Horror Extreme Movie Catalog

Herbert Wise's "The Woman in Black" is not a particularly well-known horror film, yet there are nearly 140 reviews of it on this Web site. That gives you an idea of the impact this DVD has on anyone who has ever seen it. It begins and proceeds quietly, it contains no gore, it would bore the life out of people whose idea of a great horror film is "Hostel" or "Saw." Yet for those viewers who appreciate films such as "The Innocents" or the original "Haunting," "The Woman in Black" is an obvious and unforgettable classic. The film's quietly foreboding atmosphere seeps into your bones and your brain, leading to a scene about three-quarters of the way through that contains more genuine terror in its sixty-second duration than all the multiple hours of the "Saw" movies combined. And that scene, in turn, prepares you for the devastating, take-no-prisoners ending. It is a tragedy that this DVD is now virtually unavailable anywhere; according to Susan Hill, the author of the original novel, Universal has bought the rights to "The Woman in Black," and for whatever reason refuses either to re-release it on DVD or allow it to be broadcast. If you can find a copy, snap it up, and count yourself lucky.

A young solicitor is sent from London to settle the estate of a woman. When he attends her funeral/rememberance service (I can't remember which it is), he sees a woman dressed entirely in black, standing at the back of the church, who he assumes is a mourner. Then, he saves a childs life, unaware that the Woman in Black's (who is the dead womans sisters ghost) anger is now directed at him and his family.

I first saw this when I was 14, and I will never watch it again - not because it is a bad movie because it isn't - but because it frightened me too much.

At school, we read a passage from the book and then our teacher decided that we should watch the movie. We were all TERRIFIED when the scene where the Woman in Black comes through the window and floats over Kidd's bed, although, just before that there is something that also frightened us, which was when Kidd finds the toy soldier underneath his pillow, and he hears a childs voice say "It's for you". That scene still haunts me to this day, nearly 7 YEARS after I saw the film.

Some people may watch it simply because it is a horror movie, but it is not like the horror movies that are made today - there is no blood, it is not gory or anything like that, it is just an old-fashioned ghost story BUT it is so atmospheric that it is still terrifying.

Do not watch:-

1.just before going to bed. You will be unable to sleep,

2.alone.

3.with the lights out.
If you are easily scared, AVOID THIS FILM!!!!!!!!