Ann (Michelle Dockery) is hired to act as a governess to two orphaned children, a boy and a girl. She travels to a country house and an all female household.
Although everything seems find. Ann learns of an abusive man in the household who used to take advantage of the staff. Although the man has long gone, something about him affected the boy.
The film is framed in flashbacks with Ann talking to Dr Fisher (Dan Stevens) a psychiatrist.
This adaptation of The Turn of the Screw is less a ghost story and more a psychological chiller. We question whether it is all in Ann's head and if she is going mad.
Henry James's story has been updated, some of the psychosexual elements have been fleshed out. It is very nice to look at but it never becomes anything more than mildly disturbing.
Although everything seems find. Ann learns of an abusive man in the household who used to take advantage of the staff. Although the man has long gone, something about him affected the boy.
The film is framed in flashbacks with Ann talking to Dr Fisher (Dan Stevens) a psychiatrist.
This adaptation of The Turn of the Screw is less a ghost story and more a psychological chiller. We question whether it is all in Ann's head and if she is going mad.
Henry James's story has been updated, some of the psychosexual elements have been fleshed out. It is very nice to look at but it never becomes anything more than mildly disturbing.