Dark Water (2005)

Dark Water - movie poster
director:
details
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Date: Jul 8, 2005
Running Time: 104 mins.
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
It all begins inside Apartment 9F. This is where a single mother, Dahlia Williams, is trying to make a brand-new start in life. Attempting to escape from a bitter custody battle with her estranged husband, Dahlia moves with her daughter Ceci to a dilapidated, sprawling housing block on Roosevelt Island at the very edges of New York City. Their new home provides little refuge. The rundown tower’s creepy noises, rickety elevator and sinister dark water stains are eerie enough. But Dahlia begins to suspect there is a far greater threat. Just who or what is it that is playing mind games with Dahlia--and can she trust her own senses when her imagination is also running wild? As Ceci's ghostly encounters and an array of strange occurrences continue to build, Dahlia suddenly must question who she can trust and in what she can believe. But she will stop at nothing to figure out the riddle and protect her daughter--even as the dark water closes in around them.
cast + crew
Director
Dahlia Williams
Mr Murray
Jeff Platzer
Teacher
Ceci Williams
Young Dahlia's Teacher
Mediator
Mediator
Screenplay
Source Material
Producer
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
reviews
Source
rating  PETER TRAVERS - June 16, 2005
A classy ghost story is just the ticket in a summer of crass jolts. Look at the pedigree: Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries, Central Station) directing Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly in an American remake of a Japanese horror hit from Ringu master Hideo Nakata. And if you want to get creeped out by water that drips, leaks, gushes and reflects dark mysteries, Tokyo has nothing on New York's Roosevelt Island. No sooner do Dahlia (Connelly), still fragile from a bitter… Continued
Source

Dark Water is indeed dark, but not in the mind-twisting, sinister, ghostly way you would have hoped. No, it's more like in a doom-and-gloom way that makes you want to slit your wrists. And talk about water. There's a ton of it--dark brown, corroded water--all over the place. Get ready to be saturated with it.

Story

Based on the novel by Japanese author Koji Suzuki (The Ring), we open on one of the many endless rainy days in the film. The recently separated Dahlia Williams (Jennifer Connelly),… Continued