Did The Woman in Black used to be a 12?

The theatrical version of The Woman In Black was passed 12A in January 2012, with the BBFCinsight 'Contains intense supernatural threat and horror'. Longer BBFCinsight, published on the BBFC website for all films, details the horror storyline and the strongest moments in the film.
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Was The Woman in Black a 12 year old?

BBFC assistant director David Austin told the BBC that filmgoers were increasingly concerned over the "tone" and "theme" of horror movies, as well as the amount of gore shown on screen. The Woman in Black, a ghost story, was awarded a 12A certificate by the board, prompting 134 complaints, the largest number in 2012.
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Why is Woman in Black 12A?

The film also includes a scene in which the ghost of the 'woman in black' appears to hang herself from a noose. It also includes a scene in which a young girl smashes an oil lamp, causing herself to burst into flames. Both these scenes were reduced in order to achieve a '12A' classification.
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Is The Woman in Black Theatre suitable for 12 year olds?

Age Recommendation

The Woman in Black is recommended for ages twelve and above.
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Are there two versions of The Woman in Black?

A television film based on it, also called The Woman in Black, was produced in 1989, with a screenplay by Nigel Kneale. In 2012, another film adaption was released starring Daniel Radcliffe.
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THE WOMAN IN BLACK (2012) Ending Explained

Why does The Woman in Black never forgive?

Shown through her letters to Nathaniel's adoptive mother and Jennet's sister, Alice Drablow, Jennet repeatedly says she will never forgive the Drablows for Nathaniel's death. She harbors extreme rage towards the couple both for having her locked away and for taking her son from her.
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Was The Woman in Black based on a true story?

It cannot be denied that the play left many of the group shaken up, waiting for the ghost of Jennet Humfrye (the Woman in Black) to appear behind us as she did Arthur Kipps. The performance lingers with you much longer once you find out that it was all based on a true story...
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Is The Woman in Black worth watching?

The Woman in Black Reviews

The set-up is chillingly effective, suffused with a nagging, damp disquiet from the marshes nearby. An entirely spooky and exciting throwback to some of the best haunted house movies of yesteryear. The filmmakers rely far too much on common ghost story mechanics to propel the plot.
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How old is the woman in Black?

The Woman in Black is a ghost story written by Susan Hill. It was published in 1983 but is set in the Edwardian. era.
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Why is The Woman in Black so angry?

In life, Jennet Humfrye's child died in an accident and she was driven mad with her desire for revenge. She blamed her sister who had let them go out that day. Her emotion is so powerful that she pursues revenge beyond her life and returns to haunt other people.
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Why is The Woman in Black so popular?

Comparing with Other Texts

The Woman in Black features characteristics of the classic 19th-century gothic novel as well as fitting into the historical fiction genre. Many pupils will remember comparing the text with classics such as Henry James' 1898 novel The Turn of the Screw.
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Where did they film Woman in Black?

In early October the crew was filming in Layer Marney Tower. Filming officially ended on 4 December 2010. The exterior shots of Eel Marsh House were filmed at Cotterstock Hall near Oundle in central England. The fictional Nine Lives Causeway leading to it was filmed at Osea Island in Essex.
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What happened to The Woman in Black?

Eventually a local man, Sam Daily, reveals the full story of how Alice Drablow's sister, Jennet, haunts the house. He explains that a child dies each time the woman in black is seen. At the end of the story, Arthur sees the woman in black again and his wife and son die in a terrible accident.
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What era was The Woman in Black set in?

Susan Hill's 1983 novel The Woman in Black is set in the Edwardian era. The time span of the Edwardian era is between 1901 - 1910, which was the period in British history when King Edward VII reigned as King of England before his death on May 6, 1910.
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What did the little girl drink in Woman in Black?

The movie opens with three young sisters jumping out of their attic playroom's windows, plunging to their deaths (viewers see them jump, not land). A girl who drinks lye spits up blood, convulses, and dies.
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Does The Woman in Black have jump scares?

The Woman in Black review – a playfully meta ghost romp with heavy-handed jump scares.
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Is The Woman in Black a bad guy?

The Woman in Black (real name: Pamela); One of the Grand High Witch's loyal followers and a minor villainess in The WItches. The Woman in Black (The Woman in Black); The titular main antagonist of The Woman in Black and The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death.
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What is the main message of woman in black?

The main themes in this story are isolation and loneliness, influences of the past and, as we might expect from a ghost story - fear.
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What is the message of The Woman in Black?

The most powerful theme in the novel is the individual fear of the unknown shown by Kipps and the collective fear of what is known (but not discussed) by the residents of Crythin Gifford and the surrounding area.
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Why did Susan Hill write Woman in Black?

The novel follows a literary tradition of Gothic stories that typically include isolated houses or castles, hauntings and induce fear in the reader. Susan Hill explains that she set out to write a ghost story, inspired by her love for Henry James' novel, The Turn of the Screw.
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What house was used in Woman in Black?

Cotterstock Hall Near Oundle Village, Northamptonshire

Exterior shots of the fictional Eel Marsh House were filmed in Northamptonshire's Cotterstock Hall, located near Oundle village.
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What happened to jennet in The Woman in Black?

Jennet was so distraught and heartbroken that she committed suicide in the house's nursery. Before she died, she wrote 'You Could Have Saved Him' on the nursery' wall either in red ink or in her blood. She came back as an evil, vengeful ghost dressed in black.
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