Flora’s parents died years ago due to a car crash just outside the mansion’s gate. Flora lives in a large, secluded mansion with the mansion’s caretaker, Mrs. ‘The Turning’ follows Kate, a woman who accepts the job of a governess for a seven-year-old girl named Flora. Even for someone who knows about the above-stated things, Sigismondi’s execution (and that of the screenwriters Carey and Chad Hayes) falls short of her intention. For someone who does not view the movie as a take on the very genre of horror or James’ novel (most viewers) might feel the film does nothing: not tell a satisfying story, or be scary. The set-up is genuinely intriguing, but the pay-off is just abrupt and almost non-existent. That is the reason ‘The Turning’ has received mostly negative reviews. The above explanation for absurdism is integral for understanding the ending of ‘The Turning.’ By no means is the movie’s conclusion satisfying. What’s lurking in the shadows? We do not know, and that is what makes us scared. But what about the dark makes us so frightened? Well, it is actually our fear of the unknown that disguises itself as the fear of darkness. The dark is something universally scary and also something that can be observed in horror films from any corner of the world. Horror movies often explore what makes us scared, for obvious reasons. Apart from that, there is the theme of absurdism.
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