12 Horror Films That Will Scare You Senseless In 2020

4. The Turning

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Although not a name you may have heard of, Floria Sigismondi is the perfect fit to helm this adaptation of Henry James’s dusty but darn-terrifying novel, The Turn Of The Screw. First popping a pin through the biopic genre with her underrated The Runaways, this was then followed up some blistering episodes of Daredevil and then Handmaids Tale. So, it’s safe to say this adaptation won’t be rooted in the late 1800s a la James’s novel.

Cast-wise, Finn Wolfhard is on the roster along with Mackenzie Davis in a revamp of the popular tale that sees Davis’s newly-appointed nanny finding things aren’t right in the Maine homestead that she’s taken charge of which, as you can expect, involves the two kids she’s in care of hiding a pretty terrifying secret.

Chuck in a soundtrack that includes Alice Glass, Soccer Mom and Courtney Love this one looks to be a jagged, sharp re-launch that could well be the surprise horror hit of 2020.

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Shaun is a former contributor for a number of Future Publishing titles and more recently worked as a staffer at Imagine Publishing. He can now be found banking in the daytime and writing a variety of articles for What Culture, namely around his favourite topics of film, retro gaming, music, TV and, when he's feeling clever, literature.