Dark Water (2005)

A mother and daughter, still wounded from a bitter custody dispute, hole up in a run-down apartment building. Adding further drama to their plight, they are targeted by the ghost of former resident.

Director:

Walter Salles

Writers:

Kôji Suzuki (novel), Hideo Nakata (film Honogurai mizu no soko kara)

Stars:

Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, John C. Reilly

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Connelly	...	Dahlia
John C. Reilly	...	Mr. Murray
Tim Roth	...	Jeff Platzer
Dougray Scott	...	Kyle
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Veeck
Camryn Manheim	...	Teacher
Ariel Gade	...	Ceci
Perla Haney-Jardine	...	Natasha / Young Dahlia
Debra Monk	...	Young Dahlia's Teacher
Linda Emond	...	Mediator
Bill Buell	...	Mediator
J.R. Horne	...	Man in Train
Elina Löwensohn	...	Dahlia's Mother
Warren Belle	...	UPS Man
Alison Sealy-Smith	...	Supervisor

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?

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Plot Keywords:

cult film | supernatural horror | apartment | water | school | 

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Taglines:

Some mysteries were never meant to be solved.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, frightening sequences, disturbing images and brief language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 July 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dark Water

Filming Locations:

Chandler Valley Center Studios - 13927 Saticoy St, Panorama City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,939,251, 10 July 2005

Gross USA:

$25,473,352

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$68,357,079

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Pandemonium Productions, Vertigo Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min 103 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jennifer Love Hewitt turned down the role of Dahlia.

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Goofs

(at around 1h 6 mins) When Ceci runs into the lobby after being dropped off by her father, there is a Barbie doll in her right hand which is stretched out towards her mother. In the next shot, the Barbie doll has switched to her left hand.

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Quotes

Dahlia: If you ever need me, I'll be right here.

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Alternate Versions

Unrated version adds one scene (dream sequence) but removes the dream/reality scene (where Dahlia dreams that her daughter returns from her father) and the scene where Ceci calls Dahlia. In the end the unrated version runs ca 1 minute shorter.

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Connections

Featured in Eli Roth's History of Horror: Ghost Stories (2018)

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Soundtracks

Electrified
Written by Mike Gallagher and Marc Ferrari
Performed by Mike Gallagher
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/MasterSource

User Reviews

Really dark...

"Dark Water" is a movie which has to do with a mother and daughter who are still wounded from something that happened and they can not move on with their lives. Another thing of this movie is that something were wrong with their apartment and water run-down on it.

I liked this movie because is a really different horror movie from all the other movies that I have watched. I also liked the plot and the whole storyline of it and especially the drama of this mother. I believe that Jennifer Connelly who plays as Dahlia makes a really nice interpretation as also John C. Reilly does. I think that Walter Salles did a really great job in the direction of this movie and this is something that is really obvious in whole of the movie.

Finally I have to say that the difference of the plot in this movie is something that makes "Dark Water" more epic.