Atmospheric but bland

Rating: 5/10 (31 December 2018)

The 1989 television movie made for ITV was creepy and compelling.
This remake has a muscular performance with a youthful Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe.) A lawyer with personal issues. He is raising his young son with the help of a nanny.
His employer sends Kipps to deal with the affairs of the late Mrs Drablow who lived in a small troubled village.
Kipps sees the mysterious woman in black. She claims the local children by having them take their lives as she lost her own son.
This is a moody, British gothic horror. It goes for atmosphere and chills rather than gore. I did find it all too predictable. The film is not as good as the 1989 version and Radcliffe did not sell it to me, he was just too young in the role. Maybe if Ciaran Hinds had the lead, it would had been different.