Click here for Part One: The Apparition featuring Tom Felton!
The Woman In
Black is a film based off a novella (a very short one, clocking
in at not even 200 pages) written by Susan Hill in 1983. And what
shouldn't be a surprise at all the film is actually a remake,
although of a 1989 made for TV film and not a theatrical
release. I briefly considered trying to track it down to do another
Original Vs. Remake, but the DVD is WAY out of print and eBay prices
are quite outrageous, so... no.
In something of a
subversion for most films I review, I expect this one to be quite
good as it was directed by James Watkins, a British filmmaker who
EXCELS in psychological and realistic horror. He
was responsible for 2008's Eden Lake, which I'll put up against
any non-supernatural horror movie of the last decade. Our next Harry
Potter star is the man himself, Daniel Radcliffe. It appears he's
going to go on to become one of the rare childhood stars that
successfully transitions to adulthood without going ballistic, not to
mention keeping his film career going by breaking out of being
typecast.
Does he get off to
a good start with his first non-Harry Potter movie? Or is this just
Harry Potter grown up and battling ghosts? Time to hit the play
button and find out, with A Ghoul Versus The Woman In Black!
