{"id":3485,"date":"2016-06-21T19:07:11","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T23:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T21:46:54","slug":"the-woman-in-black-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3485","title":{"rendered":"The Woman in Black-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Woman in Black-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director James Watkins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott\u2019s Review #429<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70206133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3486\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70206133-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70206133\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70206133-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70206133.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: C<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Woman in Black (2012) is an example of a recent trend in modern horror films. The positives are great effects (shadows, lighting, ghosts, some scares), but the story is not compelling and makes no sense causing it to be a negative.<\/p>\n<p>The eerie setting of foggy London and a creepy seaside village are perfect.<\/p>\n<p>The cinematography dynamic instantly elicits a feeling of dread, coldness, and secrets.<\/p>\n<p>From that point, the story sinks into a chaotic mess of unbelievable twists that, instead of compelling, only confuses the viewer until he or she no longer cares.<\/p>\n<p>That is a shame.<\/p>\n<p>I give Daniel Radcliffe credit for trying to shake his Harry Potter image by going the horror route. I suspect that is the entire point of the film, as it centers around Radcliffe, but it seemed like I was still watching a Harry Potter movie.<\/p>\n<p>Nice effects, but poor story. This Woman in Black (2012) will be forgotten before long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Woman in Black-2012 Director James Watkins Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Janet McTeer Scott\u2019s Review #429 Reviewed June 21, 2016 Grade: C The Woman in Black (2012) is an example of a recent trend in modern horror films. The positives are great effects (shadows, lighting, ghosts, some scares), but the story is not compelling and makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3485\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Woman in Black-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8303,3545,13,3544,3546],"tags":[75,8305,3548,248,3547,3549],"class_list":["post-3485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-ciaran-hinds","category-daniel-radcliffe","category-horror-films","category-james-watkins","category-janet-mcteer","tag-2012-movie-reviews","tag-ciaran-hinds","tag-daniel-radcliffe","tag-horror-films","tag-james-watkins","tag-janet-mcteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3485"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19957,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3485\/revisions\/19957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}