The Woman in Black2012
“What did they see?”
Directed by James Watkins
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🏆 5 wins & 14 nominations total
The premise
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.
Horror Vault's take
A young solicitor dispatched to settle the affairs of a deceased client finds himself utterly alone in a crumbling Edwardian mansion on the edge of a fog-shrouded marsh — and he is far from the only presence there. The locals are conspicuously tight-lipped, the house holds dark secrets behind every locked door, and a pale figure in mourning dress keeps appearing at the edges of his vision. As Arthur Kipps digs deeper into the estate's haunted history, the stakes escalate beyond paperwork into something far more desperate. Steeped in classic Gothic atmosphere, this is slow-burn supernatural horror that earns its chills through dread rather than gore.
Content: Jump Scares, Peril To Children, Disturbing Imagery, Mild Supernatural Violence
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