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MonsterGuy95	The Woman in Black (1989) What is the infamous scenes?	Lead	[-]
Feb 9 12 4:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I myself am too scared to watch them, so what exactly happens?
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bgart13.thelatarniaforums		#1	[-]
Feb 10 12 1:24 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I assume it's the scene in which said WiB appears to Mr. Kidd. It's pretty intensely done, catches you off-guard and nails you between the eyes. Really puts you in Kidd's head at that point (with the way it's shot, edited, the sound, etc). Really creepy stuff. Not very specific, granted, but worth watching. I'm glad i wasn't aware of what it was before watching it, would've ruined the effect, I think. Just keep telling yourself, it's only a movie... Kundun Rat Terrier: 8/16/02 - 3/26/11. RIP, Ku. Last Edited By: bgart13 Feb 10 12 1:27 AM. Edited 2 times.
Squire Hamilton		#2	[-]
Feb 10 12 5:54 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Anyone who's seen the TV version of The Woman In Black will know which scene we're talking about - for me, it's one of the most effective 'big' scares I've ever seen, and a quick look around the internet (the IMDb boards in particular) would show you that I'm not alone in this opinion. Have to say, though - my advice to anyone who's not seen it, and doesn't know much about it - DON'T go ruining it by trying to learn too much about it in advance. A quick look on YouTube is all it takes to find the scene in question, but if you watch it in isolation, you've spoiled it. In the context of the film, it's devastatingly effective - but seen on its own, your reaction might well be along the lines of 'Huh? Is THAT it?'… I think the scene works so well for a number of reasons. Firstly, the whole tone of the piece (stately, atmospheric) lulls you into a false sense of security. The general style of the film is rather like one of the BBC's Ghost Story For Christmas shorts from the early '70s - it's obviously way too classy to hit you with anything too brash or obvious. And then, quite late in the film, it hits you with a real whammy of a 'jump' shock. This would be effective enough by itself, but the three or four seconds that follow it really help to scare the crap out of you. I'm trying not to give too much away - but as you naturally recoil from the woman in black's sudden appearance, it's almost as though she's coming after you as you slink back in your seat! If the new Hammer film features anything half so impressive, I'll be well pleased.
MonsterGuy95		#3	[-]
Feb 10 12 6:10 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah I am going to see the Hammer version today, I really don't know what to expect.
luisj40		#4	[-]
Feb 10 12 1:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Never seen it but the DVD is OOP and asking price is ridiculously high maybe this will be aired on TV with the remake out. Luis
Count Murco		#5	[-]
Feb 10 12 1:41 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That scene ,we are talking about from the tv "Woman in Black" has to be one of the most scary things I have ever seen .I had read about this version for ages and decided to watch it on youtube on my lap top at 3 a.m in the morning in bed , not ideal but having my lap top perched on my chest and "that" scene suddenly catching me unaware actually gave me instant goose bumps and sent a tingling feeling through my body ! One of the most errie scenes ever ! This version needs to be released on DVD now !
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bgart13.thelatarniaforums		#6	[-]
Feb 10 12 3:39 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've there's rights issues now with the tv movie, which may include Susan Hill holding it back. It deserves a good, solid HD remastering (yes, it would benefit, being shot on film). The Internet is a marvelous place for hard to find movies... Kundun Rat Terrier: 8/16/02 - 3/26/11. RIP, Ku. Last Edited By: bgart13 Feb 10 12 3:43 PM. Edited 2 times.
Helrunar		#7	[-]
Feb 11 12 10:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I first saw the Woman in Black a couple of years ago, which means at a guess I was around 51 years of age. And that scene scared the CRAP out of me. One of the rare--perhaps even unique!--moments of truly classic horror from an otherwise tawdry and undistinguished decade. Haven't seen the new one yet beyond a few clips which do look promising. It sounds from the reviews as if they have changed the story somewhat. H.
MacXoftheMounted		#8	[-]
Feb 12 12 9:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I quite literally screamed out loud at this sequence the first time I saw the film. No other movie has ever made me do that. And I was watching at 3 in the afternoon in a sunlit living room! Sadly, like a lot of you, I can spot a scare coming by music, direction, framing,etc. from many years of watching fright films. This caught me totally unaware. There's a second scene that's almost as impressive later on. I second Stuart in his warning to not spoil this for yourself by searching it out. I don't want to build it up too much, because we all know about expectations, but that was MY experience. I know nothing about this film except my father's recommendation that it was "pretty good". Even discussions like this one tend to dissipate shocks a little just because they inform one that SOMETHING is going to happen. But that's the good and bad of discussion boards like this one. MacXoftheMounted.....................formerly known as Professor Von X
strangenstein		#9	[-]
Feb 12 12 10:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The scene that gets mentioned most from the '89 THE WOMAN IN BLACK is plenty scary, guaranteed to raise goosebumps. But for my money the scenes out at the Eel Marsh house are even more frightening. The stuff in the nursery had me wound pretty tightly! I saw the new version and enjoyed it, although it does seem to spoil the build-up of atmosphere often with jump scares. I've read the novel and seen both movies; the play awaits! Strangenstein
Victor Frankenstein		#10	[-]
Feb 16 12 1:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MacXoftheMounted wrote: Even discussions like this one tend to dissipate shocks a little just because they inform one that SOMETHING is going to happen. But that's the good and bad of discussion boards like this one. shrugs You get what you get when you ask the question, OR read the responses. I think some of my best relatively blind-watches of films have actually been from people's "Top Ten" lists and the like. Because you rarely get a follow up description, and there is often no discussion about the movie at all. BUT you need SOMEway to discover new movies, and not waste time with trash, so...
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