In This World, Innocent Children Take Full Control Of Adults

 Hi, Mystery Recapped here. Today, I am  going to explain a Norwegian supernatural  

thriller film called ‘The Innocents’ .  Spoilers ahead! Watch out and take care!

The movie opens up with a family traveling to  their new home in the suburbs. Inside the car,  

a little girl, Ida, seems annoyed  by her autistic sister, Anna,  

who is always humming. Out of anger, she  pinches her hard, but Anna feels no pain.

In the next scene, the family arrives  at their new home and the children begin  

exploring the empty rooms. Soon, Ida goes to  a nearby lake where she notices an earthworm  

crawling. She steps on the earthworm  multiple times until it dies. Just then,  

Ida notices a boy looking at her  from the other side of the lake.

The next day, she visits the playground and finds  a number of grown ups playing football. She goes  

near them and keeps on looking at their game, but  none of them gives her any attention. Later, Ben,  

the boy whom she saw across the lake, arrives  there and befriends her. After that, he takes Ida  

into the woods and shows her his superpower.He  asks Ida to drop a bottle cap and changes its  

direction as it falls. Ida also tries to do the  same but fails. Shortly after, she returns home,  

and tells her parents about Ben’s powers but none  of them seem to believe her. Seeing her parents  

giving more attention to Anna, Ida feels jealous.  Hence, she puts a broken piece of glass inside  

her shoes. After some time, the mom, Henriette,  takes Anna for a walk and the little girl puts  

on the same shoes. Surprisingly, she doesn’t even  flinch, indicating that she doesn’t feel any pain.

The scene then shifts to Aisha, another  girl living in a nearby building. She is  

playing with her doll while her cat sits aside.  Later, when she puts on her shoes to go outside,  

she gets injured as if there is something sharp  in her shoes. But when she looks at her wound,  

the blood vanishes. Meanwhile, Anna’s parents  are talking with a therapist about her condition.  

Right then, she gets up from her seat and starts  thumping her feet. After returning home from  

the therapist, Henriette takes off Anna’s  shoes and notices blood all over her socks.

On the other hand, Aisha is searching for  her cat outside the building. When she  

enters another building and climbs upstairs,  she notices a doorknob moving and it's Anna  

on the other side. Aisha also goes ahead  and holds the doorknob. After a pause,  

both of them leave the doorknob  at the same time. Later at night,  

after her mother puts her to bed, Aisha hears  strange voices from around the apartment.

The next day, Ida takes Anna for a walk  in the playground. Ben also arrives there  

and the two head off, leaving Anna alone  in the swing. They try to play football  

but the senior boys bully Ben and send him  away. After a while, he brings out a cat,  

which is revealed to be of Aisha’s. He drops it  from a height to see if it can successfully land  

on its feet. When the duo rushes downstairs to  inspect, they find the cat lying on the floor,  

injured. Ben immediately finishes  it off to put it out of its misery.

Surprisingly, Ida is not bothered; she  simply walks away. On reaching the park,  

she finds Anna playing with Aisha. It appears as  if the two have formed a connection between them.

The next day, Ida leaves her sister  to play with Aisha and walks towards  

the basement to inspect the dead cat.  However, she is shocked to find the cat  

missing. She then returns to her sister and sees  her with Ben. They are playing with a frisbee,  

which keeps spinning for an unusually  long time. Ida believes it’s Ben doing,  

but the latter denies it. He reveals that  it’s actually being done by her sister; Anna.

Following this, Ida asks Ben to show his  concentration power by directing away a  

falling stone. He does so and asks Aisha  to do the same, but she refuses. This makes  

Ida realize that Aisha’s special power is to  have telepathic connections with other people.

After that, they decide to check if Ben has  Aisha’s powers of hearing. Ben can easily  

hear the words when Ida whispers to Aisha but  has difficulty understanding when Ida whispers  

to Anna. At the same time, Ida gets a call from  her mom, asking them to return home for dinner.

