#the woman in black
Gothic, Horror, and Haunted Houses, Part 3: The Shining(1980),Poltergeist(1982),The Others(2001), Coraline(2009),The Awakening(2011),The Woman in Black(2012),The Conjuring(2013).
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The Woman in Black- Susan Hill
- Start date: 23/03/2022
- Finish date: 24/03/2022
- Genre: Horror
- Rating: 9/10
It took me only two days to read the book as it is only a short one with around 200 pages. I do wish it was a little longer, but I feel that if it were there would be a lot of unnecessary filling and the end might not be so conclusive. If you’re interested in horror novels then I *highly* recommend it. I did only read this book during the day time but maybe somebody else will be brave enough to read it at night. Hill is amazing at descriptive text in the book. Whatever emotions she wants the reader to feel, she delivers. “The marshes lay dull, misty and drear all about us, and, ahead, the flat countryside was dripping and gloomy, without colour…”
It took me only two days to read the book as it is only a short one with around 200 pages. I do wish it was a little longer, but I feel that if it were there would be a lot of unnecessary filling and the end might not be so conclusive. If you’re interested in horror novels then I *highly* recommend it. I did only read this book during the day time but maybe somebody else will be brave enough to read it at night. Hill is amazing at descriptive text in the book. Whatever emotions she wants the reader to feel, she delivers. “The marshes lay dull, misty and drear all about us, and, ahead, the flat countryside was dripping and gloomy, without colour…”
I don’t see this book as just a horror novel with jump-scares imbedded. It’s a little detective too. There’s a story that unravels the more you read and the tying of it all together at the end is very satisfying. That is the story of The Woman in Black, of course. Whilst reading, I had this gut feeling at the bottom of my stomach like I was about to experience the horrors that Mr Kipps did. It’s incredible writing.
If anyone reading this has also read it, please feel free to add your own (spoiler free!!) reviews in the comment below!
Happy reading!✨
Review: The Quiet Ones
Now, I’ve been excited for this for some time. It’s made by Hammer, who gave us the fantastic The Woman In Black, it’s had some great trailers, and it has a few decent actors thrown in to the mix. So, how did it turn out?
Well the good news is that it’s scary. The story follows a scientist in 1974 who is experimenting on a girl who he believes is manifesting supernatural powers that he can cure, and he enlists two students and a cameraman to help him and to document everything. As they work to separate what on the surface seems to be an evil spirit from the girl, the danger escalates until of course there is a violent and dramatic conclusion.
The film has a few real strengths. It is unrelentingly creepy throughout, the scares are often unpredictable and include a few good fake outs, the atmosphere is great thanks to good sets and costumes, and the idea to have a lot of the film seen through the flickering poor quality of the 1970’s era camera filming the proceedings is genius. It escapes the well worn tropes of found footage while maintaining the strengths of that media.
So what’s wrong with it you say? Well, unfortunately its failures rest solely with the plot. It has a good premise, it plays with science versus evil well, keeps the audience guessing, and towards the end looks set to unveil a real kicker of a plot line that will explain what’s going on. The problem is it never does. Story threads are left unexplored, or even totally forgotten, and what seems like the build up to a fantastic ending is totally undermined by the fact that the film provides close to zero actual explanation. I know film goers don’t like endless exposition and of course it’s often better to leave doubt and mystery in the viewer’s mind, but The Quiet Ones leaves just about everything up to interpretation, and it will leave you scratching your head. To add to this, there seems to be no discernible reason for the film to be called The Quiet Ones. Right near the end a totally irrelevant character speaks the words but illuminates precisely nothing, cheapening the film in the process by forcing the name drop.
In the end The Quiet Ones suffers from being all style and no real substance. As a horror film, it succeeds with flying colours in many ways, but without a proper story to make it worthwhile it ends up feeling a little pointless. It’s fun, creepy and tense, but ultimately very unsatisfying. A missed opportunity.
Overall Rating:5/10
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IMDb has some new exclusive stillsfromThe Woman in Black: Angel of Death, sequel to the 2012 movie starring Daniel Radcliffe.
Watchhere the latest trailer.
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