The Woman in Black is NIGHTMARE FUEL

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🍿 The Woman in Black (1989) is NIGHTMARE FUEL
🎬 Connor takes on a deep discussion, where he dives into random subjects about a variety of horrific matters! This time, he uncovers the terrifying Christmas Eve TV movie from 1989, the first adaptation of The Woman in Black!
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[@UnleashTheGhouls]

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[@timhamper4384]

I did indeed watch this film on Christmas Eve on my own, I was 17, and a massive horror buff, and honestly thought nothing could scare me but Herbert did! just watching your review had my hairs up 33 years later. There are only 4 movies that have ever done this to me and I recommend all of them for people who want to be creeped out rather than grossed out 1) The Woman in Black(1989) 2)The Haunting (1963) 4) The uninvited (1944)

[@nicky29031977]

You never mentioned why the Woman In Black hated the lawyer so much....he saved the life of a gypsy child earlier in the film which clearly discredited her curse so his family had to die next.

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

That's an excellent point!

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@UnleashTheGhouls No offense but I like The 2012 Remake much better and what is funny is that Adrian Rawlins played as Arthur Kidd and in The 2012 version Daniel Radcliffe played as Arthur Kipp here is the funny part Adrian Rawlins played as James Potter in The Harry Potter Movies so I wonder if They did that with The Remake on purpose?

[@fyrchmyrddin1937]

@@jackgarrison8497 Not going to say the 2012 remake was shiite, but this old 1989 ITV made-for-TV film was truly nightmarish in comparison.

[@sgfredbear8114]

​@@fyrchmyrddin1937 I think both version quite differ from one another that they had their own feel, and I appreciate what both of them had, and I quite like them. the Made for TV sure had a unique look, with how lively everything look even the eel marsh house itself, that makes jennet presence on the screen more starking. While the 2012, had a dark feeling after we got into the Crythin Gifford, Everything feel more warm and light at the first part of the movie when it still set in london and turn cold after we left it. It set up a good lining of a town that rotting on the inside because Jennet looming hatred, while the Eel marsh house itself was actually rotting. Jennet presence is not as starking as the made for TV, but it also give that feel where everything in that place was being controlled by her hatred. Also the movie had a few cool scary moment, albeit the jumpscare was pretty tedious a few times.

[@ZrankFappaH]

I saw the Daniel Radcliffe version at the cinemas, and a guy ran out of the cinema at the hanging scene. Just one guy. When the film ended, he was waiting outside for his friends, and I politely went up too him and asked, “what made you run out, if you don’t mind me asking.” He told me the heartbreaking story about how he found his father hanging a few years back, and the film just triggered all the emotions and memories. So sad man. I’ve not watched the film since then. My drama teacher also showed us the original in school, and to this day, I genuinely cannot fathom why. Other than to fuck with us 😂

[@biffyqueen]

So many sleepless nights thanks to this movie. Lying in the dark thinking “Do not look up, she’ll be there!”

[@creolelady182]

The actress that played the woman in Black is the secretary Miss lemon in Poirot

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

TRIVIA!!

[@mikebarratt8146]

The 'jump scare' bit I'm not sure even qualifies as a jump scare as it's so much more than that. A jump scare is something that happens quickly and unexpectedly and which takes you by surprise but you get over within a few seconds, whereas the scene actually gets scarier and more terrifying the longer she is on screen even though logically that shouldn't be the case as we've seen her for 10 seconds doing the same thing. It's such a powerful scene and I don't think I can think of a single other like it in a horror film that is anywhere near as effective.

[@michaelbronco1023]

I remember watching this with my mom and sister back in 89 on pbs. My mom and I were big horror fans, and loved this movie. My mom got me this movie a few years later on vhs as a stocking stuffer. Love this movie, miss you mom.

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Amazing tale, and thank you for sharing your story about you and your mom Michael!

[@creolelady182]

this version was the best and the scariest I have evr seen in Ghost stories. I mean that ending was something else

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@UnleashTheGhouls The Woman in Black was remade because Susan Hill was very disappointed that it didn't follow Her Book very well.

[@Chachboon1]

“Here’s the scariest bit of the film.” *plays it 6 times* 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Gotta keep you guys spooked ;)

[@sylvie9420]

mmh, drabs is nightmare fuel, especially to our man kipps

[@caramelalfredos8212]

am i the only one who actually laughed histerically at that scene?

