Post by The Curmudgeon on Apr 14, 2017 13:56:06 GMT 2
From 90's comedy to something way more recent, and a film that came on a wave of excellent original horror movies, but instead of found footage and ZING! jump cuts that you can expect from most modern horror, this was heavily in debt to the movies that had come before it. A legacy that began in the 50's with some of the most iconic films in the genre. If you know your horror, then Hammer Horror should hold a special place in your heart.
And you know what? THIS Hammer Horror movie is the most financially successful one of them all, and the highest grossing British horror film in over 20 years. But when you've got a fresh out of Hogwarts Daniel Radcliffe on board, that's probably not too surprising.
It's the Woman in Black.
I'll admit sitting down to watch this with pretty low expectations. I hadn't read any reviews of it, and I was expecting some ho-hum hokum based solely on getting undemanding Harry Potter fans into the cinema. Well, colour me pleasantly surprised. An atmospheric, gloomy and genuinely spooky old-school horror, eschewing the gore and tits of later Hammer releases and going for a more slow paced, creepy Gothic mood; all big castles and lakes smothered in fog. Radcliffe himself is serviceable enough, obviously keen to prove his acting chops beyond Potter, but the fairly straight forward plot and haunted house angle give genuine scares. A suitably British film that can sit comfortably in the Hammer canon.
I heard there's a sequel that both sucked and tanked, so that's something that WILL remain unmentioned, but any love for the original Woman in Black?
And you know what? THIS Hammer Horror movie is the most financially successful one of them all, and the highest grossing British horror film in over 20 years. But when you've got a fresh out of Hogwarts Daniel Radcliffe on board, that's probably not too surprising.
It's the Woman in Black.
I'll admit sitting down to watch this with pretty low expectations. I hadn't read any reviews of it, and I was expecting some ho-hum hokum based solely on getting undemanding Harry Potter fans into the cinema. Well, colour me pleasantly surprised. An atmospheric, gloomy and genuinely spooky old-school horror, eschewing the gore and tits of later Hammer releases and going for a more slow paced, creepy Gothic mood; all big castles and lakes smothered in fog. Radcliffe himself is serviceable enough, obviously keen to prove his acting chops beyond Potter, but the fairly straight forward plot and haunted house angle give genuine scares. A suitably British film that can sit comfortably in the Hammer canon.
I heard there's a sequel that both sucked and tanked, so that's something that WILL remain unmentioned, but any love for the original Woman in Black?
