Occasionally spooky ghost story.

Rating: 7/10 (18 February 2012)

"The Woman in Black" by James "Eden Lake" Watkins is an adaptation of best selling Susan Hill's novel written in 1983.Daniel Radcliffe plays young attorney Arthur Kipps and single father whose wife died three years ago during the birth of his son Joseph.He is ordered to travel to the remote Northern English village of Crythin Gifford to tend to the affairs of the recently deceased mansion owner.The decrepit mansion Eel Marsh House is situated on remote island and is filled with creepy looking dolls and toys.A rocking chair is moving on its own and mysterious woman dressed in black tends to appear suddenly.James Watkins remake is not as eerie as Herbert Wise's 1989 adaptation,but it surely has dedicated cast and vastly atmospheric Gothic setting.There are some effective chills and the imagery is occasionally disturbing.The color palette is gloomy and there is only a tiny bit of blood.In fact there is no comparison between "The Woman in Black" and incredibly savage "Eden Lake".A solid 8 out of 10.