The Nightcomers

The Nightcomers is a 1971 psychological horror film directed by Michael Winner and starring Marlon Brando, Stephanie Beacham, Thora Hird, Harry Andrews, and Anna Palk. It is a prequel to Henry James' 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw, which had already been adapted into The Innocents (1961). The film focuses on groundskeeper Peter Quint's corruption of Miss Jessel, a virtuous governess at an English manor, as well as the two children in her care. A co-production between Winner's Scimitar Productions and American film producers Jay Kanter, Alan Ladd Jr., and Elliot Kastner, The Nightcomers was filmed on location in Cambridgeshire.