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The Woman in Black. The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to reduce moments of strong violence / horror in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available. German theatrical release used the cut UK version to secure a more commercial "Not under 12" rating. DVD release is uncut and was rated "Not under 16".
The Woman in Black: Directed by James Watkins. With Emma Shorey, Molly Harmon, Ellisa Walker-Reid, Sophie Stuckey. A young solicitor travels to a remote village where he discovers that the vengeful ghost of a scorned woman is terrorizing the locals.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- James Watkins
- 2012-02-03
Directed by James Watkins. 2012English95minTV-MA. Play Trailer. Based on the classic ghost story, THE WOMAN IN BLACK tells the tale of Arthur Kipps, a lawyer who is forced to leave his young son and travel to a remote village to attend to the affairs of the recently deceased owner of Eel Marsh House. Working alone in the old mansion, Kipps ...
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In the English village of Crythin Gifford in 1889, three young girls playing in their nursery notice a presence in the room; appearing entranced, they all jump to their deaths from the window. In 1906, in Edwardian London, lawyer Arthur Kipps's son Joseph is born, but his wife, Stella, dies after childbirth. Four years later, Arthur is instructed t...
Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a young lawyerCiarán Hinds as Samuel "Sam" Daily, local landownerJanet McTeer as Elisabeth Daily, Sam's wifeLiz White as Jennet HumfryeDevelopment
The film was announced in 2009, with Jane Goldman as screenwriter and later James Watkins as director. Daniel Radcliffe was announced as the actor playing the part of Arthur Kipps on 19 July 2010. Two months later, it was announced that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 co-star Ciarán Hinds would join Radcliffe along with Janet McTeer as Mr and Mrs Daily respectively. Before filming, Radcliffe saw a psychologist so he could better understand his character. The part of Joseph Kipps...
Filming
The film was planned to be shot in 3D, but the idea was later scrapped. Principal photography officially started on September 26, 2010. The next day, Radcliffe was pictured in costume just outside Peterborough, England. In early October the crew was filming in Layer Marney Tower. Filming officially ended on 4 December 2010. The exterior shots of Eel Marsh House were filmed at Cotterstock Hall near Oundle in central England. The fictional Nine Lives Causeway leading to it was filmed at Osea Is...
Post-Production
At the Kapow! Comic Con in London during April 2011, director James Watkins confirmed filming had been completed in December 2010 and post-production would go on until June 2011. For its British release, several changes were made in order to qualify for a 12A certificate: Momentum Pictures, the distributor, arranged to have six seconds cut and for changes to other shots, with some scenes darkened and the sound level reduced on some others. Despite the cuts, the 12A certificate was seen as hig...
Critical Reception
The Woman in Black was met with generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a rating of 66%, based on 195 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Traditional to a fault, The Woman in Black forwent gore for chills—although it may not provide enough of them for viewers attuned to modern, high-stakes horror." On Metacritic the film has a score of 62 out of 100, based on 40 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Box Office
During opening weekend, The Woman in Black earned $20 million, the biggest US opening for a Hammer film in all of Hammer history, putting it at second place in the box office, behind Chronicle, which earned about $1 million more. This is significantly more than the $11–$16.5 million industry analysts predicted it would bring in. By June 2012, The Woman in Black had made $127.7 million worldwide. The film also became the highest-grossing British horror film in 20 years.
Home Media
The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on June 18, 2012 in the United Kingdom, and was released in the United States on May 22, 2012.
Main article: The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014) In April 2012, Hammer Films announced that there would be a sequel to The Woman in Black, which is titled The Woman in Black: Angel of Death(2014). The official plot synopsis is: "During World War II, the London bombings force schoolteachers Eve Parkins (Phoebe Fox) and Jean Hogg (Helen McCror...
The Woman in Black (2012)has been released on DVD and Blu Ray.The Woman in Black (2012)can currently be streamed on Pluto TV, Free w/ Ads.The Woman in Black (2012)can currently be rented/purchased digitally on various VOD platforms including Prime Video and Vudu.The 2012 film version of The Woman in Black, produced by Hammer Horror, directed by James Watkins, and starring Daniel Radcliffe and Ciarán Hinds. Arthur Kipps, a grieving widowed man, is sent to settle the affairs of a deceased widow. The locals seem to be in a rush to hurry him along his way, but he resolves to do the job he came to do.
Jul 5, 2012 · The Woman in Black is a classic Victorian ghost story and the director James Watkins does an excellent job in creating an oppressive and unsettling atmosphere throughout the film. The town of Crythin Gifford is a rural town, not unlike the setting of The Wicker Man , yet Watkins manages to give it its own identity through the increasingly disturbing behaviour of the locals.
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The Woman in Black is a 2012 British horror film directed by James Watkins and written by Jane Goldman, based on Susan Hill's novel of the same name. This is the second film version of the novel ...
