A classic horror movie where the fright is in your imagination

Rating: 9/10 (12 February 2012)

I've seen The Woman in Black in the theatre and it certainly made me jump with fright there and this cinematic version certainly lives up to the quality of the frisson expected from Susan Hill's great book.
Albert Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) has very little to say but manages to portray the growing sense of unease through his facial expressions - a mark of a great actor I'd say. I've only ever watched one Harry Potter so perhaps I don't have the same perception of Radcliffe as a one character actor.
We viewed this in a small theatre and there were plenty of jumps and nervous screams and laughs from the audience around us - which all added to the enjoyment of the movie. First rate stuff and thoroughly recommended.
OK: SPOILER alert from here on so stop reading if you haven't seen the film yet: What happened to the dog? Not important I know but I'd like to have seen that loose end tied up. The final scene at the station (filmed at Horsted Keynes by the way). The nanny and child had just got off the train from London and then the train pulls away. Within 60 seconds an express train roars through the station on the same line. The signal would still have been on "stop" for the express train following on behind and could not have proceeded until the line had cleared ahead. OK - I'm nit-picking.