The Woman In Black (2012 Horror Film) Reviews

Last night, I went to cinema with my aunt to watch this film and it's my first time to watch it during night hour with this horror flick... This is something that I'm waiting for when I'm about to watch horror film; the scare-out-of-your-chair moment and a pile of popcorn just stuff fully in your mouth because you are scared and nervous.... But after I'm watching the whole movie, I'm quite disappointed yet curious about the ending or if the story continued again.... I'm making my own prediction and how it continued and end... Well, of course, you must watch it yourself to get from the beginning of the story and until the end because that's really need your understanding to the story of what's going on.... But the best part is the sound effect, the background and of course, the spirits.... The spirits will sure make you jump out of your seat and say "S***!!" I did get a small jump because of the sudden ghost appeared of nowhere.... I love how they store those creepy but cute looking toys in the room and the rocking chair that rock itself violently and someone is hanging on top of the rocking chair then... Creeps right?

The story begins with a shot of three girls having tea and playing with dolls, who then simultaneously look at a corner of the room, and then immediately get up and jump out a window, committing suicide as their mother screams outside. In the Edwardian era, young solicitor Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) lives with his four-year-old son, Joseph (Misha Handley) and his son's nanny (Jessica Raine). Kipps's wife Stella (Sophie Stuckey) has died after childbirth. Kipps has been having visions of her and is facing financial problems along with stress from his firm. He is assigned to handle the estate of Alice Drablow, who owned an English manor known as the Eel Marsh House, where she had lived with her husband, son Nathaniel, and sister Jennet Humfrye (Liz White). Although the locals are unwelcoming, Kipps befriends Sam Daily (Ciarán Hinds), a wealthy landowner, and his wife Elizabeth (Janet McTeer).

At Eel Marsh House, located on an island in the marshes, Kipps repeatedly hears footsteps and sees a woman dressed in black. He reports the sighting at the local police station, but while there, two boys bring their sister Victoria (Alexia Osborne), who has drunk lye; she dies in Kipps's arms. She is not the first child in town to commit suicide and the townspeople believe the "Woman in Black" comes for their children as revenge for her own child being taken from her, and believe that when ever someone sees her, a child nearby is killed, which could be why children have been dying lately since Kipps' arrival at Eel Marsh House.
Kipps and Sam arrive at the house of Jerome, the local solicitor. The house is empty and they hear a noise from the cellar. Kipps peers through a hole in the cellar door and is startled when the face of a young girl, Lucy Jerome (Aoife Doherty) suddenly appears and screams at him to go away, believing he was responsible for Victoria's death. After returning to Sam's house for dinner, Kipps discovers that Sam and Elizabeth's son, Nicholas, drowned while playing at the beach and Nicholas communicates through possession; Elizabeth then draws a hanging woman who Kipps realizes is Jennet. Later at the Marsh, Kipps discovers notes claiming that Jennet was mentally unstable and was not allowed to care for Nathaniel, who was actually Jennet's son, although this fact was hidden by Alice, who raised Nathaniel as her own son. He also finds out that Jennet hanged herself due to his death long ago.

The villagers desperately want Kipps to leave but he refuses, wanting to protect his job. Throughout the night at the Marsh, Kipps has many paranormal experiences with the Woman in Black and all the children that committed suicide. The next morning, Sam and Kipps return to town to see the local solicitor, Jerome's house on fire. Kipps rushes inside to rescue Lucy, Jerome's daughter, who has been locked in the cellar. There, he sees the Woman in Black manipulate the girl into setting herself on fire. Kipps visits Mrs. Daily, who reveals in a trance that Joseph is the next victim. Kipps realizes he must put Nathaniel to rest by giving him a proper burial. Kipps and Sam go to the Marsh, locate Nathaniel's body, and lay him out in the nursery. The Woman in Black appears and attacks Kipps, but they finally lay Nathaniel to rest by burying him with his real mother, Jennet. After Kipps and Sam leave, the camera moves quickly through the hallway of the Marsh House and the voice of the Woman in Black can be heard saying "I'll never forgive!" "I'll never forgive!"

Kipps is reunited with his son, Joseph, at the railway station and plans to leave immediately. While bidding Sam goodbye, Kipps turns to Joseph, walking along the tracks towards a fast approaching train. Sam notices the Woman in Black along the platform as Kipps jumps onto the tracks to save Joseph. As the train passes, Sam looks through the windows to see the unrested souls of all the children the Woman in Black has claimed. Still standing on the tracks with Joseph, Kipps looks up to see the now deserted platform. Joseph asks, "Daddy, who is that lady?" to which Kipps replies with a smile, "That's your Mummy." Realizing he and his son have died, he kisses his son and takes his wife's hand, the three of them are then reunited in death. They 'go on' together, leaving the Woman in Black watching their reunion.

Alright.... At the end, Kipps is dead with his son after being rammed by oncoming train and that's the part I thought Kipps is able to save him and his son but I was wrong when the part where he saw no one on the railway station as Kipps calling Sam's name but with no respond, I think Kipps is dead already.... Finally, after such a distraught life he's living without her late wife, he feels his life is nothing and he also has quite a debts to settle and some stressful at work with his employer last warning to quit his job as lawyer.. There he is finally, reunited with her wife and son and he even smile at the end despite that he never smile throughout the movie...

And back to that Woman in Black, she never rest in peace but keeps haunting the village and taken children's life again because her son is dead, and no one save his son and she curse everyone in the village and her curse is never end and fearful too... Well, she never forgives anyone... And this is something thrill about it... It seems like the story is a real life but it wasn't but maybe alot will go "Awww!! Is this the end with the Woman in Black looking forward and it ends?" Yes... I bet this is the point of views by audiences... But for me... this is something extraordinary the story be and will let the audiences to think and create what will the Woman in Black do again in the future... to the village or to the next victim like Kipps....