The Woman in Black

Before I get the ball rolling on this, I would like to say that I AM TOTALLY AGAINST Pg13 horror films. I have never seen one that was both good plot and good effects, usually there is no plot and tons of CGI or too much plot and not enough action. It's a sad fact, but a very honest one.

AND sadly The Woman in Black marches to the same tune. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as a lawyer who has to go to this remote town to settle an old widow's affairs. Like in every other horror film set in England, the town folk are all weird and superstitious for no evident reason AND then a reason is given. The widow's mansion is haunted by a deranged nut job that kills kids anytime someone sees her. On a whole, that is the plot, and by the end you're dying for something to happen and when it does happen you're pissed that it went down that way. The scares in The Woman in Black are alright, the few that actually happen, but there are not really all that different from the creepy Asian girl or the girl down the well or that other crappy PG13 film that's not even worth mentioning here.

So all in all, the performances given are alright. Daniel Radcliffe shines as a slightly off, slightly pathetic, bad father who has crap worth ethic and the Woman in Black is good as a CGI scare built on a plot of sand and fog. If you went to the movies to see this one, I'm sorry. If you're bored and want a cheap thrill with not too much else behind it, spend a buck and get it from Red Box.

Just my thoughts,
J.