Hmm looks spooky... Silly old small town theater here isn't playing, but I'll be checking it out as soon as there's a DVD! *covers ears for spoilers*

I saw this as a play in London a few years ago...it was awesome though and had me really creeped out everyone in the audience was screaming. Have seen bits of the old film, will have to check it out.

I JUST got back from that movie not only 30 minutes ago. And I can honestly say that was one of the best movies I've seen so far this year! The movie itself was very startling more than scary. Enjoyable, the ending left you guessing. :) I had to hid my face a few times because I got so scared.
There wasn't much dialogue, so Daniel really had to portray his character through gestures and expressions rather than saying what he thought. I was concerned that seeing him in Harry Potter and thinking of him as that character would distract me from the movie, but I didn't once think of him with a scar on his forehead. He was definitely Arthur Kipps! Never once did the name "Harry" come into my mind, haha. He is such a wonderful actor.
The movie had an eerie feeling about it from beginning to end. Never once did I let my guard down, and if you see it, I suggest you don't either. :) But, do go see it RIGHT NOW! It was wonderfully spooky and touching!

I saw it today and I found it eerie--but sort of anticlimactic. It sort of sat on the cusp a lot of times and while I certainly enjoyed it... it left me wanting.

I'm not really sure what I wanted from it. I think having a happy ending might have left me with the same feeling of anti-climax. I wish I could say "this is what was missing/this is what I wanted" but I just don't know.

For a slightly happier ending, try the book. Okay, the happy is in the first chapter because the rest is him telling the story, but still...

I loved this movie! It was so atmospheric and such a beautifully done film. I was quite scared by it, and it really relied heavily on Daniel Radcliffe to carry it, and I thought he did such a wonderful job. I agree that I didn't think of Harry once while watching it, I was so engrossed in the story itself from the first few minutes.

Definitely one of the best movies I've seen in a long time!

Daniel Radcliffe looks remarkably like a young David Tennant in this. He's grown to be a right handsome young man, though i still prefer Tom Felton <3

Not sure if spoilers but be warned?

I'd give it a 6/10. I felt like the jump scares were kind of cheap. You know, like birds flying around and stuff. I was genuinely scared a few times though, but I felt like... The ending kind of didn't make sense with the last 10-15 minutes of the film. I was like, well why did Arthur go through all of that trying to help the Woman in Black when it didn't matter in the end? I do like Daniel Radcliffe though and the movie was creepy, so it wasn't bad, I just felt like I was left wanting more. It did go by fast for me so I guess I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the screams with my friends and a theater full of people haha.

Yeah... so true I read the book a long time ago and when i heard it was being made into a film. I was kinda iffy about going to see it.

This gif gives me the jibblies just watching it. I hate that gaping black eye-hole thing they do. *shudder* That said, CAN'T WAIT! This movie and the Innkeepers have me very excited about horror this year.

I just came from watching it a few minutes ago... I was screaming my ass off... bUT the movie was initially good. I loved the ending... I won't spoil it though. Definitely a creeper and I have just learned that I'm not a horror movie person. Arthur and Sam were pretty cool, and Sam's wife was pretty awesome. Also, it was legitimately scary.
The sucky thing was that I was the only person in a full theater screaming... Sigh.

I also just came back from seeing it. I will have to clear my head before sleeping to ward off potential nightmares, though! Probably something cute and fluffy to erase the imagery. Seriously, though, it was very enjoyable and I really recommend it to anyone who enjoys a well-done horror film.

I loved this movie I screamed @ a lot of parts ;)

I plan to see this, but I have to admit I kept thinking it was another version of "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins

looks cool... I'm thinking of going to see it...hopefully it is worth wile!

While I haven't seen the movie, I saw the play a while back in London. It still makes me walk past a dark room rather quickly and really i think that was all it was meant to do. It was refreshing to know an ensemble of three actors could pull off such a brilliant spook that was totally different from todays tear apart terrors. I'm very interested to see the movie, but the play scared me so much i dont think ill do too well haha...plus the whole thing of being in the theater, and the aura produced by the three brilliant actors is kinda lost in a movie form. Hoping it's just as good.

I saw Woman in Black on stage in London a few years back. It's staged simply, with only two actors (and, of course, the Woman in Black). The audience was riveted. There were screams - literal screams - in the theater. Who knew a play could be so scary?
My book club also recently read the book on which the play is based. The novel made the blood drain from my face, remembered how spin-tingling watching the production was.
I want to see the movie...but yet I'm also kind of scared to!

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I found the movie awesome, but the end disappointed me badly.

Saw this with my girlfriend today and it did not disappoint. It's a true ghost story, in every sense of the word. It thrilled and chilled without resorting to the blood-n-guts horror that so many modern films think they need to have a good horror flick.

Daniel was AWESOME and really added a lot of believability to the horror and the supernatural scenes. You could see the loss and sorrow in his character's eyes as well as the fear and horror when the Lady in Black began to work her twisted ways.

The ending was sad yet oddly uplifting for me. But I was more focused on how beautifully crafted the movie was, not how horrifying it was. I'm rather easy to scare even at the best of times, so I knew it would at least make me jump, and I did scream... but only once. XD

I saw the movie last night and absolutely LOVED it! I don't get creeped out much during a horror movie and this movie had me (literally) jumping out of my seat (many times) and covered my eyes quite a bit. I thought Daniel did a wonderful job and all the acting was incredible. (Daniel in general looks FABULOUS in 1900's get up. Holy heck!) The interaction he had with the young boy who played his son (his godson - aww!) was too darn cute. Like everyone else, I too, was disappointed in the ending. It just felt like something else should have been *there*. I'm not sure what, just *something*. Other than that it was a fantastic movie.

