Following in the cursed footsteps of Sony’s The Grudge, Universal Pictures’ The Turning is the second horror film this month to receive an incredibly rare “F” CinemaScore grade.
The difference between the two is that, while The Grudge was terrible from top to bottom, The Turning was actually a decent movie until the third act. As Meagan wrote in her review, “The Turning retells a gothic classic with style, little substance and a baffling non-conclusion.” This abrupt finale is most likely the reason for the “F” CinemaScore.
It aligns perfectly with another film to receive the rating, Paramount Pictures’ The Devil Inside, which ended with a link to a website. If you don’t remember this, it has to be seen to be believed.
The Floria Sigismondi-directed film sits in the company of such films as mother!, Uwe Boll’s Alone in the Dark, The Box, Fear Dot Com, I Know Who Killed Me, Wicker Man, Wolf Creek, and as previously mentioned, The Devil Inside. Interestingly, Hereditary just missed the mark and received a D+ CinemaScore.
The Turning is so incredibly disappointing being that Sigismondi is an exciting filmmaker and that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin produced it.
In the film, a young woman (Mackenzie Davis) hired as the nanny to two orphans is convinced that the country mansion they live in is haunted. Up-and-comers Finn Wolfhard (“Stranger Things”, Ghostbusters) and Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project) play the young orphans who look to be part of the torment inflicted on their new nanny.
Did you see it? Do you believe The Turning deserves an “F”?
