Dark Water Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

not the best of asian horror

I am a big fan of asian horror, that being said this is just and average scare or two after watching and hour or ten minutes of build up. Nice ending to the film though. If you want asain horror choose the eye, the ring or the grudge.

Not Scary At All

I was ready for a good scary thriller with this movie, but if you watch this knowing you aren't going to get scared and like the depessive nature of this film, then get it.

The casting is top-notch (mother and daughter look amazing alike) and the storyline in parts, reminds me of The Sixth Sense, but then that is a great film many levels above this one. Like Sixth Sense though, they have unearthed another great young talent in Ariel Gade who plays the young girl in the film and she doesn't have an annoyingly-strong American accent and easyily understood. Nothing against Americans there, it just seems more gritty made like this.

Although this isn't a big budget release - made for just $30m and made back only $25m - says it all from what could have been a great remake but it struggle itself to float above water.

I should just give it 1 star for the terrible storyline and not maintaining any pace or creating good enough frights, but the acting in this is surreal, very natural and gritty, so it gets 2 stars.