God bless YouTube, from the bottom
of my cold dead heart. If it wasn’t for YouTube I wouldn’t be able to
re-watch these great old shows. Not now HMV is gone anyway. There was a time
when I could stumble across something I hadn’t seen in years and pick it up for
four euro, but alas! those days are gone *sniff* (and I now understand Bella’s
near catatonic state in New Moon after Edward leaves her. Love of her life he
may be, but can he offer her a huge selection of movies for a relatively cheap
price? I think not! My grief out-weights hers.)
Centered around Arthur Kidd, a young
solicitor sent to the eerie Eel Marsh House to gather together the legal papers
from the recently deceased client, Mrs. Drablow.
The sinister presence of the mysterious Woman in Black is soon seen and felt by Arthur.
The sinister presence of the mysterious Woman in Black is soon seen and felt by Arthur.
This 1989 version of The Woman in
Black is something I have been looking for on DVD for ages. I was delighted
when I found the full movie on YouTube.
Like most things from the 80’s - namely the hairstyles and the fashion - it has potential to scare but when you come from seeing the new Daniel Radcliffe version you are ultimately let down.
I know purists will scoff and dismiss me, but whatever! The 2012 version was MUCH scarier, and held such little golden moments of film-making it made you an instant fan of Joe Wright’s directing abilities.
Of course the book out-does them all. But this adaption is a good one because it is, I can’t say ‘throw-back’ since it was made in the 80’s but it is in the style of old story telling. A manner of less is more. It doesn’t go in for cheap shocks, it simply relies on the eerie atmosphere of Eel Marsh house, of the marshland and it’s ‘frets’ (the sea breezes) to get across its frights.
Like most things from the 80’s - namely the hairstyles and the fashion - it has potential to scare but when you come from seeing the new Daniel Radcliffe version you are ultimately let down.
I know purists will scoff and dismiss me, but whatever! The 2012 version was MUCH scarier, and held such little golden moments of film-making it made you an instant fan of Joe Wright’s directing abilities.
Of course the book out-does them all. But this adaption is a good one because it is, I can’t say ‘throw-back’ since it was made in the 80’s but it is in the style of old story telling. A manner of less is more. It doesn’t go in for cheap shocks, it simply relies on the eerie atmosphere of Eel Marsh house, of the marshland and it’s ‘frets’ (the sea breezes) to get across its frights.
I wish more shows were like this. I
wish more ghost stories were like this. I think Mark Gatiss should bring back
the ‘Ghost Story for Christmas’ tradition. If I can’t do it, I think he is the
man to ;)
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