Very pleasantly surprised!

Rating: 9/10 (27 June 2020)

I went into this film not knowing anything about it, and found it to be a very captivating; a beautifully woven gothic tale of horror and sorrow, reminding of such written pieces and film adaptions, such as Bram Stokers 'Dracula', and Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. The acting was done convincingly in The Woman in Black; I thought that Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, did a wonderful job with their characters. Janet McTeer, is worthy of a mention too, and Liz White. The musical score of this film was done so well and beautifully. The composer name is Marco Beltrami, and he does well to create an unsettling atmosphere, and create further tension. The setting of this film have been chosen well for this period piece, - very beautiful parts of England, very good use of cinematography have made it feel all the more haunting. As for the story, each individual will respond differently to it, but I personally thought it was strong enough in plot, and tied up (as well as acted) tastefully, beautifully, that I do think post script direction, this is still a very good film. One last thing I'll share; I actually found this film to scare me at some parts. Granted I did watch it alone in the dark, and I love an old fashioned ghost tale.