. The ghost is weeping, trapped in the domestic space that these women…

innocents_set4.jpg
Film stills (55:11 / 1:18:19) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. While the governess is initially frightened of Miss Jessel, this is complicated as the film continues. She becomes influenced by the ghost and the implications that…

innocents_set2.jpg
Film stills (1:01:26) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. The governess and Mrs. Grose observe the children whispering in secret. The purity mother child dynamic is tainted by Miles and Flora's submissive and toying treatment of the…

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Film stills (1:09:43) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. The drawn out sequence wherein the viewer walks through the manor alongside the governess, accosted by spectral whispers and folie, creates complete immersion in the dread the…

innocents_set7.jpg
Film stills (29:12) from The Innocents (1961), directed by Jack Clayton. Viewers are pulled claustrophobically towards the governess' face, accentuating the fear and slow building dread evident in her expression and body language. Her position…

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Title treatment and header for the digital exhibition "Things Terrible and Unguessable: The Turn of the Screw and the Visual Vocabulary of Gothic Horror"
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