The Innocents (1961)

Do you know any really good underground/indie ghost films?

No zombies,killers or gore allowed – only atmosphere and jumps think along the lines of Robert Wise’s “The Haunting (1963)” or “The Innocents(1961).

Try ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ parts 1-3.

The Innocents (1961)

The Innocents [VHS] $6.98 The definitive screen adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, the 1961 production of The Innocents remains one of the most effective ghost stories ever filmed. Originally promoted as the first truly "adult" chiller of the big screen (a marginally valid claim considering the release of Psycho a year earlier), the film arrived at a time when the thematic depth of James's story could final...

West Side Story $15.95 Leonard Bernstein's classic street-wise musical, a modern-day "Romeo and Juliet," stars Richard Beymer and Natalie Wood as doomed lovers caught up in the violence of rival street gangs. Co-stars Rita Moreno. Winner of 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture; co-directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. 155 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital mono, Fre...

The Innocents $6.44 The definitive screen adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw, the 1961 production of The Innocents remains one of the most effective ghost stories ever filmed. Originally promoted as the first truly "adult" chiller of the big screen (a marginally valid claim considering the release of Psycho a year earlier), the film arrived at a time when the thematic depth of James's story could final...

West Side Story (Special Edition Collector's Set) $27.47 The winner of 10 Academy Awards, this 1961 musical by choreographer Jerome Robbins and director Robert Wise (The Sound of Music) remains irresistible. Based on a smash Broadway play updating Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to the 1950s era of juvenile delinquency, the film stars Natalie Wood and Richard Beymer as the star-crossed lovers from different neighborhoods--and ethnicities. The film's real...

The Last Innocent Year: America In 1964--the Beginning Of The 'sixties' $7.62 In "The Last Innocent Year," Jon Margolis, a former political reporter for the "Chicago Tribune," captures all the drama and emotion of this historic year, re-creating it from the perspective of the statesmen, celebrities, and ordinary people who made its events come alive.With the authoritative voice of a veteran journalist, Margolis not only describes the events of that momentous year but places...