rosierose37 A diabolically poor attempt at creating a ghostly thriller. A somewhat psychologically abused and fragile teacher finds work as the nanny for 2 troubled children in a huge creepy mansion house in the country. She is then confronted with hearing strange noises and other events that elude to the ghosts of previous employees haunting the house. Sounds good so far? Potentially yes, sadly in reality no. It slithered along at the pace of an arthritic snail on salt leaving the viewer (well this one anyway) wanting a refund for 90 minutes of life.The trailer and movie poster/box cover suggested the presence of suspense and gripping drama. Unfortunately there were neither. Not one scare or single moment of 'edge of seat' thrill. Isn't that why we watch these particular type of movies? You do not need blood and guts to create fear, suspense or even subtlety - look at 'The Others' or 'The ring' or 'The woman in black' or 'The Haunted' to name a few. In fact the only mystery was why the hell I sat for 90 minutes waiting for any redeeming feature. I have no idea what point this film was trying to make as any connection with the characters was lost in confusion and the point of the story unclear. The only meagre spec of salvation was a scene of mild lesbian eroticism which to be honest was irrelevant to anything in the plot and possibly designed to prevent the watcher from falling asleep!!! Ultimately, In a dark place is exactly where this film should be left......... to remain for ever!

Geff This is one of the top 10 worst films off all time. If you value your time, don't bother with this movie. If you have lots of free time, still don't bother with this movie. I sure wish I could get 90 minutes of my life back.The movie was a train wreck. Slower than molasses, but worse yet the story line is all over the map. Not to mention it just plain doesn't make any sense.Trust me when I say... spend 90 minutes doing dishes or cleaning the house instead. At least there will be something to show for it in the end.

mindcat After reading many of the comments and poor ratings of this flick, by some here, I conclude a mature motion picture as this wasted upon you. A pearl before swines.First the director himself states in the DVD release this is NOT a remake of the Turning of The Screw, and further he is not a fan of horror flicks, as he says, disturbing things happen everyday in real life.And so it is Anna Veigh, a sexually molested and tortured child attempts to help other children so molested by becoming an art therapist. However, she is pawed over and fired by an old school master who in attempt to keep her quiet, finds her a new position as a Nanny with a boy and girl who have been orphaned and now are the charges of their wealthy uncle. The uncle would rather be totally free of the responsibility.The drama unfolds quietly and with a smoldering subtlety that only true drama and mystery lover could appreciate. Sorry kids no bug eyed monsters, disappointed? And no this isn't a female sex flesh flick as some lechers had hoped.It concerns a metaphor and secrets. Each character has a secret and slowly the viewer pieces the parts together.It is assumed Miss Veigh is in fact, losing her mind and imagining dangers and ghosts.She in fact confronts her own molestation and rape as a child, time and again. She like the children is haunted. It appears the previous Nanny, a Miss Jessel and her lover Peter Quint (names borrowed from the James novel), were lovers. It also appears they included the children in their sexual games and haunted them as Miss Veigh is haunted by her childhood molestations.I very much enjoyed the frank and tasteful nudity, the lesbian scenes.The property manager Miss Gross, portrayed elegantly by Tara Fitzgerald, had been in love with Miss Jessel and also courts Miss Veigh.The words, " its not working out" precede each sexual exploitation of the Anna Veigh. Indeed, Miles and Floras seem possessed by the old perverted team, Miss Jessel and Peter Quint.Both Flora and Miles have symptoms very often associated with children who have been sexually abused.The end is very sad and unless your understand what is going on you'll miss it. Why is Miles running from Miss Veigh? Could it be when he blows the candle out he again is sexually exploited? Flora sleeps with her new Nanny and cryptically says, " Do anything YOU like."The last scenes are metaphors for sexually abused children who want to die and feel dirty, responsible for the abuse they received.This is a misunderstood masterpiece. I hope the child actors, didn't quite grasp what it was really all about.See it and try to understand what the director is attempting to put across. Most here are clueless about this flick.

e_barker The plot of this film is pretty simple. A woman works at a private school where she is doing poorly, so her boss is going to fire her, but tries to come on to her. He later calls her and says not to tell anybody and for not telling her gets her a new job working for a rich guy who hates his brothers family. Anyway she goes out to this kick-ass house and starts to take care of the kids. Weird stuff happens, and she thinks it is the ghost of the former nanny etc. However, it is implied that it is all in her head and she is going crazy. We find out that she was molested as a kid (while eating a candy apple and then after a guy rapes her he gives her a lolly pop). Anyway it is also implied that she is having sex with (or molesting) the little boy. Since she is always flashing her boobs everywhere and wearing inappropriate clothing that barely covers her boobs. Then she hold the boy in a scene and tells him that she would do ANYTHING to make him happy, and then he turns out the light. The best part of this movie was the boobs, I wish there was more and more sex scenes, but sorry there is not.