Books into movies

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The Woman in Black, a good old fashioned English gothic ghost story, based on the novel by Susan Hill opens this Friday, February 3.

The book, originally written in 1983, is a classic ghost story: the chilling tale of a menacing specter haunting a small English town. Arthur Kipps, an up-and-coming, recently widowed London solicitor, whose grief has put his career in jeopardy, is sent on assignment to Crythin Gifford–a faraway town in the windswept salt marshes, to attend the funeral and settle the affairs of a client, Mrs. Alice Drablow of Eel Marsh House, a recently deceased eccentric. Upon his arrival, it soon becomes clear that everyone in the town is keeping a deadly secret. The routine business trip he anticipated quickly takes a horrifying turn when he finds himself haunted by a series of mysterious sounds and images–a rocking chair in a deserted nursery, the eerie sound of a pony and trap, a child’s scream in the fog, and, most terrifying of all, a ghostly woman dressed all in black. 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 angry 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.

In the movie, Arthur Kipps is played by Daniel Radcliff. Looking at the teasers, there’s evidence that he makes a credible transition to his first adult movie role since Harry Potter. Early reviews are giving the movie a "very scary" rating. Learn more on The Woman in Black movie by visiting the gallery of movie stills, video clips, games, plus postings on Facebook and Twitter.