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The Turn of the Screw | |
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Based on | The Turn of the Screw by Henry James |
Written by | William F. Nolan |
Directed by | Dan Curtis |
Starring | Lynn Redgrave |
Theme music composer | Bob Cobert |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Dan Curtis Tim Steele |
Cinematography | Ben Colman |
Editor | Dennis Virkler |
Running time | 120 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | April 15, 1974 |
The Turn of the Screw is a 1974 American made-for-television horror film directed by Dan Curtis based on the 1898 novella of the same name by Henry James. The film aired on ABC on April 15, 1974.
An English governess is hired to take care of two children whose parents have died. Orphaned herself at a young age, [1] the governess begins to believe that the orphans are communicating with the ghosts of the previous governess and her lover.
The film was shot in London, England. [2]
Meg Jenkins has also played the role of Mrs Grose in the 1961 adaption, The Innocents.
The film was first broadcast in the USA on April 15, 1974.
In an article for the journal e-Rea, author Dennis Tready writes that the film "would have to be considered a landmark teleplay adaptation. Dan Curtis had long been intrigued by James’s short story, Archibald’s stage play and especially Clayton’s film, to such a point that he admits that 'The Turn of the Screw' had a major influence on many episodes of his famous suspense series Dark Shadows ." [3]
M. Grant Kellermeyer of oldstyletales.com named it the seventh-best adaptation of the novella, writing that the adaptation "positively drips with the pleasantly campy atmosphere that made 'Dark Shadows' a Gothic icon. [...] Cold, stark, and soapy, this is by no means a high-production masterpiece, but is in many ways among the creepiest adaptations I've seen." [4]
Reviewer Jane Nightshade of horrornews.net called it "a surprisingly good made-for-TV movie" and wrote that "there are flickering candles, over-sized shadows, odd camera angles, secret casks of letters, and portentous musical cues galore. It can all get a bit tedious, but Curtis knows his horror, and inserts a good chill just when the numerous shots of Redgrave wandering in the darkness with a candle start to drag. Full marks to the child actors, Griffith as Flora and Jacob as Miles, with Jacob offering a somewhat different take on Miles (who's been upgraded in the script to teenage status): more sexually knowledgeable, more obnoxious, and more sinister." [5]
The Turn of the Screw is a novella by Henry James.
William Francis Nolan was an American author who wrote hundreds of stories in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime fiction genres.
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966–71), and for directing the epic World War II miniseries The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988).
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The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. The novella follows a governess who, caring for two children at a remote country house, becomes convinced that they are haunted. The Turn of the Screw is considered a work of both Gothic and horror fiction.
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