The biggest pile of junk I've seen in years. A complete insult to Henry James' novella 'The Turn Of The Screw' and the 1961 film adaption of it, The Innocents.
The sets and location. Where to start. Both are like a poorly educated Americans imagination of how they perceive England to look like. Unfortunately, sets and locations are more American looking than America itself. No person from the UK can possibly admit that the location and look of the series make for a convincing England, whether we're talking being outside or inside.
The house itself is not at all convicing. it's not an English country masion. It's a fully modern American looking big house, even down to landline telephone ringtones everything is all American. Street scenes are a highly peculiar main street USA look, with bits of British street furniture, road signs and 1950's British cars/ Indian Ambassador taxi cars thrown in. It's all totally unconvincing and highly irritating to watch, yet we're meant to believe we're in England.
As for the acting. Calling it rank amateur would be giving it a compliment. The personalities of the British characters are also fully American in their interaction with others. It's like watching British actors playing American characters but without using American accents.
I don't know about others, I barely survived to part three. I simply couldn't take any more of this cheap raping of The Turn Of The Screw. To anyone that has watched this tosh and hasn't seen The Innocents, watch The Innocents. The Innocents, directed by Jack Clayton, and starring Deborah Kerr and Michael Redgrave, soars above this disappointing mediocre nonsense on every level possible.