Dark Water Movie
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This Season, The Mystery Of The Darkness Will Consume Your Life
Some mysteries were never meant to be solved.
Dark water conceals darker secrets.
Dahlia Williams is starting a new life; newly separated with a new job and a new apartment, she's determined to put her relationship with her estranged husband behind her and devote herself to raising her daughter, Ceci. But when the strained separation disintegrates into a bitter custody battle, her situation takes a turn for the worse. Her new apartment—dilapidated, cramped, and worn—seems to take on a life of its own. Mysterious noises, persistent leaks of dark water, and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a puzzling and mystifying pursuit to find out who is behind the endless mind games. As Dahlia frantically searches for the links between the riddles, the dark water seems to close around her. But one thing trumps all others in Dahlia's world: no matter what it is that's out there, she'll stop at nothing to find it.
| Jennifer Connelly | Dahlia |
| John 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 |
| Bill Buell | Mediator |
| J.R. Horne | Man in Train |
| Elina Löwensohn | Dahlia's Mother |
| Warren Belle | UPS Man |
| Alison Sealy-Smith | Supervisor |
| Walter Salles |
5.50 out of 10 (13940 votes)
Visitor Reviews
Japanese Horror Remakes... from this author it seems they've made at least two movies.
posted on 28 Aug 2009Now having seen both The Ring and Dark Water, I'm beginning to wonder if the directors are completely misrepresenting the novels that the movies were based on, resulting in similar movies from the same kinds of books, or if there have been multiple movies made from one book.The similarities between these two movies are the characters, in basic. Distressed mother with young child, generally absent father. What seems to be is Samara (from The Ring) is Jennifer Connelly's (the dark-haired Naomi Watts) daughter. The same dirty brown on the walls (the leak in the ceiling, the tree in Samara's bedroom in the barn), the little girl's singing (Ceci in her bed under the leak, Samara by the well she drowned in), the occurrences of drowning little girls (Natasha on the roof, Samara in the well) being discovered by thin and gorgeous young mothers, the child being "controlled" while drawing at school (Aidan's large dark circles, Ceci's painting), water and hair appearances (overall theme for Dark Water was water, the characters all had dark hair, then some black hair comes out of the sink faucet while Dahlia pops another pill; Anna Morgan and Samara's black hair, also with many occurrences of water, e.g., the well), the mother abandoning her daughter (Dahlia being abandoned by her mother, Ceci abandoned by hers, Samara's mother who killed herself), and the general living environment of cities where it rains a lot.There were some successful suspense techniques, but those also worked on me in The Ring. The acting was good, or I may just be fans of the actors. If you've seen The Ring and Dark Water then you've seen all that comes from this author.
Two Hours Of WASTED Time!!!!!
posted on 22 Aug 2009Hmmmm...where to start. To give you an idea of the audacity of this film, consider this: I registered for this site to speak on it's behalf to save you any money you may consider investing in it;s shortcomings. I went to a local theater where I would normally spend sixteen bucks for two of us to see a movie, little did I know there is student discount and it was only twelve bucks, PLEASE...can I have my money back! The only thing that kept me awake in this film, was the cold chill down my back from the blasting air conditioner and the fact that I had to take a leak every five minutes from the jumbo pop I sucked down to keep me busy. The only thing less appealing than wasting another two hours watching this film would be to sit and watch paint dry. I admit I have seen many poor films, but this was just plain robbery. If your interested in seeing a movie with two scenes and a poor plot, Dark Water may just be your flick. Dark Water is not the least bit creepy, the slightest bit scary, and at no times interesting. I only pity those of you who waste your efforts in attempting to keep your eyes open for this tragedy of a film.
"Dark Water" too dark, literally!
