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Rating: 3/10 (19 December 2014)

Daniel Radcliffe, of obvious Harry Potter fame, portrays a young lawyer at the turn of the century, sent to the curiously named Eel Marsh House to put into order the affairs of a dead woman. There, he runs into opposition from the superstitious, distrusting locals and run-of-the-mill supernatural threats, in the form of a malevolent spirit angered by her separation from--and the subsequent death of-- her son.
In true Gothic form, The film is dark and atmospheric, making great use of it's gloomy setting, it's slow, steady pace, and lots of creepy old toys. However, the film unfortunately wraps up with an ending that goes from spooky to ludicrously hokey within seconds.
Formulaic and highly predictable, the film is still one surely to be enjoyed by fans of the supernatural thriller genre.