The Turn of the Screw

The Turn of the Screw

A new governess at a remote manor begins to see apparitions of her dead predecessor. But are her charges seeing what she does?

1959 · 82 min · ★ 7.0 · Horror, Thriller, TV Movie

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

Directed by John Frankenheimer

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