The Woman In Black (2012)

There's a terrific legend at the heart of Susan Hill's ghost story - one that ought to sustain a series of The Conjuring-style sequels and spinoffs - yet by adopting the very look and feel of The Conjuring brand of horror, director James Watkins drains the material of distinction, delivering a pale comparison to the low-budget but memorable 1980s TV miniseries, so this movie is inadvertently a case-study in how SFX and excess can diminish rather than enhance horror.

★★★☆☆

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Swiss Army Man (2016)

If there's anything worthwhile to take away from this fantasy comedy in which a man and a dead body on a deserted island become friends and in dopey conversations teach each other nothing interesting at all about the human condition, it is that no, in actual fact it is much better to hold stinkers like this in, "Daniels".

★☆☆☆☆

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