The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly (January 27 - April 16, 1898).

In October 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London.

The novella follows a governess who, caring for two children at a remote estate, becomes convinced that the grounds are haunted.

The Turn of the Screw is considered a work of both Gothic and horror fiction.