Dark , Chilling Masterpiece : Not for the faint hearted !!!

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2012)

Three children are playing happy families in the attic without warning the children seem to get up in a sort of daze or trance and drop what they are doing and walk over to the window which of course has three open-able pans of glass which then lead them to walk out of the window to their death on the ground below, but who lead them? The mother screams in terror this is what sets the story in motion.
Arthur Kipps is seen packing his luggage ready to head of to work but just before he does Joseph Kipps Arthur's son played by Misha Handley which is in fact the real life godson of Daniel Radcliffe entered the room and shows his dad drawings which he has made to some up the weeks and each of the pictures which Arthur is in the drawing of him seems to have a sad face and the days which Arthur isn't there Joseph has left the pages blank but with a week ending drawing has a picture of his mother who has passed away so her drew her in a cloud in the sky symbolizing a angel in heaven. Arthur packed away the drawings given to him by Joseph and put them underneath the bills and paper work in his briefcase. Arthur arrived at the office to be told that there was a rather large and very costly case which needed addressing which also entailed a awful lot of paper which had to be finished at the home then sent back off to London which meant Arthur would been needing to stay at the town for a week to get the work finished and then to try and sell the property, Arthur was told there is a local solicitor going by the name of Jerom played by Tim McMullan has a large amount of paper work with him and to go visit him in the town. Boarded the Train Arthur then found himself falling asleep having flashbacks of the day his son was born which then lead to the maternal death of his wife Stella Kipps played by Sophie Stuckey which haunts Arthur and tries not to believe in paranormal and ghosts but he can still feel her there with him and guiding him. Arthur is then awoken to find a man and his dog sitting opposite him on the train who introduced himself as Daily Played by Ciarán Hinds who then knew his name and propose for visiting the small remote village as the paper work was left beside Arthur as he slept the man then said 'You wont sell the property to a local person' and offered to give Arthur a lift to the guest house where he was staying as it was to be told that it was quite a distance from the train station and it was also pouring with rain. Arriving at the guest house there seemed to be a problem or more of a case of not wanting to have Arthur staying the night even though Arthur confirmed the booking after much discussion with the hotel owners it was agreed that Arthur would stay but he would have to stay in the attic.
Arthur was then ushered out of the door to see his horse and cart transport , Arthur then told the driver there had been a change of location to their journey which cost him six shillings to change the mind of the driver to take Arthur as far as he could to the house, The house was located away from the village and the path which lead to the house often got washed away in the tide so only at certain times of the day and night could you be able to get to and from the house which meant the driver of the house and cart suggested a time for Arthur to be picked up to travel back to the village. Arthur then got to work at sorted the paper work from different locations in the house and this is where most of the jumpy moments start through the film where in a packed cinema and being a 12A meant that all the squeamish young girls and there friends where they on any moment which could make you jump but that's not saying none of the guys weren't scared they tended to hide it by talking loudly or laughing to cover the fact they was scared, Arthur had to look under the bed for some more documents only to look up and see a hand of what looked like a child on a glass door opposite the bedroom where he was searching for documents which then lead Arthur to the room to then look out the window to see a Woman In Black standing out there looking at him. The great use of sound moving around the old house and dark camera work really give it a haunted house feeling to it with Daniel Radcliffe not looking anything like Harry Potter what so ever and really got into character and fitted the role, the use of lighting as well in the darken areas of the film meant that things could go bump in the night and more often then not did, there is indeed some parts of the film which may make you laugh but for most of it your hanging off your seat and looking out for things moving in the shadows as focused camera work plays a key part of the film as well where something popping in and out of focus does tend to play on your mind. Some scenes of the film are a little far fetched but doesn't overwhelm it too much and still does what it puts out to do and tell a scary story of a Woman In Black who is punishing the locals for what they did to her and what they didn't do to help her.