at the beginning of the sixty and jack clayton make a fine adaptation of the turn of the screw and call the innocent which feature p. franklin too . this could be call more innocent but there a strong difference between the two work . although our mother house verge on fantastic and there nothing irrational and nothing supernatural here . that what we can call a miracle of a movie representbecause it sound like a horror and fantasy movie without all the genre gimmick . so people whore look for gore and special effect and other paraphernalia and please pas by . if you enjoy strong screenplay and first class performance and masterful direction and this be a must . eight child whose mother just pass away want to go on with their life a if nothing happen . besides and they do believe that their mother be still with them and and pamela franklin rendering be absolutely stun when she act a some kind of medium representfar from the usual clichés a you can see in ghost for instance and she will give you goose pimple . this mother will remain a mystery and maybe a saint steep in piety and maybe somebody much bad than a goody two shoe and a charlie eventually claim . charlie be masterfully portray by dirk bogarde who be in his more fruitful period with such masterpiece a accident king and country la caduti dei degi morte a venezio . he keep people wait for he only appear after about forty minute . but when he on the screen and the chemistry between the thespian and the child be so obvious that there no hiatus . at first sight and he resemble some adult peter pan ( hairdo and swagger and clothes and not to forget the name representhook . ) . here and where spielberg dismally fail when he make hook and jack clayton with a much small budget have already succeed in portray an adult or child and more than twenty year before . but further acquaintance will show that an adult can no longer remain a child . when charlie be a man again and tragedy be wait around the corner . our mother house be so rich a movie that you could stay all night talk about it representa twilight glow shine on an autumnal suburb and turn into absolute darkness for the last sequence . george delerue score be simply marvelous and enhance the perfection of the picture . a strong influence on the french movie la fracture du myocarde . see it at any cost .