Review: Turn Of The Screw
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
It's the sublety and ambiguity of this psychologically driven gothic horror novella that makes it such a rollicking good tale.A young untried governess is hired to care for two very young and impressionable children in a large isolated house. The only stipulation is that she not contact the children's guardian for anything regarding the care of her charges.It's left to the readers imagination and their belief in whether the governess succumbs to hysteria and descends into madness, or if you believe in her struggle for the immortal souls of the children in her care.It's atmospheric and moody, there is a brooding sense of malevolance throughout this gothic tale. For my own peace of mind I wish that there had been more definition in the end.