The Woman in Black (2012)

 
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Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Year: 2012
Country: USA
Director: James Watkins

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe (Arthur Kipps), Emma Shorey (Fisher Girl), Molly Harmon (Fisher Girl),
Ellisa Walker-Reid (Fisher Girl), Sophie Stuckey (Stella Kipps), Misha Handley (Joseph Kipps), Jessica Raine (Nanny), Roger Allam (Mr. Bentley), Lucy May Barker (Nursemaid), Indira Ainger (Little Girl on Train), Andy Robb (Doctor), Ciarán Hinds (Daily), Shaun Dooley (Fisher), Mary Stockley (Mrs. Fisher), Alexia Osborne (Victoria Hardy),

I can honestly say that I have really never been more terrified in a film. Not that I can remember. From the beginning of the film, the mood is set - something is horribly wrong. The screenplay was simply brilliant. The adaptation from stage to screen was highly successful, in my opinion. The scenic designer did a fantastic job with everything from the nursery to the town Kipps stays at. The directing was also something to be applauded. Over all, this film was wonderful and I would recommend it. And I must say, Dan Radcillffe did a great job. He may not be the most incredible actor, but he has really improved so much. It's most evident here because he could not hide behind words or a wand, he could use just his face and body language. They are an actor's tool after all. To be able to carry a film with body language is something to be commended. Few actors can. On another note, I adored the fact they never hid the Woman in Black. They embraced her from the beginning, with little traces of a face in the windows as they were passed. The simplicity of the film was what I think made it so terrifying. There weren't blood and guts flying around with a poor sap strapped to an operating table while a deranged lunatic tries to connect him to the anus of another. It was a simple, yet effectively frightening, ghost story. I can say I loved every second of it.