The Woman in Black

"During afternoon tea, there's a shift in the air.
A bone trembling shill that tells you she's there.
There are some that believe the whole town is cursed,
But the house in the marsh is by far the worst.
What she wants is unknown, but she always comes back.
The specter of darkness, the woman in black."
             -The Woman in Black (anonymous)
So this poem corresponds with a Victorian-era, classic ghost story (written by Susan Hill) that was turned into a movie. I saw this ghost movie on February 3rd, with Rebekah, Emily, and my momma. It was a fantastic, NO gore or blood, jump-in-your-seat-and-scream-then-laugh ghost movie.
Quick plot summary: Arthur Kipps, young lawyer, goes to collect a will from an old manor called "Eel Marsh House". This manor sits at the end of a long road that stretches into the marshes, but each afternoon, the tide washes up, secluding the house from all. Arthur reaches house, tide comes in, and the games begin. It turns out that the ghost of a vengeful young woman, Jeanette Humphrey, haunts the house and town. Frights galore!
So on the way home from the movie, terrified out of my first-scary-movie-experience mind, my mom decides to leave the highway to drive home on a "back road that will get us home faster". Turns out that, for the next twenty minutes, our car winds and turns down a twisting, dark, scary, tree-lined, gloomy, forlorn back road.
Every time the headlights flashed across a grove of trees I was certain I saw the ghost of the woman in black. So did Bekah and Em.
The car ride didn't improve as we kept driving. Instead, we reached the end of a long turn to see a scary sight. An old white house, windows black, abandoned, with a sign beside it: DEAD END.
Jeepers creepers. My mom turned that car around so fast I held onto Bekah's arm. A little speeding later and we were back on the highway, comforted by the bright lights.
I still don't know if my mom planned that to play with our already hyped up, scared mind, but it worked. However, my sister was the one who didn't sleep that night. According to Bekah, Bekah "slept like a baby". I did get to sleep, but only after building a pillow fort around me.
DEAD END. Um, I mean... THE END.