Woman In Black
The Woman In Black (TV 1989)
Based on the novel by Susan Hill
Directed by Herbert Wise
Haunted Secrets by Divya Jain
November 29th, 2011
Rating: 4.5/5
Running Time: 100 minutes
We are always told not to judge a book by its cover. In the same way, even though The Woman In Black is an old movie, its director and cast have definitely brought justice to ghost stories. It builds up spookiness throughout the whole movie, which enhances the plot and the audiences’ reaction to the scares that occur during the film I like to refer to it as “The British Ghost Chiller” because it brings goosebumps to the bravest of audiences.
Adrian Rawlins plays the role of a young solicitor, Arthur Kipp in this film. He can also be seen playing …show more content…
It has the natural tone of a ghost story which keeps the audience predicting that something is going to pop out of nowhere. The suspense eventually builds up to such an extent that you forget about it and let your guard down. Then when you least expect it, something pops out of thin air. It seems like an ordinary situation for a horror movie or ghost story; however people sometimes don’t realize that it is very effective.
The filming technique of slow scenes builds the audiences’ anticipation even further. Generally in horror movies or ghost story movies, you are waiting for something to jump out at you. The Woman in Black forces you to drop your safety guard and get you really frightened when the big scare actually does appear.
What I really liked about this ghost story in particular is that everything is revealed in parts. The secrets and surprises are separated so that by the time you reach the end you are still in shock from the initial scare; the feeling stays with you.
Many people would also think that ghost stories aren’t really scary. This is however contradicted by the movie The Blair Witch Project which is a great ghost story. The movie was creepy for the simple reason that the people in the video were freaking out and getting really scared. This emotion was transferred to the audience since we don’t know what was going to happen just like the people in the
Based on the novel by Susan Hill
Directed by Herbert Wise
Haunted Secrets by Divya Jain
November 29th, 2011
Rating: 4.5/5
Running Time: 100 minutes
We are always told not to judge a book by its cover. In the same way, even though The Woman In Black is an old movie, its director and cast have definitely brought justice to ghost stories. It builds up spookiness throughout the whole movie, which enhances the plot and the audiences’ reaction to the scares that occur during the film I like to refer to it as “The British Ghost Chiller” because it brings goosebumps to the bravest of audiences.
Adrian Rawlins plays the role of a young solicitor, Arthur Kipp in this film. He can also be seen playing …show more content…
It has the natural tone of a ghost story which keeps the audience predicting that something is going to pop out of nowhere. The suspense eventually builds up to such an extent that you forget about it and let your guard down. Then when you least expect it, something pops out of thin air. It seems like an ordinary situation for a horror movie or ghost story; however people sometimes don’t realize that it is very effective.
The filming technique of slow scenes builds the audiences’ anticipation even further. Generally in horror movies or ghost story movies, you are waiting for something to jump out at you. The Woman in Black forces you to drop your safety guard and get you really frightened when the big scare actually does appear.
What I really liked about this ghost story in particular is that everything is revealed in parts. The secrets and surprises are separated so that by the time you reach the end you are still in shock from the initial scare; the feeling stays with you.
Many people would also think that ghost stories aren’t really scary. This is however contradicted by the movie The Blair Witch Project which is a great ghost story. The movie was creepy for the simple reason that the people in the video were freaking out and getting really scared. This emotion was transferred to the audience since we don’t know what was going to happen just like the people in the