Rating of
2/4
Underwhelming sophomore effort.
Jacob Zembower - wrote on 08/12/12
This hammer horror film has some effectively creepy moments, but unfortunately it fails to truly terrify or amount to much. While Radcliffe is a decent enough actor, he is just woefully miiscast. He isn't convincing enough as a father dealing with the death of his wife. Also, coming from the director who brought us Eden Lake, one of the greatest sucker punches in horror movie history, it's disappointing that he relys too much on cheap jump scares (though truly gave me quite a jolt.) The Woman In Black is certainly well made, the set design is perfectly creepy, as is the atmosphere. But it's all undone by it's lack of any truly memorable scares or originality. And the happy ending is the final nail in the coffin. Mr. Watkins, you are better than this! (PG13- violent images, terror, and thematic elements.)