posted on 22 Aug 2009I don't know why, but lately it seems that some directors have decided that it's desirable to film a movie practically in the dark. It is so frustrating to watch a movie when you can't really see what is going on. I realize that sometimes it is necessary for the setting to be dark to lend authenticity to the scene, but to film almost the entire movie where you can hardly even see anyone's face or what's in the room, it's extremely annoying. I kept thinking of the recent version of "House of Wax" too while I was watching this movie. That director also somehow concluded that it would be good to film an entire movie where the audience seldomly could even see what was going on. I think I'll avoid any more horror movies by these two directors.Chris
Beautiful but disappointing
posted on 20 Aug 2009OK, the film had such potential, being from the writer of a fairly scary film, and looks so slick and creepy but it immediately falls on a familiar story, with clichéd locations and characters (sorry, the janitor is fun but too overused for my liking). The film spends nearly 40 mins just showing off the apartment and sets up the story until around the 50 minute mark, which could have been good but the set-up is slightly laking and has many shades of films like The Ring (apartments are a real complex for the writer, aren't they?) and The Brood. The film does have a few tense moments and interesting characters (the lawyer especially) but I never really felt involved enough with the characters to care for it as a drama or in enough suspense to think of it as a horror. It didn't seem to know what it wanted to be. It was good but it could have been better. if you come across this film on TV and have 100 minutes to spare, by all means watch it, but don't be prepared for anything more than a by the numbers drama and suspense film (can't call it a horror, sorry) combined (fairly well) with a pretty predictable finalé and long-winded ending. A decent and very beautiful and polished film, but really of little more than TV standards story-wise.
Divorced mother has problems with the plumbing
posted on 18 Aug 2009One thing I appreciate about Oriental horror movies (and their remakes) is the importance the give to atmosphere - they are more interested in creating a creepy mood than in featuring fountains of blood and piles of corpses. But this laudable intention can be taken too far, and such is the case with Dark Water. The original movie - by Hideo Nakata - at least featured a genuinely chilling moment near the end. This remake is basically the same stuff, a continuous build-up of atmosphere and tension, a long tease, except that the scary climax has been watered down, for incomprehensible reasons.Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) has recently divorced from her husband (Dougray Scott) and she moves with her daughter Ceci (Ariel Grade) in an apartment in a building on Roosevelt Island. The place is lugubrious; the building handyman (Pete Postlethwaite) is unhelpful; and soon unsettling events start to happen… It's not much of a reveal for the remake of a Japanese horror movie to say that the house is haunted by the ghost of a child (seriously, what else it could have been ?!?).Beautiful Jennifer Connelly (her piercing green eyes are mesmerizing) gives a powerful performance of a desperate woman faced with inexplicable events which bring her to question her sanity. Young Ariel Grade is convincing and not unbearably saccharine like many children actors are. The rest of the cast is fine but wasted. Actors like Pete Postlethwaite, Tim Roth (as a helpful lawyer - an unusual character!) and John C. Reilly (as the sleazy manager of the apartment building) are too good for the small parts they are given here.The direction by Salles is effective, with the use of a lurid colour palette to convey the eerie atmosphere of the building and a slow (occasionally too much), deliberate pacing, but the mistake during the climax is unforgivable: without giving away major spoilers, I'll just say that the visual impact is nowhere close that of the crucial scene of the original.I have read comments claiming that Dark Water is not supposed to be a horror movie, because it's really a drama about a single mother raising her daughter in a hostile environment. It's an interesting interpretation, but in this case why put ghosts in it at all? It's a bit out of the left field for a drama, isn't it? Of course, Kubrick made a brilliant horror movie (The Shining) which both portrayed the dissolution of familiar bonds *and* handled the supernatural elements magnificently, but Salles (however skilled) is no Kubrick, and Dark Water is most certainly not The Shining.6/10
Not worth it
posted on 16 Aug 2009This movie is good for those who like rain or thunderstorms. The movie was actually not worth seeing. No real plot, bad acting, bad editing, and pointless. The apartment setting could have really saved the movie, but it remained unclear what the directors wanted us to do-that is- to be scared stiff, or to see the movie as a (family) drama. In addition the whole separation "thingy" only added length to the movie as opposed to aiding the overall plot. Many parts of the movie were very predictable, with many plots already presented during the promotion of the film. In addition, the acting is very unoriginal, as many themes in the movie could be found in the Ring, Darkness Falls, to name a few.
Pointless remake- why not call it Ring 3?
posted on 14 Aug 2009When I first saw the cast list for "Dark Water", I thought that it was a little odd but promising. I mean really, how many Oscar nominated let alone winners, would do a re-make? The original version, released in 2002 was called, Honogurai mizu no soko kara. Although I suppose as soon as one saw that Koji Suzuki wrote the novel this movie was based on, as well as the novel that was made into "Ringu" and it's US counterparts, they could assume they knew the story. "Dark Water" is yet another movie in the current trend of casting children as our link to the dead. All it takes is an "imaginary friend" and some creepy toys or drawings and you've got yourself a horror movie people will go see. Well now I can say I won't be one of them. Jennifer Connelly, in her role as Dahlia, does yet another great job as a downtrodden and weary woman, much like the way she spent half of "House of Sand and Fog". