The Woman in Black (film): Difference between revisions

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* {{spoiler|[[Bittersweet Ending]]}}: {{spoiler|The protagonist and his son die, but they're reunited with his wife and seemingly happy to be together. Also, unlike the rest of the children the Woman has taken, they're free to move on to the afterlife. However the [[Bittersweet Ending]] is Bitter enough to veer into [[Downer Ending]] territory --Arthur and Joseph ''are'' dead, after all, and the Woman in Black ''will'' continue to torment the village.}}

* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: {{spoiler|The lye victim}}, in a severe example.

* [[Collector of the Strange]]

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

* {{spoiler|[[The Hero Dies]]}}

** [[Harry Potter|Harry and Aberforth]] are trying to stop the ghost of [[Life On Mars|WPC Annie Cartwright]].

** [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|Dr Watson]] turns up as PC Collins.

* [[Old Dark House]]: Also a [[Haunted House]].

* [[Powder Keg Crowd]]: When children start dying after Arthur arrives in town, the townsfolk blame him because of his connection with the manor, and at one point surround Daily's car as he's ready to drive out of town. Daily defuses the situation.{{spoiler|..before nearly running them over.}}

* [[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.

* [[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}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Everything that the main character does in this movie, including his attempts to set things right with Jennet and her dead son, is rendered pointless at the end when he and his son are simply murdered by Jennet's ghost. [[Bittersweet Ending|At the very least, though, he and his son are reunited with his wife]].}}

** Several scenes, to Harry Potter:

*** {{spoiler|The afterlife scene being in a train station.}}