The Turn of the Screw (1959)
- Directed by
- John Frankenheimer
- Genre
- horror fiction
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A governess takes charge of two children at a remote country estate. She becomes convinced that the children are being influenced by malevolent ghosts.
tenseunsettlingslow-burnatmosphericmysteriouscreepypsychological
What happens
"The Turn of the Screw" was an American television movie broadcast by NBC on October 20, 1959, as the third episode of the television series, Ford Startime. It was written by James Costigan as an adaptation of Henry James' novella of the same name. John Frankenheimer was the director and producer. The production was Ingrid Bergman's world television premiere. It won critical acclaim, and Bergman won both Emmy and Sylvania Awards as best actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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