The Turning (2020)
The Turning is a 2020 horror film starring Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, and Brooklyn Prince. Davis' character, Kate Mandell, is hired to babysit two young children after their parents are killed. The film is based on the 1898 ghost story The Turn of the Screw, but the movie was critically panned and only made a few million dollars at the box office.
The Turning
- Director
- Floria Sigismondi
- Release Date
- January 24, 2020
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Mackenzie Davis , Kim Adis , Mark Huberman , Barbara Marten , Brooklynn Prince , Karen Egan , Denna Thomsen , Finn Wolfhard , Niall Greig Fulton
- Writers
- Chad Hayes , Carey W. Hayes
- Runtime
- 94 minutes
- Budget
- $14 million
Summary
A young governess is hired by a man who has become responsible for his young nephew and niece after the deaths of their parents. A modern take on Henry James' novella "The Turn of the Screw". The Turning teaser trailer
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