彼得·温贾德

Norman Taylor is a successful young professor, married with Tansy Taylor. He is a very skeptical man, while his wife believes in magic and witchcraft. One day, he finds lots of amulets and witchcraft in his house, and he decides to destroy all of them. His wife gets scared and advises him that he destroyed all the protection their home and lives had against the evil of envious and wicked persons, including some of his colleagues. Norman in principle does not have faith in her, but many strange events happen with him, and he changes his mind

本片根据亨利·詹姆斯的小说《螺丝在拧紧》改编而成。19世纪末，美丽的女教师吉登斯小姐（黛博拉·寇儿Deborah Kerr 饰）来到乡下庄园照顾雇主的侄女弗洛拉（帕米拉·弗兰克林Pamela Franklin 饰）和侄子迈尔斯（马丁·史蒂芬斯 Martin Stephens 饰）。不久，吉登斯小姐发现自己常看到奇怪的影像，仿佛房子被鬼魂纠缠，孩子们也被魔鬼附体，说出或做出过分成熟诡异的话语或行动。管家格罗斯太太（麦戈斯·吉肯斯 Megs Jenkins 饰）向她透露，这一切可能与已故的前家庭教师及总管的地下恋情有关。吉登斯小姐不顾一切想将孩子们从魔鬼的掌控中营救出来，但她所看到的鬼影是否可能只是她自己的幻觉呢？　　本片获法国嘎纳电影节金棕榈奖提名，并获英国电影电视协会最佳英国电影和最佳电影两项提名。