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A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
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The Turn of the Screw
Duration: 0 h 56 m | 1989
A governess is hired to look after two neglected children, who show signs of having been corrupted by the insidious influence of the groom Peter Quint. Quint, although hanged for murder, still makes an appearance among the shadows of the manor house along with Miss Jessel, a previous governess who took her own life.
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