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The Woman in Black (1989) - Movie Review
The Woman in Black is a 1989 made for Television horror mystery drama film starring Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker, Pauline Moran and directed by Herbert Wise adapted from the 1983 gothic horror novel of the same name written by Susan Hill.
Movie Review:
What I loved about The Woman in Black is that it actually spends it's time with the characters and very succesfully develops the main character Arthur's personality, with his extremely likeable presence, into interestingly intriguing and incredibly empathetic human being that really feels down to Earth. The characters work because they do indeed feel down to earth, they feel like real people and the impeccably smart usage of building up tension throughout the story with subtle stutters and peculiarly mysterious circumstances under the beautiful direction of Herbert Wise added with the eerie silence in lots of moments and a chilling score to the others, The Woman in Black is a very creepy and effective horror film that understands atmosphere, direction, creative storytelling, the way to execute it's story effectively and most importantly the characters themselves that make the story and the main character's development. The way the film shows us things one at a time, clearly positively trusting the audience which I had a lot of admiration for, is really smart because everything feels secretive and mysterious and thus is more chilling. We see this unsettling tale unfold through the eyes of Arthur and the movie does a fantastic job at making sure we are just as curious as Arthur is. I'm going to give The Woman in Black an A. Even though I don't hate the 2012 adaptation I still find it appallingly sad that it's much more known than this version which I think is so much better in every single way from it's direction, storytelling, characters and their developments as well as smart tension.
Movie Info:
Title: The Woman in Black
Classifications: 15 (UK) NR (USA)
Physical Media / Release: DVD / Blu-Ray / YouTube (Free From Uploader as of Present Time)
Director: Herbert Wise
Movie Review:
What I loved about The Woman in Black is that it actually spends it's time with the characters and very succesfully develops the main character Arthur's personality, with his extremely likeable presence, into interestingly intriguing and incredibly empathetic human being that really feels down to Earth. The characters work because they do indeed feel down to earth, they feel like real people and the impeccably smart usage of building up tension throughout the story with subtle stutters and peculiarly mysterious circumstances under the beautiful direction of Herbert Wise added with the eerie silence in lots of moments and a chilling score to the others, The Woman in Black is a very creepy and effective horror film that understands atmosphere, direction, creative storytelling, the way to execute it's story effectively and most importantly the characters themselves that make the story and the main character's development. The way the film shows us things one at a time, clearly positively trusting the audience which I had a lot of admiration for, is really smart because everything feels secretive and mysterious and thus is more chilling. We see this unsettling tale unfold through the eyes of Arthur and the movie does a fantastic job at making sure we are just as curious as Arthur is. I'm going to give The Woman in Black an A. Even though I don't hate the 2012 adaptation I still find it appallingly sad that it's much more known than this version which I think is so much better in every single way from it's direction, storytelling, characters and their developments as well as smart tension.
Movie Info:
Title: The Woman in Black
Classifications: 15 (UK) NR (USA)
Physical Media / Release: DVD / Blu-Ray / YouTube (Free From Uploader as of Present Time)
Director: Herbert Wise
