MTDb › Best of › 2012 › The Woman in Black
The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.
| Release date | February 3, 2012 |
| Runtime | 95 min (1h 35m) — about the same as the 2012 average of 103 min |
| Genres | Thriller, Drama, Horror |
| Language | EN |
| Budget | $32,000,000 |
| Box office | $129,000,000 (4.0× budget) |
| IMDb | tt1596365 |
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