Rating of
2.5/4
Atmospheric and moody Victorian ghost story!
MovieAddict - wrote on 03/15/12
Daniel Radcliffe plays young attorney Arthur Kipps and single father whose wife died three years ago after giving birth to their son Joseph. He is ordered to travel to the remote English village to sort out papers of the recently deceased owner. The only problem is that, the house he tries to assess, and the village nearby is haunted by the vengeful ghost, the Woman in Black who had her son stolen from her years earlier. Now to satisfy her thirst for vengeance she forces children to kill themselves in brutal ways. This movie has a spooky Victorian setting, some creepy toys and sinister antique dolls that seemed alive and appeared to be watching everything happen. I thought the location was absolutely fantastic, how the tide cuts off the house from the rest of the world and all that is left is the house and the surrounding garden.
With an incredibly intriguing beginning, misty atmosphere, unfriendly locals, things that go bump in the night; it certainly kept me on the edge of my seat wondering what will happen until the very end.