[@sylvie9420]

@@caramelalfredos8212 LMAO I WATCHED IT IN CLASS EVERYONE SCREAMED AND I STARTED LAUGHING LAUGHING 😂 Trust me, I think we're both psychos 💀💀

[@eleanortalbot1316]

Hands down my favourite ghost story and this is the best version! Small quibble: Spider the dog doesn't run off because his owner whistled for him; it is the woman in black who lures the dog away by whistling in order to keep Arthur on his own. The dog believes he is being summoned by his owner, but of course he was tricked. Thankfully, little Spider survived her!

[@Perfidion]

I watched this alone, in the dark, when I was about 16. When she pays Arthur a visit in the inn, I just about soiled the armchair in stark terror. I liked the 2012 version too, and I own the novel (which is similarly terrifying, if in a slightly different way), but the 1989 television movie will always stand out as one of a handful of films that have left me rigid with fear.

[@TheFuzzypuddle]

The framing, lighting, audio, and length of time of the woman in black appearing to Arthur in bed is brilliant. This scene would have been incredibly easy to make cheesy. Fine craftsmanship.

[@theproplady]

This film really reminded me of "The Changeling". - A vengeful ghost, an old mansion that burns down, a ball rolling in out of nowhere, an MC's family getting killed, and a terrifying atmosphere. It'd be good on a double bill with the original The Woman in Black. Also, the Woman in Black reminded me a lot of a Japanese style Grudge ghost. Doesn't care if her victims are innocent, she just wants to kill.

[@BaoTieuActor]

I totally agree. I, too, also watched it on Christmas Eve. I couldn't sleep at night for months. I'm going to rewatch it this weekend.

[@katymbeke8400]

The only thing I find interesting about either film is that the 1989 version's main character is played by the same actor who plays James Potter, who is Harry Potter's father. The 2012 version is played by Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter. Lol.

[@toxxylou5508]

Aaaaaaaand the Afro who plays James Potter played in the second woman in black film

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@toxxylou5508 Yes He played as A Doctor Dr. Rhodes.

[@Cinnerman87]

You see the hatred in her eyes

[@johannlaufenberg9798]

That’s not a ghost! That’s Miss Lemon from Poirot on a sea side holiday!

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Well I never!

[@michelleduplooymalherbe2837]

🤣😂🤣 very sharp

[@marzbar479]

at school, we watched this version of The Woman in Black initially and were meant to watch the more recent film. however, when the Woman in Black appeared at the window, several people in my class screamed so loudly that multiple teachers from different subject blocks had ran over to our room to check that everything was ok. we then never got to see the newer version lol. I didn't remember finding that scene very scary but I definitely jumped when seeing it in this video

[@johansmallberries9874]

The real mystery is who thought that would make a great spot for an English manor house.

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Must be a nightmare heading out to Sainsburys for the weekly shop

[@Amalgam67]

That bedroom scene f--cked me up too when I saw it on PBS in the early 90's.

[@YankeeBlues21]

I saw the 2012 version in college and while not among the scariest movies I’ve seen, it’s one that stuck with me for a long time afterwards. A lot of dark silhouettes in the corner of my eye at night in the days and weeks following seeing it.

[@Mark-gb1cp]

You just missed Arthur clutching the back of his neck just before he turns around and sees her standing there- her very presence made the hairs on the back of his neck stand-up.

[@shelbyhewitt6718]

For some reason whenever I saw the woman in the film from the first time I watched it and still my eyes tear up so much for no good reason almost as if she triggers some sort of weird reaction from sympathy to her ghoulish state or fear that she does win in the end

[@indy-fs6de]

So with Adrian Rawlins (who played James Potter in the HP series) as Arthur, was casting Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur in the 2012 version coincidental or an intentional homage to the '89 version?

[@CyanideSublime]

British horror is so perfectly in tune with creep factor and subtlety. The graveyard scene with the music with her far in the distance is terrifying, yet so simple. The other scene is the one that everyone remembers is the woman floating over the bed. ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING and is horror's best kept secret. It's best to never expose much about The Woman in Black (1989) version because it will always be the movie I recommend people going in blind just to watch their reactions. Pure terror.

[@G-nb6mb]

3:44 Ah, so that’s where that sound effect comes from.

