Summary: The Woman in Black was a film based on Susan Hill's novel. The setting took place in London in the 19th or 20th century. The time was never mentioned although the way of living was obvious to either 19th or 20th. Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) was a London Lawyer going to a remote village where he had to do paperwork to sign over the rights of the house. People were too scared to go with him so they dropped him off at the house and came back later to pick him up. He was given pictures and evidence of the deaths that have occured at the house. During his hours spent at the house alone doing work he experiences weird things occuring. Such as looking out the window and seeing "The Woman in Black." He blinks and when he looks again she is gone. He went out to find her but he found nothing. He left the house and went back to the village where he is sleeping and a house was on fire and a child was "trapped." Arthur ran in the house to get the little girl out. When he was down there he saw her in a corner with a lantern. Lanterns have gas in them to keep them lit obviously. She gave him a evil grin and slammed the lantern on the ground engulfing herself in flames. She stood there and burned to death. The superstition around the town was that whenever somebody saw the woman in black a kid in the village a child would die. The woman in black was the evil demon that forced children to their deaths. He went there a few days and he decided to sleep there for the night to get more work done. Scary things start occuring such as seeing kids outside playing in the mud. Also heard things in an upstairs room that was locked. After coming to some close calls with death; his paper work is completed. He meets his wife Stella Kipps (Sophie Stuckey) and son at the train station to go back home. They are distracted with hugging and kissing *SPOILER ALERT* meanwile the woman in black is in the corner forcing his son to go on the train tracks. As soon as Arthur looks up his son is on the tracks and a train is coming full speed. Arthur sprints onto the tracks and grabs his son. BOOM. Thr train smacks into them. The screen is silent and everything is in slow motion. They are glowing a clearish blue because the film is trying to express soul and paranormal ghosts that we turn into after death. It seems peaceful and relaxed. Personal Opinion: I was extremely happy with this film and how it was directed. Director James Watkins expressed the story from the start. No questions had to be asked because it was easy to understand what was going on. I dont get scared easily during movies but throughout this movie my eyes were wide open and I had a ball in my throat. I was genually scared. Although it was scary it was more of a jumpy movie. You were watching and out of no where BOOM loud sound fx and instantly something pops up on the screen. It was pretty frightening to say the least. The acting in the beginning of this movie was terrible. I get very critical with acting in movies and this one was awful. Daniel Radcliffe, usually an amazing actor was so bad. He had great acting ability during all eight harry potter movies. He had the only bad acting in the film and it left me shaking my head. Even though I was unhappy with the acting, it was a very scary film that I highly recommend if you are into getting scared. The ending was actually fairly impressive. The silentness made it peaceful yet creepy. It wasnt too much but it wasnt lacking anythintg important. It was a great way to end the movie.
Overall this is a great movie and I suggest this film to everybody in the mood for a good scare.
Rating: 1 2 3 4 5 i give this movie a 5/5 rating on the scary movie scale.
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Main Cast
Sophie Stuckey (Stella Kipps) -------------------------------------->
Daniel Radcliffe (Arthur Kipps) ---------------------------------------------->
Roger Allam (Mr. Bentley) -------------------------------------->
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