the movie is haunting,yet it is also dull and overlong.

Rating: 6/10 (25 September 2012)

"The Woman in Black" is a movie that built its horror based on dark and Gothic atmosphere.it can be found on its haunted mansion near the classic English village. the beginning of the movie is filled with dark nuance surrounding the house that the main character Arthur Gibbs played brilliantly by Daniel Radclife tried to sell the house as his latest job as an advocate. while he is still haunted by the unexpected death of his wife because of the miscarriage.in this case Arthur was desperate to move on with his life by getting the job done. Little did he know that his latest job of selling old house will be influenced by an eerie local superstitious and conservative villager that were still believed in evil spirit. Despite the warning from the local villager, Arthur eagerly wanted to inspect the house that he tried to sell and also because his firm demand. Most of the people in the village were hostile toward him because of his visitation to the house except for the wealthy couple who accepted him in their house. It was later found that they also have just lost their son in an awful accident. Later in the movie the husband help Arthur doing his job in inspecting the house. the premise of the story is scary and horrific, in which the superstitious surrounding the house. most of the filming was shot in location instead of the studio, the director intend to bring the horror more realistic aspect which is works for the most part. What director James Watkins managed to do in here is building up the tone and mood through the movie from setting up the haunted house and provide a hostile villager that still believed in ghost and phantoms. The plot of the story is slowly build up toward the climax which bring up more sense of terror as the tenacious Arthur Gibbs explore the alleged curse house. Most of the credit goes to Daniel Radclife in his portrayal of Arthur Gibbs, his acting in this movie is convincing that he has lost someone important to him. Judging by the constant melancholic expression on his face through the movie, he understand what his character demand in the movie. Since playing Harry Potter, Radclife has moved forward from a teen star to become an actual dramatic actor. The evidence can be found in this movie, in which he has became more mature as dramatic actor. For the most part, "The Woman in Black" is not a terrible horror movie because it has a solid ghost stories that felt like a dark English folklore and a haunting location which provide the thick dark atmosphere through the movie. Unfortunately, it is far from great either because the film move with a slow pace that resulted in becoming dull and overlong.it takes half the time to reach the main plot of the movie which turn out slightly disappointing. Because of its weakness,this movie has a little opportunity to become classic and can be easily forgettable because the mediocre standard that this movie has, until a great horror movie come into an existence, "The Woman in black is worth a chance.