Directed by (Girlsway’s longtime creative director and a rare female auteur in the industry), The Turning is distinctly auteur-driven. Mills has consistently pushed for what she calls “female-focused narratives”—stories where intimacy arises from character psychology rather than mechanical scene transitions.
However, unlike traditional literary adaptations, The Turning replaces supernatural phantoms with psychological manifestations of repressed desire and jealousy. The “ghosts” are not dead servants but the shadows of the previous governess () and her volatile lover. As Avery becomes entangled with her charges—particularly the rebellious Gia—she begins to question whether the house is haunted or if her own unacknowledged longings are conjuring the specters. girlsway the turning
Rating: 3.5/5 stars