The Small Hand (Ghost Story)

Never heard of either Susan Hill or her story The Small Hand but I have just finished watching this TV adaptation. Not as bad as many other reviews make out. The creepy, delapidated mansion is probably the best thing about it. Good cast, though the main character, played by Dougie Henshall does mumble a lot. The ending had no great surprises but there was adequate scares along the way.

I loved the Woman in Black also by Susan Hill so i was looking forward to this, how disappointed i was. Very dull, no suspense and not scary at all. Terrible

Poor writing, acting and directing. The pace is slow from the outset and doesn't improve from there. No suspense is built and has you struggling to invest yourself in this. A few scenes are laughable and have you wanting to turn off before the halfway marker. You won't care about the characters, you won't care about the story. Channel 5 built plenty of hype, more anticipation than the entire movie could produce. A movie so poor I would never want to read the book

It was just old-fashioned spooky creepy, with jump-moments. It was faithful to Susan Hill's tone and more akin to a modern-dress M.R.James. Fans of severed heads and gore should go elsewhere.

Dark, melancholy and too long.

Nice cast - it wasn't their fault. But I guessed there would be yet another doomed child at the end. And getting there was a rather tortured journey.

More sad and plodding than scary.