Dark Water (2005)

Release date: 2005-07-08
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Walter Salles
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures, Pandemonium Productions, Vertigo Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Rating: 5.6/10
Length: 1h 45min

Storyline

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in the 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 the only bedroom. There are also 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?

Plot Keywords

water tank, evil child, art class, stairwell, single mother, self sacrifice, rooftop, restroom, rainstorm, movie theatre, job seeking, little girl, real estate agent, tram, year 1974, heavy rain, seattle washington, bathtub, lifting someone into the air, dead girl

Short Review

This dank, dark and disturbing psychological horror film is a remake of a Hideo Nakata chiller, but the film it most evokes is Roman Polanski's Repulsion, another tale of mental instability and bad real estate.