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A young lawyer (Radcliffe) travels to a remote village where he discovers the vengeful ghost of a scorner woman is terrorizing the locals. -- (C) CBS Films
Feb 3, 2012 Wide
CBS Films
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Fittingly for the first film shot in England in 35 years to bear the Hammer banner, The Woman in Black competently resurrects that hoariest of horror-movie conceits, the haunted house.
"The Woman in Black" possesses a purity of purpose. Its goal is to seduce the audience into a supernatural realm of somnambulist existence with the power of suggestion.
It's an uninspired compendium of haunted house clichés, with a twist that barely deserves to be called one.
It's an effective chiller in the grand tradition of British horror with a couple of icy-bucket-of-water-down-your-neck moments.
This unashamedly old-fashioned ghost story benefits from Radcliffe's committed performance and Watkins' willingness to do anything for a scare.
This Victorian period horror tale is refreshing in that it makes no bones about what it is about - delivering gothic horror thrills pure and simple.
It shouldn't work, but somehow it does.
a promising start with the trailer, but it's a question of whether Daniel Radcliffe can pull off a Horror role.
October 26, 2011
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Saw the musical in London as a kid... this movie doesn't look half as scary or entertaining
August 23, 2011Super Reviewer
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