本片根据亨利·詹姆斯的小说《螺丝在拧紧》改编而成。19世纪末,美丽的女教师吉登斯小姐(黛博拉·寇儿Deborah Kerr 饰)来到乡下庄园照顾雇主的侄女弗洛拉(帕米拉·弗兰克林Pamela Franklin 饰)和侄子迈尔斯(马丁·史蒂芬斯 Martin Stephens 饰)。不久,吉登斯小姐发现自己常看到奇怪的影像,仿佛房子被鬼魂纠缠,孩子们也被魔鬼附体,说出或做出过分成熟诡异的话语或行动。管家格罗斯太太(麦戈斯·吉肯斯 Megs Jenkins 饰)向她透露,这一切可能与已故的前家庭教师及总管的地下恋情有关。吉登斯小姐不顾一切想将孩子们从魔鬼的掌控中营救出来,但她所看到的鬼影是可能只是她自己的幻觉呢?
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4.5. One of the few genuinely frightening films. The ambiguity in Henry James' original has been reduced by several degrees to a more explicit cautionary tale about sexual depravity and repression, but Clayton's adaptation manages to create an unsettling and hypnotic psychological maze of its own with fluid, seemingly effortless long takes, the distorting and contrasting effects of the simultaneous uses of deep focus and extra-wide angle lens, an eerie atmospheric soundscape, and Deborah Kerr's perpetually frightened expression.
Adapted from “The turn of the screw”, novel by Henry James, 1898. The screenplay is written by William Archibald and Truman Capote. 克莱顿是文学作品改编大师,也是影像语言大师。那些湖边的石雕与鲜花,那些田园与荒凉景象。一脸苍白的女主角披散长发、举着烛台在古宅中半夜游荡的画面又美丽又凄厉,可以看上一百遍。结尾暧昧、迷离、引人遐想。是梦境?是鬼魂?是灵魂附体?还是也性压抑而产生的想象?没有答案,只能靠你的想象力。