The Innocents

This gets my first 10 of the year. This film was thoroughly enjoyable once you realized what it was, and made the decision to appreciate it, and the directors decision to treat his audience with respect. It's a case study of the horrors of childhood, first blushes of autonomous socialization, discovery, and power imbalances. This is a horror film without a single jump cut. This was a smart, crafted, and wonderful movie. I highly recommend it.

Starts slow then terrifying! Loved how the threat of evil is lurking in the most innocent of places.

'The Innocents' is a disturbing horror thriller that slowly crawls into you. Norse filmmakers sure know how to shock people with their twisted everyday-life stories. Eskil Vogt — can't you believe it's the same guy that co-wrote 'The Worst Person in the World'? — reminds us how cruel children's world can be. Loss of innocence, the notions of right and wrong at a very young age, and how parents sometimes are unaware of what their kids are passing through in their micro-environments are explored here. Vogt, of course, encompasses everything into a violent tale of morbid curiosity and malice. The fantastic element never goes off the rails despite some very graphic moments. Maybe it's not as profound as something like 'Let the Right One in,' but it will leave you with a very uncomfortable feeling.

THE INNOCENTS is an interesting story, I just wish it built up to something more by the end. The child actors are terrific, especially Sam Ashraf as “Ben” he perfectly portrays the evil kid. Eskil Vogt has some gorgeous shots

(Mauro Lanari) Marginalized, abandoned young kids, neglected by their parents, some are more aggressive than others, one is sadistic. They conflict with each other: a heterodestructive variant of the lyrics of "Jeremy" and its 3rd video clip, the uncensored one directed by Pellington? A tribute to "Carrie" (De Palma 1976) or a childish version of Xavier and Memento, where even here masculinity is toxic and ESP are the prerogative of two little girls, one of whom is paradoxically autistic? My preference still goes to the abundant 5 minutes of that 1992 Pearl Jam song.