ThiefHott Too much of everything

ShangLuda Admirable film.

TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Thanos Karagioras "Honogurai mizu no soko kara" or "Dark Water" is the first movie of Dark Water three years before the American version and I have to say that this movie is really better than the American version. This version has more suspense, action and is more creepy than the American and I believe that it's also the definition of a horror movie.After "The Ring", "The Ring 2", "Grudge" and more Japanese movies (or based on Japan culture) we watch this one. First of all the whole movie is based on the novel of Kôji Suzuki which is really impressive. Secondly Hideo Nakata did a great job in the direction of this movie. Thirdly the interpretations of Hitomi Kuroki who plays as Yoshimi Matsubara was magnificent and Rio Kanno who played as Ikuko Matsubara when she was 6 years old is outstanding.Finally I have to say that "Dark Water" is a really nice horror movie which has to give you and it can transfer to us many feelings from the actors and that is something that direction and especially Hideo Nakata did a very good job under the guidance of course of Kôji Suzuki.

Acke Wikstroem Im sorry but this movie took the edge out of water and made it in to something boring. before viewing this movie i was scared of water!, now after bad acting slow screenplay and Aquaman in the end of the film, I'm not!.yeah its scary with black hair in the water glass and water dripping from the roof, children's feet running, bathtub running over... but we have seen it before! also the movie give out itself in plot, you know whats gonna happen,4 out of 10 wasting time!Cheers!

Ern Williams I went into this movie expecting something great, and extremely creepy and traumatizing scary. Instead I just got a bunch of half scare scenes that made me say "WTF is that it" I was expecting the scares to be really disturbing and make me jump out of my skin. But instead I was sitting there expecting more to happen but nothing happened. The one thing about this film I do enjoy though, is the plot. I felt the plot was well done and the purpose of the ghost mysteriously appearing out of no where was relevant. I see this film gets a lot of great positive reviews and praise from other people which is fine since that's their opinion. I never seen the American version so I don't plan on comparing the two. I just felt that this film lacked the scares and haunting images you would see in other J-Horror movies like Ringu and Ju-On. Like I said I'll give this film props for the plot, but I'm disappointed in terms of the horror provided in this film.

BA_Harrison Divorcée Yoshimi Matsubara (Hitomi Kuroki) and her young daughter Ikuko (Rio Kanno) move into a run-down apartment block where they are haunted by the ghost of Mitsuko Kawai, an emotionally troubled little girl whose body has remained undiscovered since she accidentally drowned in the building's water storage tank two years earlier.Those who watch Hideo Nakata's Dark Water expecting a real fright-fest might be rather disappointed: it's a slow burner of a film that delivers a relentlessly brooding atmosphere, one of death and decay, but which is surprisingly short on nerve-jangling scares (unless, of course, you're freaked out by dripping water, red schoolbags, or six year old girls, in which case you'll be scared s**tless).Indeed, for most of the running time, Yoshimi or Ikuko never actually appear to be in any real danger from the film's restless spirit, their problems arising from far less ethereal sources, and it is only in the films closing moments that it becomes apparent that Mitsuko means to do Ikuko harm (so that she can claim Yoshimi as a surrogate mother) and the real horror begins.Although Nakata's direction is a little too languid in style for my taste, it is technically accomplished, with innovative camera-work and stunning cinematography throughout, and the cast give excellent performances; it might not have left me with the serious case of the jitters I had hoped for, but I had a reasonable enough time with Dark Water, and certainly recommend it over the dreary remake.