The Turning

The Turning

1992 · 87 min · ★ 3.2 · Drama

Gillian Anderson in her first ever screen role. Anderson's psycho boyfriend, Cliff, returns to his home town seething with pent-up frustration and rage. Four years earlier his family was on the verge of breaking up. Now he's returned to put things right, fired by a psychopathic determination he is intent on destroying his father's new relationship...whatever it takes.

Directed by L.A. Puopolo · Written by Chris Ceraso

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