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Dark Water

Dark Water

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2002

A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.

Movie details

Dark Water

“Don't let the water reach you.”

2002 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 1h 41m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Dark Water?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hideo Nakata

Written by

Yoshihiro Nakamura · Takashige Ichise · Hideo Nakata · Kenichi Suzuki

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Yoshimi Matsubara

Rio Kanno

Rio Kanno

Young Ikuko Matsubara

M

Mirei Oguchi

Mitsuko Kawai

Asami Mizukawa

Asami Mizukawa

Ikuko Hamada

Fumiyo Kohinata

Fumiyo Kohinata

Kunio Hamada

Yuu Tokui

Yuu Tokui

Ota

Isao Yatsu

Isao Yatsu

Kamiya

Court is in session

Put Dark Water on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.