A kind of good Horror Thriller

Rating: 7/10 (13 April 2014)

Rating-7/10
The Woman in Black is a horror film with bags of scares, screams and good old edge of the seat moments, maybe the scariest thing ever but still can send chills down your back(and that's just the bleak setting of this film). With a good cast that deliver it well to the story which seems like it would be so much easier to predict than it was, you can really enjoy this film to the max and if you kind of forget a little of what the more in depth stuff, it is enjoyable anyhow. I felt this was strongly a kind of good film and here is why below.
The story is really quite well done with scenes being done well and the pacing never really picks which pace it wants to go at, but it works out well in any sense. I felt the plot is as said previously kind of one you feel will be easily predictable, now it isn't that hard but it isn't easy and makes for a good mystery story surrounding the going's on. I also did like the way the bleak setting makes the story even better, with a small village who's population know something is wrong, but have no idea behind the real truth of it all, just fun stuff.
Daniel Radcliffe attempts to throw the cape of Harry Potter of his shoulders and start a new film career away from the series, and he does an OK job with a solid performance, not always good but a good start after such a long series for him. Supporting cast do a good job and with some lesser known faces involved, I commend the film for branching out with it's talent scouts. Ciaran Hinds is at his best as ever and although I felt could have been used slightly more in scarier moments, still manages a good performance here.
Written really well with a script that sometimes can be the focus of times, the film isn't afraid to leave the more thrilling moments to pursue it's dramatic interests, and the script helps greatly with making them scenes bearable. I enjoyed the bleak locale with darkened houses and the sun never quite seems to shine, it sets up very well for the even darker house that Radcliffe finally encounters the Woman In Black, very scary looking indeed so commendation to the costume department indeed.
The film does hold back when scary and sometimes isn't that that scary, it is however not too bad and mostly is genuinely frightening but some bits seem to obvious. You could say it just follows the plot of the similar horror movies we see and it kind of does, although as said hard to predict, the set up and even the ending are more staples in Horror movie film. Finally here I will say the film needn't not introduce Radcliffe's back story so much, and even though it isn't bad, it can take up vital scene time as the movie is quite a short one.
Horror movie fans will enjoy this with it's scarier moments but may not enjoy the more dramatic scenes, but horror fans who like a deep and dark under story should enjoy this very much so. I have seen Harry Potter fans parents complain it is too scary, just a note, this is not Harry Potter and not near it, Radcliffe is simply hanging his boots up and moving on with his career, and he does a pretty good job here if truth be told.
Overall I will give it a 7/10, a Strongly Pretty Good movie with not that much room to grow, but nevertheless the job it does it fine enough to make an entertaining piece. I did at parts feel underwhelmed and maybe wanted the movie to just finish, but once you firmly get your head into the plot, you can sit back and enjoy the story and horror. One last thing is that this movie is genuinely scary and will thrill you, so watch with your eyes glued to the screen for maximum scare factor.