Review of The Woman in Black (2012) by Thedrauch — 15 Jul 2012
The Woman in Black gains notoriety for two things mainly - proof that Daniel Radcliffe can have a successful post-Potter career, and a genuine sense of suspense in most scenes that is barely displayed in many current horror films.
Radcliffe isn't given much of a character to work with, or much dialogue, but he does well with what he has to and comes of as an acceptable leading man. This plays out like a standard genre piece and falls into some of the genre's traps, but it uses its haunting production design and eerie lingering images to generate air.
We don't care much for the characters or what happens to them, and that is one of the biggest reasons I don't enjoy many movies, but it remains to be one of the better scare flicks made in years recent and that fact alone deserves to be raved about.
This review of The Woman in Black (2012) was written by Thedrauch on 15 Jul 2012.
The Woman in Black has generally received positive reviews.
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