Genre:
Horror
Directed
by: James Watkins
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Liz White
Running
time: 95 minutes
A
widowed lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe), leaves his son in London with the
nanny and travels to a small village, where his task is to settle some
paperwork and sell the home of a deceased woman who had no family left. Once on
location, he doesn’t get much collaboration from the locals, except for one. In
fact, most of them seem to be in a hurry to get rid of him. And he comes to
find out that there is something terribly wrong with that house.
It
was weird seeing Radcliffe in another role than the Harry Potter character. I
must admit he did a good job here making me forget the young wizard. He has
aged, which helps, and this is a totally different genre. Still, props to him,
because he really made his character believable. You could feel his urge and
desire to accomplish the task at hand, since his job was on the line. You could
also feel his fear as he tried to conquer that house.
As
for the movie itself, I have to say that it was a very effective horror film.
It works on setting a certain atmosphere of tension. There is no gore, it is
all about waiting for what will happen next. I’m a good spectator for horror,
as it doesn’t affect me very much. The Woman in Black offered some scenes that
literally sent shivers down my spine. I physically felt them course through my
body. The tension is heavy and the atmosphere is dark, which makes for a great
combination.
The
film took a really weird turn towards the end, which kind of turned me off, but
it remains an effective chills-giving horror flick.
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