Connect with us

Movies

There Are Currently Two Other ‘Turn of the Screw’ Projects in the Works, Including a Film from Amblin

Published

on

The Haunting of Bly Manor

“The terrace and the whole place, the lawn and the garden beyond it, all I could see of the park, were empty with a great emptiness.”

This morning, Netflix dropped the big reveal that Mike Flanagan’s “The Haunting of Hill House” will become an anthology series going forward, with the second season set to be titled The Haunting of Bly Manor. It’ll premiere in 2020, centered on all new characters in an all new location, as this time Flanagan adapts an entirely different horror novel.

While the first season adapted Shirley Jackson’s 1959 gothic novel The Haunting of Hill House, next year’s “The Haunting of Bly Manor” will adapt Henry James’ equally iconic The Turn of the Screw, a horror novella published in 1898. “The novella focuses on a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.”

Oddly enough, it’s far from the only Turn of the Screw adaptation coming soon.

Most notably, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment (and this is interesting because Amblin Televison produces Netflix’s “The Haunting”) will be releasing their horror film titled The Turning on January 24, 2020, which will presumably be arriving *before* “The Haunting of Bly Manor” kicks off. Finn WolfhardBrooklynn Prince and Mackenzie Davis lead the cast, directed by Floria Sigismondi. Jade Bartlett wrote the most recent draft from Chad and Carey Hayes’ (House of Wax, The Conjuring 2) original script.

In the film, being released by Universal, “A young woman hired as the nanny to two orphans is convinced that the country mansion they live in is haunted.”

Additionally, it was announced in late 2018 that Freeform is developing a small screen adaptation of James’ novel, simply titled “Turn of the Screw. Deadline broke the news back in December, describing the Freeform series as “a fresh modern spin” from Alexandra McNally (Under the Dome”), Josh Berman (“CSI”) and Sony Pictures Television.

“A twisty Gothic soap reimagined for modern times, the series will follow Elena, a Mexican-American nanny who is hired to care for the two children of a widowed-father at their summer home on idyllic Bainbridge Island. It seems like the perfect job with potential for a ‘happily ever after’ ending, but things take a sinister turn when Elena begins seeing ghosts and her grip on what is real and what is not blurs.”

Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw, which Stephen King named one of “the only two great novels of the supernatural in the last hundred years” in his Danse Macabre – the other novel, funny enough, was Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House! – has of course been adapted in the past, as operas, plays, ballets and films including 1961 movie The Innocents and the BBC’s 2009 TV movie The Turn of the Screw, which starred Dan Stevens (The Guest).

Needless to say, if you’ve never read The Turn of the Screw, there’s never been a better time to do so than right now. So pick up a copy, turn off the lights, and get ready to get spooked!

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has four awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

Advertisement
Click to comment

Movies

SCREAMBOX Investigates UFOs and Extraterrestrials: Several Documentaries Streaming Right Now!

Published

on

As someone who is obsessed with UFOS (or more recently known as UAPs) and the concept of extraterrestrials, I love a good documentary. Sightings have been on the rise since the 1940s, with the atomic bomb seemingly acting as a catalyst for new visitors. But what are these UFOs/UAPs? Is there an explanation or are they simply beyond our explanation? Why are they here? Who are they? How much do our governments know? The questions are endless and so are the documentaries that attempt to uncover the secrets behind decades of sightings and alleged confrontations.

Whether you’re a seasoned viewer or new to the rabbit hole, there’s always a handful of interesting documentaries to get your neurons firing and leave you with sleepless nights. SCREAMBOX is investigating with the addition of several docs, all streaming now on the Bloody Disgusting-powered service. Here’s the breakdown:

Aliens (2021): Beam into this unidentified streaming documentary for a glimpse into Extraterrestrial life. Aliens are hypothetical life forms that may occur outside Earth or that did not originate on Earth.

Aliens Uncovered: Origins (2021): Before Area 51, hidden deep in the desert, the military discovered a hidden gem that helped them create Project Bluebook.

Aliens Uncovered: ET or Man-Made (2022): The crash of Roswell wasn’t meant for New Mexico. In 1947, a neighboring state had 3 major sightings that were swept under the rug.

Aliens Uncovered: The Golden Record (2023): In the late 70s, the US government launched a message to our distant neighbors.

Roswell (2021): This high-flying documentary examines the July 1947 crash of a United States Army Air Forces balloon at a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. Theories claim the crash was actually that of a flying saucer, but what is the truth?

Also check out:

The British UFO Files (2004): Since the 1940’s the British Government has been investigating the Flying Saucer phenomenon. High-ranking military and government personnel, speak out for the first time, offering unique eyewitness accounts and inside information.

Alien Abductions and Paranormal Sightings (2016): Amazing Footage and stories from real people as they reveal their personal encounters of being abducted by Aliens.

And do not miss Hellier (2019): A crew of paranormal researchers find themselves in a dying coal town, where a series of strange coincidences lead them to a decades-old mystery.

These documentaries join SCREAMBOX’s growing library of unique horror content, including Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, Here for Blood, Terrifier 2, RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop, Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story, The Outwaters, Living with Chucky, Project Wolf Hunting, and Pennywise: The Story of IT.

Start screaming now with SCREAMBOX on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Prime Video, Roku, YouTube TV, Samsung, Comcast, Cox, and Screambox.com.

Continue Reading