The Woman in Black (film): Difference between revisions

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[[Daniel Radcliffe|Arthur Kipps]], a grieving widowed man, is sent to settle the affairs of a deceased widow. The locals seem to be in a rush to hurry him along his way, but he resolves to do the job he came to do.

It isn't until later, as bodies begin to pile up -- upon the bodies already there -- that Arthur learns [[Town ~~With~~ a Dark Secret|why]].

It isn't until later, as bodies begin to pile up -- upon the bodies already there -- that Arthur learns [[Town with a Dark Secret|why]].

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* [[Creepy Doll]]: GODDAMN EVERYWHERE.

* [[Dark Is Evil]]

* [[Death By Childbirth]]: Kipps' wife.

* [[Death by Childbirth]]: Kipps' wife.

* {{spoiler|[[Diabolus Ex Machina]]}}: See below.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: The titular woman steals children out of revenge {{spoiler|against her son being kept away from her}}...but the children she's stealing have nothing to do with the matter.

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** [[Epileptic Trees|Or the presence of]] {{spoiler|Kipp's wife}}, who was already foreshadowed as a [[Guardian Angel]], made it impossible for the Woman to claim them.

* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Daily's dog can sense whenever wrathful Jennet is nearby, or one of her ghost kids.

* [[The Farmer and ~~The~~ Viper]]: Kipp spends the last act of the movie {{spoiler|trying to reunite Jennet and her son, hoping it will put her at peace.}} Nope. Though it ''might'' have earned him the result in [[Even Evil Has Standards]].

* [[The Farmer and the Viper]]: Kipp spends the last act of the movie {{spoiler|trying to reunite Jennet and her son, hoping it will put her at peace.}} Nope. Though it ''might'' have earned him the result in [[Even Evil Has Standards]].

* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]]: {{spoiler|The final shot of the film seems to imply this. If you have kids, it's particularly unsettling.}}

* [[Freeze Frame Bonus]]: If you watch carefully (or pause judiciously) you can catch little glimpses of the Woman in the background of a lot of scenes. Usually leading up to a [[Jump Scare]], but not always. Notably when Arthur is running off into the woods at the beginning, the camera passes by her silhouette, but if you're not paying close attention you might mistake it for a tree, but there are others.

* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: If you watch carefully (or pause judiciously) you can catch little glimpses of the Woman in the background of a lot of scenes. Usually leading up to a [[Jump Scare]], but not always. Notably when Arthur is running off into the woods at the beginning, the camera passes by her silhouette, but if you're not paying close attention you might mistake it for a tree, but there are others.

* [[Ghostly Goals]]: The titular ghost exists to cause the children of the nearby town to kill themselves. Arthur believes that she's doing this {{spoiler|because she wants to be reunited with her son, and he risks his life to accomplish this}}.

* [[Girl in ~~The~~ Tower]]: Simultaneous use and inversion. {{spoiler|The solicitor's daughter is locked in the office basement to protect her from Jennet. It fails horribly.}}

* [[Girl in the Tower]]: Simultaneous use and inversion. {{spoiler|The solicitor's daughter is locked in the office basement to protect her from Jennet. It fails horribly.}}

* [[Hammer Horror]]: ...duh.

* [[Haunted House Historian]]: ''Everyone'' in town, but of course none of them are talky.

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* [[Psychic Powers]]: {{spoiler|Mrs. Daily has a connection with the soul of her son, who was taken by the Woman in Black.}}

* [[Quieter Than Silence]]: Often.

* [[Raised By Humans]]: Daily's dogs.

* [[Raised by Humans]]: Daily's dogs.

* [[Real After All]]: Sam Daily touts that Spiritualism is a hoax {{spoiler|even though the Woman in Black had taken his son as well, and his son's soul regularly takes possession of his wife}}.

* [[Room Full of Crazy]]: Nathaniel's room, where the wallpaper hides {{spoiler|missives from his mother either in red paint or actual blood}}.

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* [[Skeptic No Longer]]: Sam Daily finally acknowledges the supernatural nature of the house and the existence of the ghost in the last act, and helps Kipps lay the ghosts to rest. {{spoiler|Well, he tries.}}

* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|The whole Kipps family.}}

* [[Town ~~With~~ a Dark Secret]]

* [[Town with a Dark Secret]]

* [[Unfinished Business]]: Jennet watched her son die, his body never recovered but left in the bog where it was with a simple cross to mark its place. Our hero concludes that reuniting the two may well lay her to rest. {{spoiler|It doesn't work.}}

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Arthur. Maybe if we {{spoiler|reunite the ghost with her son}} she'll stop killing people! Nope.