Once they return, Ida whispers the word “Shark” in  her sister’s ears hoping that the others will hear  

it. Surprisingly, Aisha, who is at her home,  draws a shark on her window while Anna draws  

one on her magnetic board. Even Ben draws  the shark with mud and sand on his table.

The next day, Ida and Anna are near the  woods, trying to test Ben’s ability to  

hear long distances. Once they reach far,  Ida whispers something in Anna’s ears,  

making fun of Ben. Surprisingly, he hears it and  in a fit of rage, pushes Aisha telepathically.  

He also throws a stone at Ida, but she is able to  dodge it in time. When Ben marches towards Aisha  

to punish her, Anna blocks his way. With this,  the two special kids get into a telepathic fight,  

causing the dirt and branches near them to move.  They even end up breaking a large log behind them.

Because of the impact, a splinter is  lodged deep inside Anna’s leg. Ada tells  

everyone to not worry, as she believes  her sister doesn’t feel pain. However,  

Aisha contradicts that she can;  she just cannot express it.

After reaching home, Henriette  notices Anna’s wound and inquires  

with Ida about where they had been  the whole day. Ida tries lying about  

it but Henriette scolds her for  being irresponsible and reckless.

The scene then shifts to Ben’s apartment where  he is playing with his food. He concentrates  

on a hot boiling pot and makes it move, spilling  some water. Ben laughs when he is able to do so.  

His mother tries to grab the pot but gets her  hand burnt in the process. Seeing Ben laughing,  

she thinks that he is making fun of her and  scolds him. At the same time, Ben drops a pan  

from the shelf, which hits his mother on the head.  Surprisingly, Aisha’s mother also starts bleeding  

from her head but when Aisha tells her about  it, she is not able to see the blood. Elsewhere,  

Ben just stares at his mother while she lies  on the floor, bleeding. The evil maniac then  

drops the boiling water on her legs, causing her  to scream. Despite this, Ben feels no remorse.

The next day, Henriette takes Anna outside  and sits on a table, reading a book. When  

she notices Anna playing with Aisha, she  is shocked to hear her daughter speaking.

After some days, Ben finally  comes out of his house to play,  

but turns around when he notices the  bullies coming towards him. Later at night,  

when Ben searches for food inside the fridge,  we can see his mother still lying on the  

floor. He then goes inside his room and starts  banging a glowing ball to his bed. Meanwhile,  

a middle-aged man from another apartment is  shown, who seems to be controlled by someone  

as he walks out of the door and stops at the  foot-bridge. He is also banging a rock in his  

hand like Ben was banging the ball before. The  boy who bullied Ben in the playground is about  

to cross the bridge and as soon as he walks  past the man, he attacks him with the rock.

The following day, Ida wakes up to her parents  talking about an incident in the foot-bridge.  

Later, Ida and Aisha are warned by their mothers  to not go too far, but they do not listen. Ida  

walks up to the bridge and notices blood around  the corner. She then goes to play with Ben, who  

reveals that he controls other people and makes  them do the thing that he wants. At first, Ida  

does not believe him but when Ben controls her and  makes her climb the fridge, she becomes scared.

Later, as the two are watching the bullies  play football, Ben concentrates his powers on  

one of them and breaks his leg. This scares  Ida, and before she notices, Ben is gone.

He reaches the woods, where he attacks  the approaching Aisha with a stone. The  

little girl tries to get up, but she  starts gasping for breath and falls  

to the ground. Ben is still not done; he  tries to finish Aisha once and for all,  

but Ida arrives there and pushes him,  breaking his concentration. Angry,  

Ben tries to attack her, but when he sees  Anna approaching from afar, he runs away.

Shortly after, Aisha tries to talk with Anna  telepathically, warning her to be careful  

with Ben. At night, when Aisha tries to sleep,  she hears Ben thumping his head on the glass  

window. Terrified, she calls out for her mother,  but the latter is busy crying in the kitchen.

