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From the director of the Japanese horror classic RING (remade successfully by Hollywood as THE RING) comes this equally sinister and edgy ghost story about a mother and daughter whose run down apartment has unexplained damp patches on the walls and ghostly apparitions from a young girl. Read more

Starring Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno
Director Hideo Nakata
Genres Horror, World Cinema

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Dark Water

From the director of the Japanese horror classic RING (remade successfully by Hollywood as THE RING) comes this equally sinister and edgy ghost story about a mother and daughter whose run down apartment has unexplained damp patches on the walls and ghostly apparitions from a young girl.

Starring Hitomi Kuroki, Rio Kanno
Director Hideo Nakata
Studio PALISADES TARTAN
Run time DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 15.gif
Collections 100 Horror Films
Genres Horror, World Cinema
Language Japanese
Subtitles English
Released DVD: 24 Nov 2003
Production year: 2002
Format DVD

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  • A heavy-handed ghost story that often seems no more than an indictment of Japanese plumbing; it delivers some effective shocks towards the end, but it's a long wait.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

  • From the director of the original Japanese Ring comes, if anything, an even richer tale of everyday terror, based on... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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  • 99 out of 115 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    bad plumbing

    A cautionary tale about poor plumbing and a poorly supervised child. Ultimately daft.

      • RIP from Manchester
      • Posted 12 May 2005 07:12

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    Just once you wish they didn't take their ghosts so seriously..

    Now, as formula horror goes, this has a central conceit which stays true to the Japanese ghost/horror rulebook. Once haunted by that ghost there is no turning back and rarely a happy ending. It has all the trademark winsome desolation when confronted with this reality and the performance are all desperation and heartache. Unfortunately, it is this which also ensures it is very hard to tell films in this genre apart, and this is no exception. Just once how about not taking the ghost so seriously? Makes you long for low brow remakes...

      • Ed Funnell from Bromley, Kent
      • Posted 22 Nov 2005 15:24

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