The first branded Hammer horror movie in years, The Woman in Black came out fighting. It promised old skool scares, jumps and screams. And boy does it deliver!
The Woman in Black centres around a young lawyer Arthur Kipps (played very skillfully by Daniel Radcliffe) who travels to a remote village to deal with the estate of a recently deceased local woman. He soon finds that the ghost of a scorned woman starts being vengeful against other residents.
I have to say I jumped quite a few times, there were a couple of real scary moments in there that I didn't expect at all! I have seen lots of horror films in my time and they don't really scare me any more but this one got me! For a proper old skool scare, this is the film for you. Radcliffe does well to shake off his Potter cloak, grows some stubble and acts his chops off. Ciaran Hinds is still great although I don't feel he is utilised as much as he should be.
And with the news that a second WiB offering is on its way, I can be scared all over again!
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