[@ThOmAsSs4563q]

Horror movies are way more scary when the ghost sort of just appears and doesn't do graphic shit

[@Mattshea13]

My wife and I both blurted out “oh my god!” When that jump scare hit. In addition I always found that the scene from the original IT (tv) movie unsettling when Ben’s dad is inexplicably standing on top of the water saying “ I live down here Ben” referring to the sewer. The ending sequence of The Woman in Black I believe did this first and is completely unnerving. What a treat this movie was

[@darthyoda4934]

I remember in year 8 drama we learned about this and at the end of the term she played the movie. I’m surprised I forgot about it until now.

[@jdc9687]

I’m glad this films getting more recognition

[@cathydoyle8804]

One of my favourite ghost stories! Saved this! Thanks ! The narrative teller is brilliant!

[@AnnieGoddard-zl3tk]

I like the 2012 version with Daniel Radcliffe. But I saw this when it aired Christmas Eve 1989, having read the book several years before. I still think the TV version is the better one - just goes to show you don't need a massive budget or special effect to make something genuinely chilling.#

[@alexisgrey3633]

One thing is I find the way the woman in black originally died changing makes this version less effective, in the original book, she witnesses her son's death in the marshes and goes insane with grief after, after getting a 'wasting idsease' and dying later (in the Daniel Radcliffe film she hangs herself after seeing her son die), like, the fact son died with her son in the carriage in this version just makes it seem less like she would haunt the place, like the trauma of seeing her son die and anger than her beloved son was kept from her and taken away from her makes more sense to me.

[@CyanideSublime]

Great review. This is perhaps the only movie that ever chilled me to the bone.

[@nexus9deluxe]

The author didn't like it apparently. She thought her story was dissed. I think it is superbly enriched by making Kidd's boss a bully who disapproves of him. And that he let Kidd have it. I first saw it on Christmas Eve too. Pure class. Really uilds up the sense of dread. Good of the beeb too in being ruthless, having his lively family killed off. What a malevolent spirit!

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

That's a shame about the author not liking it! I think it's brilliant - Connor

[@nexus9deluxe]

@@UnleashTheGhouls I think the 1989 version is far superior to the 2012 version

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@nexus9deluxe No offense but I disagree The Remake saved The Woman in Black it's so much scarier

[@nexus9deluxe]

@@jackgarrison8497 do you think so? I think ot is rather overblown But each to their own

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@nexus9deluxe You're a poet a don't know it

[@0_dearghealach_083]

Aw, Hell yea. This is good stuff! I remember watching this while finding several movie adaptations of M.R. James's works, and this fit right into that cultural niche I was looking for. I say, it's better than the 2012 that everybody and their grandma and dog were lauding when I was in high school. 2012 just felt too... Hollywood. Too many jumpscares, trying too hard- And the sequel "Angel of Death"? Didn't even need it. This is the classic one.

[@paulinekeown2472]

I love the M.R. James adaptation of Whistle and I'll Come to You. I love all of these "Ghost stories for Christmas" movies. I think I enjoy the simplicity and gothic style.

[@toxictraitscx3434]

I just found your channel i really like it keep it up

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

😉

[@cameronashworth1754]

We used to watch this version in english lessons in the early to mid 90s when I was at school. Pretty sure that wouldnt happen today it was bloody terryfiying. Would love to go and visit the actual house used.

[@websmoking]

These videos are amazing thank you for introducing me to so many forgotten classics

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Thank you for your appreciation!

[@MattCartledge1994]

I first watched this in an english literature class at school when "that" scene came me and another lad ended up running out of the classroom haha

[@jaqjynx]

I read this in school and we watched the original film after. Then I reread the book as an adult, I was amazed how much of the story stuck with me.

[@kirstyfairly4371]

So glad this version of The Woman In Black has been getting more recognition the last few years, as it's one of the few scary movies from my childhood that has stuck with me. I was just a toddler when it first aired Christmas Eve 1989, so I wasn't able to see it back then, but my parents got a very rare copy of it on dvd when I was about 12, & allowed me & my brother to watch it during a sleepover with my best friend at the time. Of course the 3 of us were so scared by the movie (especially "that scene"), that by the end we were basically hiding behind the couch cushions lol. To this day, the TV version of The Woman In Black, is one of my favourite scary movies, & "that scene" is still the stuff of my worst nightmares.

[@daniellewillis2767]

So jealous the UK makes Christmas spooky...

