So this movie wasn't that bad.
The plot made sense, it moved along at a pretty good pace. I was never
bored or got confused. There were some creepy and shocking parts that
were well done and not too over the top. It also has an emotional element
as well, so have some Kleenex on hand just in case. Its a pretty good
movie, and I'd recommend giving it a try.
Summary:
It
starts out with a pretty shocking scene. Its in England when most people
still used carriages and telegrams. There are three young girls playing
tea party with their dolls. They suddenly stop playing and stare at these
3 big windows. They then get up in a trance like state and walk to the
windows, stepping on and crushing the porcelain dolls and tea sets. Then
they open the windows and jump out, it turns out they were playing in the attic
and of course died.
We then
go to see Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) getting ready to leave town on
business. His son, Joseph, is sad that his dad is leaving again. He
promises his son they will only be apart for two days before his son and the
nanny meet him at the coastal town he is being sent to, so they can have a
small vacation. His son shows his dad a picture of him, his dad, the
nanny, and his mom in the sky above them. Arthur then has a flash back to
when his late wife, Stella, died after giving birth to Joseph.
Next
Arthur is in his boss' office. They are discussing that he will be going
to settle a recently deceased woman's estate. There is a man that lives
in the town that is supposed to be going through all the paperwork in the
house, Mr. Bentley, but hasn't made any progress.
So he
gets on a train where he meets an old man named, Mr. Daily. This man
turns out to be a rich guy and owns the only car in the town. He offers
to drive Arthur to the Inn because of the rain, and says if he wants he can
join him and his wife for dinner sometime. He makes it the Inn and finds
his room reservation didn't go through, and has to sleep in the attic.
Yes, this is the attic where the three little girls jumped from. There
are still doll and tea sets everywhere. The innkeepers will only let him
stay the one night, and tell him he should just take the train back home.
He gets
up and goes to meet with Mr.Bentley to discuss what has been discovered already
and to ride with him to the estate. Mr. Bentley tells Arthur that all the
paperwork has just been sent to the firm and that he should just go back.
He even has a a carriage outside, paid and waiting to take him back to the
train station. Arthur persuades the driver to take him to the estate,
which is right on a moorland and marsh.
He
lights the candles and starts to go through all the papers, that are scattered
all over the huge house. After a while he looks out the window into the
graveyard on the property and sees a woman dressed in black funeral
attire. He of course then runs out to find out who it is, and finds
nobody. The carriage driver then comes and takes him back to town, and he
heads straight to the Constable. The man goes in the back rooms to look
something up and then two young boys and a girl come in. The girl is
obviously sick, and one of the boys says that it's his sister and that she
drank lye soap while their mom wasn't looking. There isn't anything he
can do but yell for the Constable to come back out, but it's too late and she
dies. Everyone in the town then starts giving him dirty looks.
Arthur
runs into Mr.Daily at the cemetery. Mr.Daily tell him about how his son
died when he was young, and then they head to Mr.Daily's house for
dinner. He meets Mrs.Daily, who has 'the twins' join them for dinner (two
adorable chihuahuas in sailor outfits that sit in high chairs with bibs).
His wife asks about Arthur's family and son. She then has an episode
where she seems possessed, picks up her knife, and starts carving into the
table. Arthur spends the night in the Daily home, and he and Mr. Daily
discuss ghosts and spirits. Arthur then reveals his wife died and that he
still feels her sometimes.
The
next morning Mr. Daily gives Arthur a ride to the estate, and leaves him with
his dog (not the chihuahuas). On the way there, the villagers block him
off and tell him to leave, but they fake them out and get there anyway.
Mr.Daily then mentions the curse about the Lady in Black. Every time she
is seen by someone, a child dies.
Arthur
then sees the woman again over the course of the night and sees people coming
in from the ground. He finds out that the woman who owned the estate had a
sister. This sister had a son, but the woman had her declared mentally
unfit and gained custody of him. One day when they were riding home on a
carriage, they sunk into the moor. The carriage, horses, and the boy sunk
down and couldn't be found or saved. The sister blamed the woman and
killed herself in the estate. She was also furious they couldn't find her son's
body and give him a proper burial.
Then
when Mr.Daily drives him back into town they pass the Bentley's house and see
it's on fire. Arthur rushes in and tries to save the girl they said was
trapped inside. When he finds her she is just standing there with a
lantern and staring at him. Then he sees the Woman in Black behind the
girl and she smashes the lantern on her feet and is covered in flames
instantly.
Arthur
talks to Mrs.Daily and finds out her son was taken by the Woman in Black and
that Mr.Bentley had lost another daughter before. She then becomes
possessed again by her son, that tells Arthur the Woman made them kill
themselves because she is mad about her son. He comes up with a plan and
asks Mr. Daily to help at the estate that night.
They
use the car to go and pull the boy's body out of the ground and lay him on his
bed inside. He then makes it so the Woman sees him and can be reunited
again. So they think everything is good and over.
The
next day Arthur goes to the train station to pick up his son and the
nanny. While he and the nanny are talking to somebody the little boy goes
down onto the train tracks in front of a train. Arthur runs and tries to
get him out before the train hits them. They then are reunited with
Stella. As the reunited family walks off, The Woman in Black smiles and
watches them.
Was it
scary? Not really.
Did it
have creepy old vintage wind up toys? Too many...
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