The Turn of the Screw (1999)

Be warned: Poor audio!
MPI's DVD edition of this video feature has serious audio problems: the dialogue is distorted and impossible to make out, like a radio with very poor reception. (MPI made a similar mess of their DVD version of 1973's "Picture of Dorian Gray").

Spooky Atmosphere Ruined by Gratuitous Violence
Well-acted, eerie atmosphere, BBC-style British television spooker is all set to be near-perfect, of a quality right up there with The Changeling or the Woman In Black. But some viewers may be turned off by the relentless torturing of animals that the two kids get up to - far more so than the barely hinted at suggestions in The Innocents film version of this great Henry James story. I found this aspect spoiled what could have easily been otherwise an above-average haunted house movie relying on psychological chills in the best tradition of The Haunting.

Are you serious
Although the plot stayed somewhat close to the Henry James' story the director certaintly took his creative license and ran. Some strange scenes were pointless, and the wonderful ambiguity from the book was complety discarded in this movie. And don't even get me started on the scenery and props, i'm sorry was that a #2 pencil she was writing with in a period movie? And oh the acting! Ouch! The only thing scary about this movie was the scenery, the acting, and that miles kid. Man was he creepy, but he was a riot, "I preffer brandy to tea". Where do the get this stuff?