88 mins |
Rated
M (Supernatural themes)
Directed by Alex Galvin
Starring Greer Phillips, Jane Waddell, Ella Olssen, Sarah Munn, Ralph Johnson, Ben Fransham
Selected screenings from 20 May
Set on a stage in modern day New Zealand, a young actress, Julia, is a last minute replacement in a theatre production of the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW, for the lead who suddenly pulled out a day before opening.
Arriving late at night, Julia must immediately go on stage and perform a dress rehearsal to an empty auditorium. As she interacts with other characters, Julia becomes immersed in the gothic horror production. As her terror increases, Julia begins to suspect that it’s not the fictitious house that’s haunted, but the theatre itself.
The film is inspired by the Gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw novella, by Henry James about a governess caring for two orphaned children in an isolated country house in 1890s England. The longer she stays at the house, the more the governess becomes convinced that the house is haunted by the ghosts of two previous servants and that the two children are being possessed.
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Selected screenings from 20 May
Set on a stage in modern day New Zealand, a young actress, Julia, is a last minute replacement in a theatre production of the Henry James classic THE TURN OF THE SCREW, for the lead who suddenly pulled out a day before opening.
Arriving late at night, Julia must immediately go on stage and perform a dress rehearsal to an empty auditorium. As she interacts with other characters, Julia becomes immersed in the gothic horror production. As her terror increases, Julia begins to suspect that it’s not the fictitious house that’s haunted, but the theatre itself.
The film is inspired by the Gothic horror novella The Turn of the Screw novella, by Henry James about a governess caring for two orphaned children in an isolated country house in 1890s England. The longer she stays at the house, the more the governess becomes convinced that the house is haunted by the ghosts of two previous servants and that the two children are being possessed.