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The Woman in Black

2012

James Watkins

Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Roger Allam, Sophie Stuckey ...

5.5

17,855

Horror. Drama Young lawyer Arthur Kipps travels to a remote village to organize a recently deceased client's papers, where he encounters the ghost of a scorned woman set on vengeance.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Not since young Hutter arrived at Orlok's castle in 'Nosferatu' has a journey to a dreaded house been more fearsome than the one in "The Woman in Black. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"The film, a handsome nerve-jangler co-produced under the storied Hammer horror banner, amps up the scares without turning them into something completely stupid.	POS
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"'The Woman in Black' makes the most of its old-fashioned virtues (...) [it] isn't especially scary, but it keeps you on edge, and without the usual vivisectionist imagery"	POS
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"James Watkins ('Eden Lake') and scripter Jane Goldman judiciously combine moves from the classic scare-'em-ups with new tricks from recent J-horror pictures to retell Susan Hill's oft-adapted Victorian gothic pastiche"	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"As opposed to modern horror flicks like the 'Saw' movies (...) 'The Woman in Black' is a tasteful, old-school frightener, emphasizing suspense and foreboding over blood and guts (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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