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The Woman in Black, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Woman in Black
Year of Release: 2012
Directed By: James Watkins
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer
Genre: Horror, Suspense/Thriller

Overview:
Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a widowed lawyer whose grief has put his career in jeopardy, is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric.  But upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the town is keeping a deadly secret.  Although the townspeople try to keep Kipps from learning their tragic history, he soon discovers that the house belonging to his client is haunted by the ghost of a woman who is determined to find someone and something she lost... and no one, not even the children, are safe from her vengeance.

My Thoughts:
What a great ghost story!  It has all the elements I like - loads of atmosphere, Gothic style chills, and well-developed, interesting characters with motive.  Yes, this is a traditional style ghost story - heavy on mystery and figuring out what is going on and why it is happening - but there are plenty of scares present, and the ghosts are suitably frightening and unnerving. 

I'll admit I bought it for the combination of the interesting sounding story and the presence of Daniel Radcliffe, and he didn't disappoint me.   I think he has a great future as an actor and found his performance to be very convincing.  The production designs are all wonderfully creepy, and the score contributes to the feelings of anticipation, dread and isolation. 

Well worth a watch if you like this style of ghost story. 

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 4/5

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 12th, 2014)

Milo, a review by addicted2dvd

Milo
In a quiet suburban town, four young girls witness the demise of a classmate at the hands of Milo, a young boy who mysteriously disappears. Sixteen years later, the wedding of one of the four girls brings them all back to the place of their childhood trauma, only to have the horrifying nightmare of the demonic Milo return as well.

My Thoughts:
This is a movie that I bought several years ago when I used to buy off of Ebay. And is one of the reasons I stopped buying from Ebay sellers. As I have reason to believe my copy of this movie is a bootleg copy. I only watched this once when I first got it... and decided to watch it again today to decide if I enjoyed it enough to replace it with a proper release. After watching it... at least at this point I am undecided about it. As this movie is little better then an average horror movie. So I am not sure if I want to put more money to this particular title. It is a pretty good idea for a story... but the actual movie didn't come out as good as it should have. Sections of the movie was rather slow... being only mildly entertaining.




(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 3/6 - 3/8 on March 6th, 2009)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

1.10 The Gift of the Wheelman (1994-12-15)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Paul Haggis (Writer)
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Ryan Phillippe (Del Porter), James Purcell (William Porter), Tom McCamus (Jimmy Donnelly), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), David Calderisi (Ray's Dad), David Campbell (Cameron), Ben Gordon (Oliver), Don McManus (Santa), Damon D'Oliveira (Robert)

A good episode. Ryan Phillipe appears in an early role. I always liked the interaction between Fraser and his father. This episode is not exception.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on July 10th, 2009)