The Woman in Black Review
The Woman in Black (2012)
So,
now that Potty Harry has finished, Daniel Radcliffe has traded the
wizardry for ghosts in this James Watkins adaptation of Susan Hill's
novel. Set at the turn of the 20th century, this Hammer horror finds the
young father & lawyer (Radcliffe) shipped off to nowheresville to
sort out some papers in an old house, and guess what? You guessed it, he
sees a ghost, so rather than do what
any normal human being would do (run like buggery!) he decides to
investigate, which causes grief in the nearby village. Once
he realises that every time he goes to the house a local child dies,
what does he do? Go home? No, he goes back again trying to be a hero.
Yes Daniel, its glass. we have been through this.
To
be honest, this film was advertised as 'scary' but the truth is, it
just isn't. what it is in fact is what advertisers have been mistaking
for scary for the last decade or so, 'jumpy'. The whole
film consists of this woman (in black, no less) walking past the
backdrop of the
scenes, standing in dark corners, or just screaming in little Potter's
expressionless face. I do however believe that the sets and costumes
seem authentic (to what we judge as the period anyway) and the acting is
not dreadful, but at the same time, completely forgettable, i mean Radcliffe, shows no emotion at all, he just lulls about being a nuisance like a stray dog. My main
beef with The Woman in Black is the storyline. It seems to be
that of a thousand haunted house films, novels and campfire stories
created within the last two hundred years and I don't know about you, but I'm
sick to death of them. Well anyway, this drivel starts to lag about
halfway through and then seems to be over without any real explanation
which left me confused, disappointed and wanting the last 90 minutes of
my life back. Yes,
It is good to see a British horror, but not one that just copies
every ghost story ever. If you want a good British Horror, check out Heartless
4/10
Well said. I must concur
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