I saw it the other night (and again on Wed, yay!). I really liked it. Most horror movies don't scare me, and I went in expecting to see a typical ghost story. I was pleasantly surprised by how well it was done. The first half was rather typical, I'll admit. I could figure out each and every scare and spent that time laughing at the reactions of the group of tweens in front of me (who screamed at everything). The second half ramped up the suspense to the point where I was on the edge of my seat, waiting for the next scare.

Slight spoiler here:

There is a scene toward the end of the movie where Arther Kipps waits for the Woman in Black, while his friend Samuel Daily is downstairs. You just know something is going to happen. There are a few small scares, but it all leads up to the big and final scare of that scene. And one, I'm proud to say, got me to scream.

This movie, also, did not rely on the normal music "Dun Dun" to announce a scare. If a shadow moved, it moved without the music announcing that it was a scare. For that, I'm grateful. It makes it more frightening when things like that are more natural in the movie than when it's announced.

I just got back from seeing this movie and I had to post how wonderful the film was. The ending was brilliant, I thought it was wonderful that since Arthur reunited the woman and black with her son that she reunited their family since Arthur was broke and miserable without his wife.

I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie. I was excited to see Daniel Radcliffe was playing in another movie. But, aside from my bias as a HP fan, the movie looks really good anyway.

I loved the film. I didn't care much for the ending, it totally shocked me. I liked the concept of "less is more". That's my kind of horror film. Thought the story was well done. I expected it to be different from the book. That didn't bother me a bit.

All in all, I thought it a good bit of acting and well done.

I though the movie over all was well done. Half way through, I was very pleased- it was quite spooky, but in a satisfying, unstressful kind of way. However, the last quarter of the movie wasn't really scary at all anymore. Like some others have said, I felt like the momentum was kind of blown. However, I still things it's a worthwhile ghost story, and I really enjoyed it over all.

IT WAS AMAZING AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE IT. DR was okay, but the way that the story is told is what makes the movie, go see it if you are a horror movie fan!

I really want to see this movie :) Looks awesome x]

I wish I could come out and say that The Woman in Black was an amazing horror movie and was the movie that would get Daniel Radcliffe out of the shadow of his teenage Harry Potter days. But I can’t, and the movie certainly did not. I did jump a few times, but it was not because there was anything truly scary during the movie. While Daniel Radcliffe did do a fairly good job, it was nowhere near as good as he could have been which I am going to blame the directors and writers for that

The acting was alright, the scares were alright sometimes. But it was mainly the face of the Woman in Black thrusting her face towards the camera. Once would have been forgivable, but they did it enough times that it lost its effect by the end of the movie. There were a few cheap jumps, but there were a very few genuinely scary moments in the movie. I don’t think it deserved even half of the hype that it got, it was a fairly decent movie but it will never stand up to the other movies that have gotten a lot of attention over the years. Sorry Dan.

Both the play and the movie were brilliant.

But they cut out the whole actor trying to help and old man tell his story bit which is what made the ending of the play so brilliant- so i agree with the ending leaving something in the movie. If you want a better ending- see the play at all costs. It was simply brilliant.

The scares were SPOT ON. I really like how, instead of cheap scares throughout, the whole film developed it into about 2-3 sections in the film. And damn if those sections were frightening.

The ending left me a bit... unsatisfied, but that's just me. Excellent direction, great cinematography, and the acting was really good. Go Harry.

i saw this movie today! - the first 'jump' scared me and made me laugh all at the same time - thats the best kind of 'scary movie' in my book - this movie is deffently worth it - still need to read the book though - wish i knew about it before i saw the movie :/

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it was so very interesting movie...!!!! I like it....

This is definitely a hearkening back to the old days of Hammer horror and of the old Universal style. Knowing that and being familiar with that background, the film is amazing and enjoyable. Something I could have easily seen Peter Cushing doing back in the day.

It's extremely atmospheric, which was something I really appreciated. I did feel as if I was left wanting more at the end, but not in a negative way. I thought the idea of her still not forgiving was great, and something that isn't often pulled off well in Western horror due to nice, neat narrative traditions.

I think Dan carried the mmovie very well. He's grown into his looks and has become quite Byronic looking which was just what the character needed.

Overall, I really liked this movie :)

I've been stewing in anticipation since I saw the first teaser for the movie at the end of last summer. Never once did it cross my mind that having seen Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter would color my take on the movie. I was lucky to see the movie with my BFF on Saturday someone who loves the classic horror genre as much as I do.

Courtesy of my mother I have an extreme love of horror movies especially the classic films where less was more. The majority of Hollywood has seemed to forgotten the less is more take on horror over the past 30 years with the exception of a choice few movies.

The Woman in Black is in my humble opinion one of the best horror movies to come out of Hollywood since The Others. It was a pleasure to watch Daniel bring Arthur to life and I have an incredible respect for his talent. The atmosphere/visuals were beautiful and haunting. The build up was slow enough to make my skin crawl yet not so slow as to lose my attention. I have to say I was on the edge of my seat the entire time and I can't begin to say how many times I nearly jumped out of my skin. The ending was not quite what I expected, but having never read the book nor seeing any other version of the story my imagination was running wild.

Leaving the theater I was pleasantly surprised and am interested in reading the original book now. If I were to give The Woman in Black a rating I would have to say 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Le film "Femme en Noir est très craquant ;) !

I really enjoyed watching this movie. :)

Ok. I might have blinked and missed it, but what happened to the dog Sam sends into the house with Arthur? One second she's barking at the door in the rainstorm and then there's muddy kid footprints and no dog. I didn't see her in the car when they're leaving the house. WHERE IS THE DOG?! Heeeelp!