Pretty good with nice twists

Rating: 6/10 (24 April 2012)

I am somewhat disappointed lately with the horror / paranormal / mystery genre since the vast majority of the movies are not scary or doesn't do justice to the topic, this one was different.
The movie premise starts OK, it's not flashy at the beginning, it builds up quite slow but a nice pace because it develops its characters and at the same time, the mood and atmosphere of the place.
One of the best things about this movie is it's atmosphere, very nice and well done, Daniel Radcliffe excels in his role and I was surprised since, to be honest, I didn't liked him in Harry Potter movies.
The movie spend quite a lot of time with Radcliffe character struggling with the troubled woman in black and when it does, the movie works, there are very few parts where we see more characters on screen but the best parts are when Radcliffe is alone with the spirits.
Although there are predictable parts and some things could be done more polished, there are a few scary parts that are truly legendary (I will not say anymore).
It's not a masterpiece, but is not bad, not even by a long mile. In the end, it's quite a good movie that dare to show a different picture at the ending, I really don't understand the complains about the ending, I did quite like it.
Go see it, you won't be disappointed, it's a fine movie about ghosts.
6 out of 10.