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Information
- A.k.a.
- Dark Water
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 101 min.
- Director
- Hideo Nakata
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Horror
- Rating *
- 6.7
- Votes *
- 21,679
- Checks
- 2,671
- Favs
- 109
- Dislikes
- 33
- Favs/checks
- 4.1% (1:25)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Dark Water, by the director of Ringu, follows a newly-divorced woman trying to hold on to the custody of her small daughter when she moves into a water-logged apartment building haunted by a dead girl. I wouldn't say there's much of a mystery - it's pretty obvious what might have happened, and we're usually many steps ahead of the characters. Though it gets a bit more monstery in the third act, I wouldn't exactly call it terrifying, so as a horror picture, it's a little tepid. But it does work as a supernatural drama/tragedy where the water has metaphorical ties to placental fluids, about a vulnerable woman afraid of losing her daughter to a cold, antagonistic ex-husband. Or perhaps she must realize her own anxiety and depression are actually what puts her daughter at risk. While some people will indeed find it scary, perhaps in a more profound way, I am content with it being an atmospheric, hallucinatory family drama. 5 years 11 months ago -
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