Ghostbuster Potter....Daniel Radcliffe..The Woman In Black
Poor Daniel Radcliffe. Being cast as the main character in one of the biggest-selling franchises ever, means you are constantly referred to as Harry Potter. Surprisingly, after the first twenty minutes of this film, you forgot whom he's being typecast as and see Daniel Radcliffe as a real actor. This is his first baby-step towards a career in acting. It's set in the Edwardian era, where young Arthur Kipps, a solicitor sets out to look at the documents of a deceased Alice Drablow. He meets Ciarán Hinds playing Samuel Daily, a local landowner, the only other big name in the film. Arthur then travels to Eel Marsh House to examine the deceased widow's documents, where he meets the titular ghost. It replaces gore for chills. It gives the audience a shock but fails to back a real punch as a ghost story. I recently read the Susan Hill novel it's based on and the film is nothing like the book. It's quite enjoyable, but seems to be treading in it's own footprints a lot of the time. If you like ghostly horror films, you'll like this thriller.
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