The Woman in Black

unexpectedly scary

Great suspense and definitely NOT boring. What a creepy house!

This is a great 3rd feature by the new Hammer. It was good and a few times i noticed i was on the edge of my seat and clenching my teeth. Great Sound design also.

This is a good old school spooky movie. It isn't bloody or even mildly gory but it has atmosphere to spare. It really looks good too. I was very impressed by the cinematography.

There were several truly tense moments. It isn't scary really. It just keeps your eyes on the screen as you look for evil lurking in the shadows. Or through an upstairs window. Or in an old graveyard.

It took only a few minutes for me to forget Daniel Radcliffe's history as Harry Potter. His performance here is subdued. Polite even. Claran Hinds is also equal parts kind and mysterious in his supporting role as Mr. Daily. It's worth noting again that this is an old-fashioned thriller. It seems as if it is trying to channel movies like "The Haunting" or "The Uninvited" and I'd say it does a really good job of it.

If I had a complaint it would be that it relied too heavily on jump scares at least in its first half. The movie is too well made to need to rely on that. There were so many jump scares early on that we began to laugh at the seemingly desperate attempt to startle.

Overall though "The Woman In Black" is a classy thriller that mines the moody Horror of the past for its influences.

I don't know if I'm just in a movie-loving mood but everything I watch seems underrated at the moment.

I was shown this in school and it's because it was a 12A age certificate at the time, which is so fucking weird considering the movie is not only creepy as shit but is also literally about children dying. It has now been changed to a 15 after countless complaints.

Anyway, I thought this would be one of those movies that I watched when I was younger but later realise is mid but this is genuinely good, and not even that by-the-numbers. The horror itself is fantastic - there's a 20-minute scene midway that's truly panic attack-inducing - and Daniel Radcliffe's stoic and deliberately wooden performance works well with the fully commited gothic backdrop and reliance on scares.

Unlike almost every other horror story going, this one does not allow the protagonist a way out, and he ends up cursed and dead with his young son.

Unfortunately not as good as the book, but still a decent amount of suspense.

The Woman in Black has some problems. However, they're not found in the story but in the execution. The consistent string of jump scares and the absurdity of the protagonists' actions are what hold the film back. Less is so often scarier than more - and there was a lot here.

Daniel Radcliffe leads the cast in the atmospheric horror-thriller The Woman in Black. After being sent to a small town to assess an estate, a young lawyer starts to see a mysterious woman in black that is said to be a vengeful spirit that kills children. The writing is pretty strong, and does a good job at weaving the mystery of who the woman is and how to quell her thirst for vengeance. Additionally, the costumes and sets are especially well-done and help to create a creepy and foreboding tone. Full of chills, The Woman in Black is a frightening horror film.