Aka: Harry takes a train totally NOT the Hogwarts Express to a mansion totally NOT Hogwarts and some seriously creepy stuff happens lol. In all seriousness though, I thought doing this movie was a great way to help Daniel Radcliffe move beyond the what must be suffocating HP bonds and show both his width as an actor as well as how far he's come in the 11 years since the first Potter film. He stars here as a young lawyer named Arthur Kipps who's grief over the loss of his wife in childbirth has made his work slip. As a way to save his job, he heads out to an isolated and abandoned mansion to settle the affairs of a recently dead widow. The people of the nearby village try to get him to turn back as it turns out they have a pretty bad secret: a ghostly woman in black is seen just before a child dies. Not believing, he carries on...until he too sees the woman and two girls die, causing him to delve further into finding out why this is happening and how to stop it. Though I was startled at times, as this a make you jump kind of film, I found it to be more creepy than scary which, I suppose, makes for a better viewing experience for me...rather than waiting for the next scare, I can actually focus on what's going on better. Not only that, but I love that sort of ambiance lol. As I said before, as this a jumpy type of film, do expect to do a fair bit of it. I thought Arthur's determination to try his best to help the village despite their seemingly unwillingness to believe he is was admirable, and the ending made me truly flustered, and made me exclaim "that was horrible!" but in the end I guess that makes for a pretty good film...which it is indeed. I recommend it if you like old school type atmospheric horror films, especially since this one was done by the home of that type of thing, Hammer. I give The Woman in Black 3 1/2 out of 5 stars.
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