Film Review – The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

While it wasn’t an impressive picture, 2012’s “The Woman in Black” managed to summon an eerie atmosphere of spectral menace, while star Daniel Radcliffe gave the effort a proper dramatic depth, handling the unhinged demands of the genre professionally. Although the plot didn’t invite a second chapter, box office returns were too impressive for Hammer Films to turn down a lucrative financial opportunity. Now there’s “The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death,” a dull and Radcliffe-free continuation that’s more about cashing in on a potential franchise than opening the tale up for a second inspection. Ghoulishness is in limited supply this time around, watching director Tom Harper struggle with pace and imagination when it comes to the pulse-pounding elements of this anemic ghost story. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com