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Whistle Stopper - Woman in Black (1989)
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Starring: Adrian Rawlins, Bernard Hepton, David Daker, Pauline Moran, David Ryall
Directed By: Herbert Wise
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302925524
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302925525
Label: Bfs Entertainment
Manufacturer: Bfs Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
Release Date: 1998-11-11
Running Time: 100
Studio: Bfs Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
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Summary: Quietly and genuinely terrifying.
Comment: Herbert Wise's "The Woman in Black" is not a particularly well-known horror film, yet there are nearly 140 reviews of it on this Web site. That gives you an idea of the impact this DVD has on anyone who has ever seen it. It begins and proceeds quietly, it contains no gore, it would bore the life out of people whose idea of a great horror film is "Hostel" or "Saw." Yet for those viewers who appreciate films such as "The Innocents" or the original "Haunting," "The Woman in Black" is an obvious and unforgettable classic. The film's quietly foreboding atmosphere seeps into your bones and your brain, leading to a scene about three-quarters of the way through that contains more genuine terror in its sixty-second duration than all the multiple hours of the "Saw" movies combined. And that scene, in turn, prepares you for the devastating, take-no-prisoners ending. It is a tragedy that this DVD is now virtually unavailable anywhere; according to Susan Hill, the author of the original novel, Universal has bought the rights to "The Woman in Black," and for whatever reason refuses either to re-release it on DVD or allow it to be broadcast. If you can find a copy, snap it up, and count yourself lucky.
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Summary: Don't watch if you are easily scared!!
Comment: A young solicitor is sent from London to settle the estate of a woman. When he attends her funeral/rememberance service (I can't remember which it is), he sees a woman dressed entirely in black, standing at the back of the church, who he assumes is a mourner. Then, he saves a childs life, unaware that the Woman in Black's (who is the dead womans sisters ghost) anger is now directed at him and his family.
I first saw this when I was 14, and I will never watch it again - not because it is a bad movie because it isn't - but because it frightened me too much.
At school, we read a passage from the book and then our teacher decided that we should watch the movie. We were all TERRIFIED when the scene where the Woman in Black comes through the window and floats over Kidd's bed, although, just before that there is something that also frightened us, which was when Kidd finds the toy soldier underneath his pillow, and he hears a childs voice say "It's for you". That scene still haunts me to this day, nearly 7 YEARS after I saw the film.
Some people may watch it simply because it is a horror movie, but it is not like the horror movies that are made today - there is no blood, it is not gory or anything like that, it is just an old-fashioned ghost story BUT it is so atmospheric that it is still terrifying.
Do not watch:-
1.just before going to bed. You will be unable to sleep,
2.alone.
3.with the lights out.
If you are easily scared, AVOID THIS FILM!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Disappointing
Comment: We at the Rooten Review were so looking forward to watching this Kneale adaptation of the Susan Hill book, that the letdown was almost painful.
What's it all about?
A young British attorney (we guess he's a solicitor) is strong-armed by his much older (and meaner) boss into tidying up an estate matter. One of the firm's clients - a lonely widow - has finally died, leaving Arthur Kidd to settle all her matters, sell the house and face the unsympathetic spectre who haunts the woman's house. Nobody in the drab town believes in ghosts, but they fear them just the same. The ghost appears as a funereal-garbed woman and times her arrival to coincide with some catastrophe that maims and kills children. The story tosses in a haunted house - the one that must be sold - accessible only by a path frequently submerged by tides. Can Kidd learn the secret of the Woman in Black? And what fateful consequences does she bode for him?
This was a slim story. Trying to avoid spoilers, but the main problem is that apart from several critical scenes, nothing much happens here. The plot works in the ghost's earthly origins as its backstory, but the result never connects with the actions of the ghost as observed by the hero. Too much of what the ghost does is simply arbitrary - it's 1st seen by Kidd at a funeral well away from the grim house, and then it follows him once he's been there and back. The ghost apparently chooses its victims, but there's little evidence in its preferences. Neither is the story all that scary. There is one exceptional scene which is maddening in its ability to generate tension, but it's not just the scariest scene, but one of the few that rises above simply chilling. Worse, it's soon followed by another scary scene which seems to borderline on cheesy.
"Black" is a handsome production - if you watched a lot of "Mystery" on PBS during the `80's, then it's probably familiar ground, with Harriet Vane and Lord Peter Whimsey looking to appear around the next corner. You watch it and begin to wonder if perhaps a tad too much attention was paid to getting cars and clothes right, and not enough making the story seem all that cogent. We caught this flick a week after we caught "The Stone Tape" (and got scared out of our pants in the process), and while "Black" looks more expensive, "Tape" remains the clearly superior chill-fest of the 2.
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Summary: Great Old Fashioned Ghost Stiry
Comment: This is a classic ghost story that should be seen...At night with the lights off. This movie has it all. Old house, mysterious sounds, a creepy old woman and plenty of fog. The hair on my arms are standing at attention just thinking about the bedroom scene. A note to those of you who love those knife wielding slasher movies. Once you seen the Woman In Black, you'll never go back.
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Summary: Great ghost story.
Comment: In 92' I saw this movie on A&E, and 13 years later it still freaks me out. When you see her just standing there motionless, staring the man down it gives you goose bumps.
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