A lawyer tormented by the death of his wife is sent to a remote village to put a deceased eccentric's affairs in order. The locals are suspicious of outsiders and determined to keep the area's tragic history a secret, while the house belonging to his client is haunted by a vengeful ghost desperately seeking something that has been taken from her. Horror based on Susan Hill's novel, with Daniel Radcliffe and Ciaran Hinds.

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.