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Title: Worst Version Film Version of a Classic Story
Review: I have seen many versions of Henry James' Turn of the Screw, and I have to say this is the worst. The acting is terrible and reminiscent of a Lifetime movie The director seems to miss the entire point of the original story, he takes away any hint of a spooky ambiance and replaces it with a poor allegory for child abuse, which didn't really work. In the special features the director mentioned that he never read the story and didn't care to, perhaps he should ha rethought that. If you want to see a good, spooky version of this story I recommend watching The Innocents or even The Haunting of Helen Walker. stay away from this one.
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