The Turning (2020 film)

The Turning is a 2020 American supernatural horror film directed by Floria Sigismondi and written by Carey W. Hayes and Chad Hayes. It is a modern adaptation of the 1898 ghost story The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. The film stars Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, and Joely Richardson. It had its world premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival on January 23, 2020.

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Summary The Turning (2020 film)The Turning is a 2020 American supernatural horror film directed by Floria Sigismondi and written by Carey W. Hayes and Chad Hayes. It is a modern adaptation of the 1898 ghost story The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. The film stars Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince, and Joely Richardson. The Turning had its world premiere at Los Angeles Film Festival on January 23, 2020, and was theatrically released in the United States on January 24, 2020 by Universal Pictures. The critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes called it \”stylish but muddled\”, and it received negative reviews on Metacritic. It was described as a passion project for Steven Spielberg, who wanted to be involved in a horror film again. The adaptation went through two phases of production: first as Haunted with Juan Carlos Fresnadillo attached as director, then as The Turning with Sigistondi. It went through filming at Killruddery House, County Wicklow, Ireland from February through April 2018.

In the film, Kate Mandell becomes a governess for seven year old Flora Fairchild after Miss Jessel’s disappearance. She also has a vision of Quint raping and strangling Miss Jessels and tells Mrs. Grose, who appears to have already known about it. Kate and the children flee the house, managing to escape in her car. In Kate’s imagination, the figure of the figure is not revealed and it is left open to interpretation as to whether it is in fact seeing a reflection of herself or seeing her mother or in fact her mother’s reflection. Kate is convinced that she sees Quint’s ghost in the mirror, insisting that Flora’s doll calls her delusional. They then walk out of the room and into a figure that turns around as the figure turns around, Kate screams The Turning is set to be released on January 25, 2020 on Blu-ray, DVD, and Blu-Ray.