[@kirstyfairly4371]

@@daniellewillis2767 -As someone from the UK (I'm Scottish) I've always loved that we have that tradition of telling a good old fashioned ghost story at Christmas. I always try to watch the annual ghost story for Christmas on TV before going to bed on Christmas Eve, as it's one of my favourite parts of Christmas. Have to admit though that I've always wished that the UK would put as much effort into celebrating Halloween as the US does. Not that we don't celebrate Halloween, it's just that our Halloween celebrations are usually more low key.

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@kirstyfairly4371 The Changeling from 1980 is one of My favorite Horror Movies no offense but I like The 2012 Remake of The Woman in Black much better

[@emmajanewatts4388]

I’ve seen the original version many times and it still terrifies me, also it’s Arthur Kipps not Arthur kid

[@schizoidboy]

I only saw a few clips on a channel called Ghostwatching where the site showed a video done to the music from the Shinning. Believe me I never saw this movie but to me it felt like having the same effect, seeing the ghost in the distance and feeling her menace and all that building up to that bedroom scene scared the living daylights out of me while watching it. Hollywood needs to dust off the videos, watch this movie, see what can be done with less, and try to follow its example making something worth paying money for to see in the theaters.

[@amberhogan1830]

I accidentally tapped dislike but I didn’t mean it! Really good video, thank you

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Your admission has been forgiven. But sadly must mean you now have to like every single video on the channel as punishment. We wish it could be a different scenario but these are the rules

[@amberhogan1830]

@@UnleashTheGhouls The ghouls have spoken, and thus It shall be. I best get to binge watching.

[@horrorfanandy4647]

My favourite horror movie of all time. Coincidentally it’s a movie I can only watch once a year. It terrifies me haha!

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

It's a great one!! Amazing Black Christmas profile pic too Andy!

[@horrorfanandy4647]

@@UnleashTheGhouls Thanks! Billy is an equally terrifying villain, and I just love that iconic image of him staring through the crack of the door. I should have mentioned that I really enjoyed the video itself, so yeah, keep it up and I’ll be sure to check out the rest of your stuff!

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@horrorfanandy4647 The Changeling from 1980 is My Favorite Horror Movie

[@michelleduplooymalherbe2837]

love the Victorian tape recorder - 1stime I have ever seen one.......

[@secretlabs1234]

Love love this movie. Them eating soup and eating bread scene makes me hungry haha

[@stevetheduck1425]

Nigel Kneale wrote many other things. 'The Stone Tape' best of all, fusing horror SF and human nature. It's worth looking up his 'Beasts' series. It's here on yt, and each is a tightly-wound and unexpected little bomb of horror. Almost without any gore, almost without seeing anything, in fact. 'At Barty's Party' is almost SF, but spot the clues to what is really happening. Some of the others are 'monsters' created by human cruelty and even stupidity. Well worth finding. Nightmare Fuel? In my opinion.

[@andrewarcher2493]

The 2012 version was actually scary... made me jump a few times

[@SamuelBlack84]

Not many notice, but just before the scene where the ghost appears to him when he's in his bed a miniature version of the ghost appears on the picture on the wall behind him It only lasts for a few seconds, but when you pay attention you can see it

[@HorrorHermitofHell]

HOLY ALMOST NEED A NEW PHONE AS I ALMOST CHUCKED THIS ONE WITH THAT LADY COMING AT ME PRACTICALLY OUT OF THE SCREEN! The lights are on, its the daytime and that gave me an upset stomach and the need to use my phone to check behind me(in front of me?) for screaming white ladies. I want to watch it again but through my fingers, as the lord intended

[@matttv94]

We got shown this in school aged 12 for English. Caused one lad to faint and plenty of others run away. It gave me nightmares for years

[@FoxGalahHasMovedToNewAccounts]

I watched it before in some of my Drama lessons at school.

[@micahbell5572]

Oh no she's behind me isn't she?

[@imakerbadcontentrbad8664]

No, she's in front of you

[@himanshukafirmisra]

Trivia Adrian Rawlins play lawyer in this film as well as Daniel Radcliffe play the lawyer in 2012 verison. Main course they play father & son in Harry Potter series

[@watermelonineasterhay]

I hate it when the nursery has been trashed and he faints... ugh . I think the bed scene would be scarier if she was quiet as it gets a bit silly after a few seconds. But I watched it in the dark and my heart was really pounding at the run up to it!!! 😫

[@sui1162]

Bruh. Imagine being killed by a tree branch. Thats gotta be one of the top 5 most boring ways to die.