Late at night, Ben tries to concentrate his powers  until he takes over Aisha’s mother. Suddenly, Anna  

wakes up from her sleep and seems worried. After  Ben succeeds in controlling Aisha’s mother’s mind,  

she finds herself in a dark room sensing something  moving across her balcony. She grabs a knife for  

safety and starts walking towards the balcony.  She turns behind to see a strange looking child  

holding a dead rabbit in her hand. In reality,  it is Aisha, holding her toy bunny. Afraid,  

the mother approaches her slowly and  stabs her. As soon as Aisha is stabbed,  

Anna falls on the stairs, feeling her friend’s  pain. Right then, Ben loses his concentration  

and Aisha’s mother snaps out of his control.  Seeing her daughter dying, she cries and holds  

her in her arms. Anna’s parents also find  Anna on the stairs and bring her back inside.

Following Aisha’s death, Anna loses her ability  to speak and this worries her parents. Ida,  

who knows that it is Ben’s doing,  decides to do something about it. Later,  

she asks her mom about what they should do  if anyone does something naughty. Henriette  

suggests that they should either tell  an adult or inform the police. She also  

inquires if anyone is being mean to her,  but Ida replies that everything is fine.

The next day, Ida decides to deal with Ben  all by herself. She steals some money from  

her father’s wallet and heads out.  She then approaches Ben’s apartment,  

holding a toy plane. Ida asks Ben to  join her and the two reach the same  

footbridge. While Ben is about to throw the  plane, standing on the edge of the bridge,  

a woman spots them and asks them to step away  from there. Not wanting to waste the opportunity,  

Ida pushes Ben down from the bridge and runs  away into the woods. Hearing the woman still  

calling out for her, she grabs a piece of glass  to protect herself. She also tries to grab a stick  

but it turns out to be a big snake. Terrified,  she starts screaming, and the very next second,  

she finds herself in a dark forest, with  a strange one-legged man approaching her.

This almost gives the little girl  a heart attack, and when she runs,  

she again reaches the highway. Ida then  holds the piece of glass so tightly that  

the pain snaps her out of the illusion. She  is now in the middle of the highway with a  

car approaching her at a high speed. Ida jumps  out of the way but the car still hits her legs.

In the next scene, she finds  herself in the hospital,  

with her mother by her side.  Ida quickly asks about Ben,  

and Henriette reveals that he survived the  fall. This upsets the little girl deeply.

Later, Ida arrives home, and she anxiously keeps  looking through the window. In one instance,  

she finds Ben staring at her house. This makes  her realize that the evil boy is trying to  

control her mother and kill everyone.  Hence, she hides inside the bathroom.

Shortly after, Henriette calls Ida and informs  her to take care of her sister while she is  

out. Ida slowly comes out of the bathroom and  looks for Anna, but cannot find her around.

It is then shown that Anna has already left  the house. She is now concentrating her  

powers to fight Ben. Meanwhile, Ida, who is in  a cast, finds it difficult to use the elevator,  

so she decides to walk downstairs. Unfortunately,  her support sticks slip and she is unable to climb  

down. This frustrates Ida so deeply, that she  lets out a wild scream; a scream loud enough  

to break her leg cast. After becoming free of  her shackles, Ida rushes to find her sister.

Elsewhere, the two psychic kids come face to  face, on either side of the lake. Ben goes first,  

and unleashes a powerful strike which  knocks Anna down. He then walks away,  

thinking that he has successfully  defeated her. However, Anna stands  

back and starts concentrating  her powers once again. This time,  

all the babies around them start crying while the  young kids feel something strange around them.

After a while, Ida also joins her sister,  and all the children in the area come out  

to their balconies and stare at  Ben. Their combined positive power  

is finally able to defeat the evil  power of Ben, causing him to die on  

the spot. After this, everyone returns  to their home, as if nothing happened.

In the last scene, Henriette arrives back home  and asks Ida about what happened to the cast  

on her leg. She does not say anything  and simply hugs her mother tight. Anna,  

on the other hand, can be seen scribbling  and erasing something on her tablet.