10 Movies You Didn't Realise You Were Following The Villain

4. The Innocents

The 1961 horror classic The Innocents is one of the most deliciously ambiguous genre films ever made, following governess Miss Giddens (Deborah Kerr) as she watches over two children residing within a lush estate which just might be haunted.

Much has been written of the movie and Henry James' source novel The Turn of the Screw, both of which leave the viewer to ponder the meaning of the events within.

This is especially true of The Innocents' chilling ending, where the young boy Giddens is caring for, Miles (Martin Stephens), drops dead after being chased by her. A distraught Giddens then cradles Miles' corpse and kisses him on the lips.

Throughout the film, it's suggested that two of the estate's dead former employees, Miss Jessel (Clytie Jessop) and Peter Quint (Peter Wyngarde), may now haunt the grounds, even possessing Miles and his sister Flora (Pamela Franklin) so that they can continue their romantic relationship.

Yet many have interpreted these final moments as confirming that Giddens was in fact imagining the ghosts the entire time, and that poor Miles simply died from fright as Giddens chased after him.

It's extremely open to interpretation, but it's also safe to say that all doesn't seem well with Miss Giddens, and she may have been a mentally unwell powder keg waiting to explode from the very beginning.