The Woman in Black

What it’s about:

Arthur Kipps, a widowed lawyer whose grief has put his career in jeopardy, is sent to a remote village to sort out the affairs of a recently deceased eccentric. But upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the town is keeping a deadly secret.

Although the townspeople try to keep Kipps from learning their tragic history, he soon discovers that the house belonging to his client is haunted by the ghost of a woman who is determined to find someone and something she lost, and no one, not even the children, are safe from her vengeance.
 
What the critics thought:

“The moody, beautifully composed production raises it above the norm.”
– Bruce Diones, New Yorker

“A busy, bustling ghost story that at times appears less indebted to the Susan Hill bestseller than the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland.”
– Xan Brooks, The Guardian

“A hoot of an old-fashioned British horror film in which being under 10 years old is not a good thing.”
– Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter