The Innocents is a truly intriguing Norwegian film that mixes horror and supernatural thriller stylings with an on-trend superhero-origins-inflected story of a quartet of young children on a high-rise estate dealing with emerging special powers over one summer holiday. With echoes of Josh Trank's Chronicle but with young children at its centre, the film mixes the simplicity of childhood innocence with a much darker nastiness, where shadows and silence can appear threatening and naive acts of cruelty seem ordinary to them. It is a very slow-burning film that builds on its reveals steadily and carefully, and each of the children recognises and comes to terms with their emerging abilities and start to use them in ways that juxtapose powerful intent and naivete to very good effect. The second half of the film rapidly turns quite bleak and chilling, aided by strong child performances and interesting direction that make The Innocents a very interesting and provocative film.
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