Film i Västs samproduktion The Woman In Black spräckte rekordvall på bio i USA

Trots stenhård konkurrens från American Football-finalen Super Bowls lyckades James Watkins film The Woman in Black med konststycket att spela in över 21 miljoner US-dollar under premiärhelgen. Filmen visades på 2 855 biodukar över hela landet. Det är första gången som 20-miljonerdollarvallen sprängs.

James Watkins storfilm The Woman In Black har Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs) och Ciarán Hinds (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) i huvudrollerna. Filmen hade premiär i London i slutet av januari och får Sverigepremiär i vår. Filmen är samproducerad med Filmgate och Film i Väst.

Claudia Puig, USA Today,  skriver i sin recension: ”As opposed to modern horror flicks like the Saw movies, where gruesome violence can almost blunt fears, The Woman in Black is a tasteful, old-school frightener, emphasizing suspense and foreboding over blood and guts.”
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/story/2012-02-03/woman-in-black-daniel-radcliffe/52940258/1

Manohla Dargis skriver i New York Times: “A Haunted Lawyer? What Could Be Scarier?”
“Schooled in the art of the quiet boo, Mr. Watkins fills the film with squeaking doors and floorboards, pools of black, long silences and an assortment of moldering toys. Less gore is more here, and what a relief. “The Woman in Black” isn’t especially scary, but it keeps you on edge, and without the usual vivisectionist imagery. Mr. Watkins doesn’t paint the screen red; he daubs it on, a restraint that serves his slow-building story and creates a nice chromatic contrast with a palette that’s heavy on white, black, dun brown and gray. Here, when a young girl chokes up a spittoon of blood, the red splattering across her creamy pale skin, the image keeps on giving.
http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/movies/the-woman-in-black-starring-daniel-radcliffe.html?ref=movies