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 to do anything about it. A child’s red bag shows up in odd places and soon the child herself starts appearing. Yoshimi then discovers the origin of the ghost…

Dark Water (2005)
  • Rating: (26,453 votes)
  • Taglines:This Season, The Mystery Of The Darkness Will Consume Your Life » Some mysteries were never meant to be solved. »
  • Runtime:105 minutes
  • Director: Walter Salles
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Dahlia
    Jennifer Connelly
    Mr. Murray
    John C. Reilly
    Jeff Platzer
    Tim Roth
    Kyle
    Dougray Scott
    Veeck
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Teacher
    Camryn Manheim
    Ceci
    Ariel Gade
    Natasha / Young Dahlia
    Perla Haney-Jardine
    Young Dahlia's Teacher
    Debra Monk
    Mediator
    Linda Emond
  • Genres:Drama, Horror, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Doug Davison
    producer  
    Kerry Foster
    associate producer  
    Ashley Kramer
    executive producer  
    Roy Lee
    producer  
    Bill Mechanic
    producer  
    Todd Y. Murata
    production executive  
    Diana Pokorny
    co-producer  
  • Plots: Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom. There are also the noises coming from the apartment directly above hers, though it would appear to be vacant. Is the apartment haunted or is there a simpler explanation? Written by garykmcd
Dark Water
  • User's comment:Dark Water Has Depth by ghoulieguru

    Of all the recent remakes of Japanese horror films, I have to say that Dark Water is the only remake that actually surpasses the original. I think the reason that so many people are so hard on it is because they went in expecting to see THE RING or THE GRUDGE. They went in expecting to see a scary ghost movie. Dark Water is not really a horror movie, at least not in the traditional sense. It's actually more of a drama set in a haunted apartment complex. If you go in expecting to have stuff jump out at you, you will be disappointed.

    It's sad that everyone expects horror films to have a bunch of jump scares in them these days. Whatever happened to the slow buildup of tension and paranoia of something like ROSEMARY'S BABY? If you go into Dark Water expecting something more akin to Rosemary's Baby or a Hitchcock thriller, you might just end up enjoying this film.

    As far as comparing this remake to the original, I will say that I felt that Jennifer Connelly was a much more compelling character than the mother in the original movie. Overall, the characters were fleshed out better. I understood the conflict between the mother, the father and the little girl much more in the remake. The original just sort of glanced over many of these details. Some of the shots were actually more effective than the ones in the original, and the ending in the remake is more satisfying and better executed than in the original. Generally, I think that J-horror is better left in its original incarnation. As much as I liked the Western version of THE RING, I felt like the only reason they remade it was to cast Naomi Watts as the lead. THE GRUDGE, they should have left that one alone. Nothing was gained by Sarah Michelle Gellar. But this one, this one is actually better than the Japanese original in my opinion.

    This movie is not for everyone. It is a slow, poignant drama set in a really creepy location. It would probably play well in a double feature with ROSEMARY'S BABY. If you want to have stuff jump out at you, watch THE GRUDGE. If you want to watch a movie that has a little more depth to it, watch DARK WATER.


  • Quotes: Mr. Murray: Why was the door open? Veeck: It was locked! Someone else must've opened it! Veeck: Doll.
  • Also known as: Agua turbia (Argentina), Agua turbia (Mexico - imdb display title), Água Negra (Brazil), Águas Passadas (Portugal - imdb display title), Dark Water (France), Dark Water - Dunkle Wasser (Germany), Dark Water: Fatum (Poland - imdb display title), Dark water (La huella) (Spain - imdb display title), Eau trouble (Canada - French title), Fekete víz (Hungary - imdb display title), Karanlik su (Turkey - Turkish title), Mracne vode (Croatia - imdb display title), Stoiheiomeno nero (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Tumma vesi (Finland),

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