Dark Water

AroView: Running rings around the RING films in unsettling atmosphere, rich subtext and jump-in-your-seat moments, this creepy fable of urban isolation triumphantly confirms dir. Nakata’s status as the master of “J-Horror”.

A mother and her young daughter move into a small apartment, but discover a mysterious and persistent leak in the ceiling - which in combination with the local urban myth of a murdered child, allows a certain paranoia to permeate their lives, connected to their own personal vulnerabilities and fears. Slow-building, dreamlike and brilliantly filmed in subdued colours, this evokes the anonymous terrors of the bland city sprawl like no other.

Based on the short story “Floating Water” by Koji Suzuki.