The Woman in Black 2: The Angel of Death. Meh.
Not at all scary. Could've been, but there is no there there.
The film starts a few decades after the original in the midst of the bombing of Britain in the second World War. A bunch of school children are sent to the English countryside to escape the bombs. One of the kids had just lost his family in a bombing a couple of days before departure. His teachers act as chaperones expected to look after this orphan as they arrive at Eel Marsh House.
Before continuing the review, let me say how awkward it would be to send kids to the very town where nothing but children death occur because of the haunting at Eel Marsh House. Could someone consult the townsfolk before having plenty of ghost cannon fodder arrive? No, because the dang town was abandoned! (Hint, hint.)
Anyhow, because the original one had a real Woman in Black as the ghost, so does this installment. Yet, the filmmakers don't bother to make the atmosphere creepy or even Victorian. They just muster up some scares that you can see a mile away. Woman in black in the window. Check. Woman in black in the mirror. Check. Nothing new. Nothing scary.
I will say that they did bring harm to a few of the children which I was not expecting. I thought there was a taboo against showing children harm themselves?
Anyhow, this one didn't scare me. The first one creeped me out. The second not at all. I need a good scare. The last couple? Disappointing.
2 of 5 stars.
Not at all scary. Could've been, but there is no there there.
The film starts a few decades after the original in the midst of the bombing of Britain in the second World War. A bunch of school children are sent to the English countryside to escape the bombs. One of the kids had just lost his family in a bombing a couple of days before departure. His teachers act as chaperones expected to look after this orphan as they arrive at Eel Marsh House.
Before continuing the review, let me say how awkward it would be to send kids to the very town where nothing but children death occur because of the haunting at Eel Marsh House. Could someone consult the townsfolk before having plenty of ghost cannon fodder arrive? No, because the dang town was abandoned! (Hint, hint.)
Anyhow, because the original one had a real Woman in Black as the ghost, so does this installment. Yet, the filmmakers don't bother to make the atmosphere creepy or even Victorian. They just muster up some scares that you can see a mile away. Woman in black in the window. Check. Woman in black in the mirror. Check. Nothing new. Nothing scary.
I will say that they did bring harm to a few of the children which I was not expecting. I thought there was a taboo against showing children harm themselves?
Anyhow, this one didn't scare me. The first one creeped me out. The second not at all. I need a good scare. The last couple? Disappointing.
2 of 5 stars.