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Dark Water Reviews

2002

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After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. The apartment she moves into seems perfect at first. Soon though, strange things begin happening. Huge water stains appear on the ceiling and drip constantly, more liquid oozing into the rooms every day. She calls the landlord in but he refuses .. Read more

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

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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.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  - 28
  bad plumbing
  
  A cautionary tale about poor plumbing and a poorly supervised child. Ultimately daft.
  
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  - Manchester
  - 12 May 2005 at 07:12
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  - 0
  Business as usual
  
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  More creepy Japanese ghost girls.
  
  As others have mentioned, the weird motivations of the central character made it hard to really invest. From ... read more »
  
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- - CosterVambuselem
  - 1 review
  - 15 Feb 2012 at 00:47
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  A tale of incompetent parenting and building maintenance.
  
  Dark Water is a harrowing tale of incompetent parenting and building regulations.
  
  It also has a ghost story subplot.
  
  Hollywood is quite ... read more »
  
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- - NoMoreFaith
  - 5 reviews
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 07 Feb 2012 at 13:13
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  - 0
  Was it REALLY 96 Minutes
  
  Was really looking forward to seeing this film, it sounds good enough, the problem i found was that the film kind of plodded along, Nothing seemed to be ... read more »
  
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- - MHM78
  - 3 reviews
  - 01 Feb 2012 at 18:19
- - 0
  - 0
  Poor film
  
  Do not waste your time renting this film.
  
  very slow start nothing in the film to write about and the end was poor.
  
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- - baywatch
  - 4 reviews
  - Elland
  - 01 Jan 2012 at 22:04
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  - 1
  Ditch water
  
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  Dull as..... The spoiler is; don't bother. I gotta write 20 words apparently. Ok, how many ways can I spell out BORING? Here's a new word for dull....... read more »
  
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- - Hellsbellsxxx7
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 21 Dec 2011 at 03:47
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  - 2
  Investigating the strange noise will only end in tears!
  
  Horror films that rely heavily on their characters being stupid enough to do all the things that any sane person would never dream of doing in their wildest ... read more »
  
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- - Oms
  - 2 reviews
  - 25 Oct 2011 at 00:04
- - 2
  - 0
  More scary than most
  
  As a grown up it takes a lot for me to be scared by a movie but I think Dark Water achieved it. Eden Lake was probably the last horror film I watched that ... read more »
  
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- - JaySlippy
  - 3 reviews
  - London
  - 24 Sep 2011 at 14:23
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  - 0
  Free umbrellas should be handed out with this film!
  
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  I have just sat through one of the most boring and tedious films I have EVER seen. I know some films build on atmosphere and take a while to get going and so I ... read more »
  
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- - Nettie27
  - 10 reviews
  - 11 Sep 2011 at 10:15
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  - 0
  Watery eyes
  
  It is a touching story delivered in an atmospheric manner. It is more about suspense than out and out scare. Once all the characters are shown the ending ... read more »
  
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- - violaette
  - 4 reviews
  - 05 Aug 2011 at 17:54
- - 0
  - 7
  DarkWater.. Whatever
  
  They say the japanese versions are scarier and better..
  
  Errmm but puh-lease, talk about absolute crap..
  
  And whats with the ending !!read more »
  
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- - Yuna
  - 20 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 19 Jul 2011 at 15:15
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  bad plumbing
  
  A cautionary tale about poor plumbing and a poorly supervised child. Ultimately daft.
  
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  - Manchester
  - 12 May 2005 at 07:12
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  Like the dripping of a tap in the night
  
  If you are prepared to go beyond the usual Hollywood horror cliches for your scares, then this is the film for you. Deeply atmospheric take on the haunted house... read more »
  
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- - andre
  - london
  - 18 Dec 2003 at 22:31
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  One of the scariest films ever
  
  Dark Water is without a doubt one of the scariest movies in recent memory. If you thought The Ring was terrifying, then this will blow you away.
  
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- - ChrisC
  - London
  - 14 Jan 2004 at 18:45
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  See this now
  
  You're always going to get comparisons to 'Ring' with this film, and really you shouldn't listen. It's like comparing Madonna to Michael ... read more »
  
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- - James1
  - Cheshire
  - 30 Jan 2004 at 13:31
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  As original as the 'Ring' & just as scary
  
  Definitely Not your average slasher horror . A deep & genuinely sinister storyline , well acted & shot with few of Hollywood's cliches .
  
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- - a customer
  - Scotland
  - 27 Jan 2004 at 20:05
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  Wow, what an ...
  
  Wow, what an atmospheric and genuinely creepy film. A mother in the middle of a custody battle moves into a run down apartment block with her 6 years old ... read more »
  
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- - Patrick#83
  - SALFORD
  - 08 Aug 2004 at 13:49
- - 7
  - 2
  Unsettling
  
  This is your basic haunted house film, no real twists or original plotting and you'll figure out the ending about 30 mins before it occurs BUT it will leave... read more »
  
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- - Raymond Turrell
  - Birmingham
  - 29 Jan 2004 at 14:46
- - 7
  - 2
  An interesting ghost ...
  
  An interesting ghost story - well directed and acted, but a little light on plot (I'm not even sure if the '10 Years Later...' coda adds anything to... read more »
  
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- - loz#6
  - BRISTOL
  - 20 May 2004 at 02:07
- - 7
  - 4
  A bit wetter than
  
  This film doesn't scare you into insomnia the way Ring does, but it's a well crafted and very creepy Haunted House tale. In a sense it cashes in on the ... read more »
  
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- - Tim Reid
  - Glasgow
  - 19 Mar 2004 at 23:42
- - 4
  - 0
  It's Dark, and It's Wet.
  
  And soon to remade by the Yanks, in a Ring kind of way, no doubt. Which means all the slow build up, atmosphere and tension will be lost from this cool movie, ... read more »
  
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- - DrMikey
  - 70 reviews
  - Middlewich
  - 26 Aug 2004 at 13:02

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  After winning a custody battle for her daughter, Yoshimi tries to make a new start. The apartment she moves into seems perfect at first. Soon though, strange things begin happening. Huge water stains appear on the ceiling and drip constantly, more liquid oozing into the rooms every day. She calls ...