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Hahahaha I wanna know what the other 4 are

[@sui1162]

4) falling and hitting your head. 3) stroke 2) heart attack 1) old age

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@UnleashTheGhouls Maybe it's not best to ask We wouldn't want to accidentally cause The Woman in Black to become a real Ghost now whould We?

[@snakehandler87]

You should watch "the innocents" with Deborah Kerr. Terrifying

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Thank you for the recommendation!

[@blakepizarro1105]

I love this movie so much

[@freddiemedley5580]

Great video! Do you know where I can watch the film? Edit: I've watched the KZbin one

[@spookycat8556]

I watched it on KZbin.

[@freddiemedley5580]

@@spookycat8556 yeah I also watched it their but the audio and quality wasn't very good.

[@imapatching09]

I didn't like all but the 1989 - oh my gosh it was a chiller.

[@chrismaccool9097]

7:12 /12:31 wait Arthur talk to his companion about the history of Eel March House I have been wishing for that in the new version and I wish his companion already knew and tells him the full story and they show a flashback and play the same omificous music that they played in Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that Daniel Craig and Christopher Plummer was in when Plummer Character was telling Daniel Craig Character about his family history 😢 why didn't they show that in the remake with Daniel Radcliffe?

[@HHM706]

I watched this on my own when it was first aired. It’s stayed with me since.

[@stefanhernold345]

Instead of staying at 1) Crythin Gifford and returning to b) Eel Marsh House, homeboy should`ve travelled south to take the next *Passage to India* . This was the early 1920s, for heaven`s sake !

[@sleepdeprivedjuicebox]

i saw the play and it was terrifying. the woman is never credited with who played her which a a kid shit me up ahaha

[@7feetunder]

Heard good things about this one, I’ve only seen the second one. It was aight

[@malvikvran3737]

I probably would start laughing when the ghost showed up, the lawyers reaction is so over the top it's bad. If this is the scariest movie the British can come up with then they don't need to do horror.

[@carmenwinch4594]

i nearly did shit myself the first time i watched it , it was on channel 4 late at night and i recorded it on my video as well , was so bloody hard to get to sleep after and i was on my own as well , my best friend missed it and was estactic i had recorded it and to be fair watching it again even with him there and us fortified with copius wine and a joint or three it still was just as terrifying , i would never watch the remake , seen some clips of it and i know immediatly its not a patch on the original

[@daniellewillis2767]

Wasn't the Woman in Black based on an MR James story? Or was the novel an expansion?

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Hey Danielle! I had a quick Google for you but couldn't find any links between WIB and James! - Connor

[@daniellewillis2767]

@Unleash The Ghouls Hmm. There IS a James story with a 40s movie based on it that reminds me of WiB. Be getting back to you...

[@spookycat8556]

It was a novel by Susan Hill. Nothing to do with MR James but very much in that gothic style.

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@spookycat8556 Susan Hill Herself was very disappointed with The 1989 Movie since it didn't follow Her Book so that is why The 2012 Remake was made also because The 1989 version is obviously sadly very outdated it's not very scary anymore except for The Bed Scene.

[@wenchyfoodwench4098]

That movie was so creepy. The Daniel Radcliffe version was Better that a lot of horror movies released in the last 15 years or so IMO.

[@endor8witch]

i thought this was the daniel radcliffe movie

[@Grandmastergav86]

Ahhh the proper version, not that Daniel Radcliffe shite. This interpretation is brilliant.

[@willthorson4543]

This was awesome and super creepy until the end when out of nowhere they ruin a great ending. No need to have the lady in black say what she was gonna do.

[@micahbell5572]

She didn't say she was going to do anything in this movie

[@schizoidboy]

Great having nightmares about Ms. Lemon hovering over my bed.

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

She's been there far too often. And not for the right reasons

[@jackgarrison8497]

@@UnleashTheGhouls That is horrifying for all the right reasons

[@jarrodedson5441]

So the Daniel Radcliffe version is a remake?

[@daniellewillis2767]

Whatever happened to the Hammer revival?

[@UnleashTheGhouls]

Sadly didn't take off by the look of it :( - Connor

[@markadams3008]

i watched this in ‘89 and i truly s..t myself as a teen. i still have to turn away for that bedroom scene! but i found the actress playing her very sexy. lol

[@imakerbadcontentrbad8664]

*Patented by Thomas Edison. I'm kidding, I have no idea

[@keithrayputman2828]

Spoiler alert needed! Dude, you’re spoiling the movie’s best moments!