{"id":2133,"date":"2010-07-20T07:38:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T06:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2010-07-19T21:46:06","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T20:46:06","slug":"horror-in-the-west-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2010\/07\/horror-in-the-west-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror in the West End"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I went out with Kath and her sister to see the West End play, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewomaninblack.com\/\">Woman in Black<\/a>. I love thriller and horror movies and to be able to experience something like this live was definitely something special. This play, celebrating its 21st year running in the West End has brought chills and thrills to over 7 million people. Three more were spooked that evening as well. <\/p>\n<p>The story is effectively the retelling of a ghost story that involves two main actors, one of them trying to tell their story and experience of the Woman in Black. As I write this, my skin gets goosebumps thinking about some of the situations you, as an audience member, finds yourself. Fortunately I won&#8217;t give too much away to the story line other than you want to brace yourself for some of the eerie moments, particularly when all the women in the audience start screaming their heads off. <\/p>\n<p>In other interesting, related <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/film\/2010\/jul\/19\/daniel-radcliffe-woman-black\">news<\/a>, I read that Daniel Radcliffe will star in the movie make of this movie. I hope it&#8217;s as good as the stage play. On top of that, it looks like the writer of Kick-Ass, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jane_Goldman\">Jane Goldman<\/a> is penned to script the movie. 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