The Nightcomers

  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Thriller
2/15/1972
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Two Children. Two Adults. One Unspeakable Crime.

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.

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  • Wuchak

    Brando as a charismatic outcast at a manor in Victorian Britain

    At the turn of the century in Victorian England, two orphans are raised at a remote manor by a beautiful governess (Stephanie Beacham), but a free-spirited gardener taints their upbringing and the governess virtue (Marlon Brando). Thora Hird plays the old biddy housekeeper.

    "The Nightcomers" (1971-1972) is a prequel to The Turn of the Screw, the 1898 novella by Henry James, which was made into the B&W classic movie with Deborah Kerr, The Innocents (1961). While James original story is low-key Gothic horror with ghostly elements, this proposed sequel is a drama about the corruption of youth at an English estate with some edgy parts.

    It combines the setting & sit...

    June 7, 2021

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