Creepy, really creepy

Rating: 8/10 (1 April 2020)

I remember this movie as the first thing Daniel Radcliffe did after Harry Potter, and we were all keen to see it. He was good! I've just seen The Woman In Black for the second time. I'd forgotten how really creepy it is. Set in the late 19th century was creative and wise. Full marks to the costume and props department. The house hovers between just lived in and abandoned, it's fantastic, and very haunting. Full marks for location too. All the actors are excellent. Daniel's character is deep and, importantly, brave. The filmmaker did a great job with lighting, film angles, atmosphere, framing, sound, etc, and there is a good hour of some really spine-tingling stuff. I had to dock it a couple of points for the ending, and having said that I'll have to press the spoiler button. Without spelling it out, well, it just didn't make sense after all he'd seen and been through. That's becoming a bit of a gripe with me. Too often in movies there is an important story detail that is just illogical as far as ordinary, responsible behaviour is concerned, and no one could accuse Daniel's character of irresponsibility. It didn't make sense and thus you are disappointed. Coming in at the climax, well, to be honest, lucky for the writer/Director team I'm only docking the two points. In my mind I made an adjustment and invented my own ending. It was too good a story to spoil it with an illogical ending.