Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- oppressive
- foreboding
- halloween night
- dark rainy evening
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film atmospheric and visually sharp but lacking sustained tension and effective scares.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Eel Marsh House serves as the isolated location where the Woman in Black targets the arriving children and their guardians.
The group of children fleeing wartime London becomes the ghost's next target, making their protection the central stakes.
The evacuation from war-torn London and the presence of a fellow soldier frame the haunting within wartime Britain.
Critics specifically praised the film as atmospheric and visually sharp, while its haunted-house setting supports a shadowy gothic presentation.
Films like The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death, and why
The Woman in Black
shares a period haunted-house setting, supernatural menace, child endangerment, and atmospheric gothic horror
The Others
shares wartime displacement, children in danger, a haunted residence, and restrained supernatural suspense
The Innocents
shares an isolated house, a threatening ghost, child-centered peril, and gothic dread
Movie Details
- Director
- Tom Harper
- Release Date
- 2014-12-30
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.2 / 10 (1088)
Cast
- Phoebe Fox
- Helen McCrory
- Jeremy Irvine
- Oaklee Pendergast
- Ned Dennehy
- Adrian Rawlins
- Leanne Best
- Leilah de Meza
- Amelia Pidgeon
- Jorge Leon
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death about?
- A wartime evacuation turns a remote coastal house into a battleground against a vengeful supernatural presence.
- What is The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death as mild.
- What did critics think of The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death?
- Critics broadly found the film atmospheric and visually sharp but lacking sustained tension and effective scares.
- Which films are like The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death?
- Films with a similar feel include The Woman in Black, The Others, and The Innocents.
- How long is The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death?
- The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death?
- In United States, The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
