History YMMV / TheWomanInBlack

* HilariousInHindsight: Is the name [[NamesTheSame Radcliffe]] forever linked to [[Literature/TheMysteriesOfUdolpho the Gothic horror genre]]?

** CreepyDoll? Check.
** Crazy wind-up toys? Check.
** JumpScare? Check.
** CatScare? Check.
** EmpathyDollShot? Check.
** EvilDetectingDog? Check.
** HauntedHouse? Check.
** TownWithADarkSecret? Check.
** CreepyChild? Check.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the movie, and of the non-comedic variety. While Arthur is busy waiting for [[spoiler:the Woman in Black to acknowledge the discovery of Nathaniel's body]], Mr. Daily has a vision of [[spoiler:his son Nicholas which leads him to a tea room, where he's suddenly trapped by the ghost children and sees a ghost child make a creepy face at him outside the window]]. Then the main plot resolves itself upstairs and [[spoiler:the door unlocks itself, letting Mr. Daily go free. But since he was ''already'' waiting downstairs with nothing to do]].

* {{Sequelitis}}: Angel of Death.

* HellIsThatNoise: If you see the stage version, the sound of the rocking chair will become this for you, possibly also the horses' hooves as the [[spoiler:ghostly]] pony and trap approaches.
** [[spoiler:The rocking chair in the film as well, as well as the jangling of the rotting old clockwork toys.]]

* FanNickname: For [[Film/TheWomanInBlack the movie]], "Film/HarryPotter and the Woman in Black" [[Creator/DanielRadcliffe for obvious reasons]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Does the Woman in Black enjoy the misfortune of killing other parents children, is she a WellIntentionedExtremist who just wanted to replace her lost son, or is she a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who was a TragicVillain made into a monster by her sister adopting her son?

** It is subtly implied in one scene that Jennet was a psychic, just like Mrs. Daily, and that the [[UngratefulTowksfolk town supported her sister's action of taking her son away from him because of it]]. So it's possible that [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Jennet is seeking vengeance]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil against the townspeople]], but she's in such a state of UnstoppableRage that she can't tell guilty from innocent (Sam Daily, for example, seems a NiceGuy who had nothing to do with it), or even locals from visitors (her tormenting and [[spoiler: subsequent killing of Arthur and his son]]).

** It is subtly implied in one scene that Jennet was a psychic, just like Mrs. Daily, and that the [[WhatTheHellTownspeople town supported her sister's action of taking her son away from him because of it]]. So it's possible that [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Jennet is seeking vengeance]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil against the townspeople]], but she's in such a state of UnstoppableRage that she can't tell guilty from innocent (Sam Daily, for example, seems a NiceGuy who had nothing to do with it), or even locals from visitors (her tormenting and [[spoiler: subsequent killing of Arthur and his son]]).

* ClicheStorm:

** EpilepticTrees: The presence of [[spoiler:Kipp's wife]], who was already foreshadowed as a GuardianAngel, made it impossible for the Woman to claim them.

* AdaptationExpansion: in the novel, the kids dying was just something everyone connected to Eel Marsh House had to live with; in the film it becomes a subplot. Nathan's corpse is also recovered and properly buried; and no attempt is made to excorsize either spectre.

* HellIsThatNoise: If you see the stage version, the sound of the rocking chair will become this for you, possibly also the horses hooves as the [[spoiler:ghostly]] pony and trap approaches.

** The sequel throws us another curve ball [[spoiler: her brother-in-law WAS the biological father, and the child was given to him and his wife because unwed mothers didn't get a say in such matters.]]

* CompleteMonster: The titular woman in black, who takes out her anger by murdering innocent children in gruesome ways. [[spoiler: When reunited with her child's corpse, her response is to kill the child of the man that spent the entire film trying to help her.]]

* [[Sequelitis]]: Angel of Death.

** It is subtly implied in one scene that Jennet was a psychic, just like Mrs. Daily, and that the [[WhatTheHellTownspeople town supported her sister's action of taking her son away from him because of it]]. So it's possible that [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Jennet is seeking vengeance]] [[PayEvilUntoEvil against the townspeople]], but she's in such a state of UnstoppableRage that she can't tell guilty from innocent(Sam Daily, for example, seems a NiceGuy who had nothing to do with it), or even locals from visitors(Her tormenting and [[spoiler: subsequent killing of Arthur and his son]].

*** Then again, as a tribute to the ancient HammerHorror, the film ranges from StylisticSuck to SeinfeldIsUnfunny at times.