‘The Turning’ Gets Slammed With Rare F Rating on CinemaScore – ScreenCrush

The Turninghas become the second movie of 2020 to receive the rare F score onCinemaScore,after tallying up audience reactions over its release last weekend. It follows Nicolas Pesces remake ofThe Grudge,which was also slammed with the low score earlier in January. IncludingThe Turning,only 21 movies have ever received an F, beginning with 1999sEye of the Beholder.The TurningandThe Grudgeare the first films to get an F since Darren Aronofskys unsettling psychological horror flickmother!in 2017.

Starring Mackenzie Davis, Brooklyn Prince, Joely Richardson, andStranger ThingsFinn Wolfhard, The Turningis adapted fromHenry James novelThe Turn of the Screw.It follows the story of a young governess, played by Davis, who is sent to a remote mansion to watch over two orphans following their parents deaths.The film is directed by Floria Sigismondi, known for the Joan Jett/Cherie Curie biopicThe Runaways.Steven Spielberg is also credited as an executive producer onThe Turning, which wasproduced byDreamWorksand distributed by Universal. So where did things go wrong?

Up until around ten years ago, it wouldnt have surprised anyone for a horror movie any horror movie to be slammed by audiences and critics alike. Besides campy fan-favorite slashers, it was hard for ascary movie to be taken seriously. But with the resurgence of the genre in the form of beautifully-shot, nerve-fraying psychological thrillers, its kind of surprising to see two high profile horror movies fall so unbelievably flat this early in 2020. At least we haveA Quiet Place Part IIto look forward to.

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