Phenomenal!

Rating: 9/10 (9 August 2013)

This is a perfect example of a film that can be called a horror movie without spilling a ton of blood, although there is only some, blood and guts. Horror these days is defined as crazy guy comes out with a knife and kills you with blood spurting everywhere. Not this film. It has story, scares, and heart. Which is pretty hard to find. Daniel Radcliffe, I have to say, did an absolutely fantastic job as real estate agent Mr. Arthur Kipps. James Watkins did a wonderful job directing this film, and it had my hair up on my neck nearly half the movie. And great job special effects guys! OK. Back to the directing. Brilliant! Watkins made the movie not only entertaining, but very scary. He knew exactly when to show the Woman in Black, and when not to show her. He also knew when not to show the Woman in Black. The suspense was killing me! I did not know what to expect the whole film, and that is exactly what I like in Horror movies. I can relate this show to the movie Insidious and others like that for one reason. There is almost no gore. People do die, yes, but without it being graphic and gutsy. The acting. Fantastic by Daniel Radcliffe and everyone else. He did a great job being his character, as he did in the Harry Potter series. He was the only big star in this movie. Ciaran Hinds did a wonderful job as well as wealthy man Samuel Daily. I'll say nothing else but for the wonderful acting of Alisa Khazanova as Mrs. Drablow. She didn't really say anything in the movie, but did body movements of the ghost very well. I can't emphasize enough how good this movie was without blood and guts spewing all over the place. If that were present, it would have ruined the whole movie.
I give the woman in black a 9/10 because it is scary, not gory, and was gripping until the end.