The ghosts of Mrs Ross

Jane Goldman has teamed up with ‘Harry Potter’ for the classic ghost story, The Woman in Black, says Declan Cashin

JANE GOLDMAN, the pink-haired screenwriter of Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class, and better half of TV host Jonathan Ross, is contemplating what makes a good scare.

As the writer of the startlingly effective new screen adaptation of Susan Hill’s classic ghost story, The Woman In Black, Goldman has thought about the craft of frightening audiences.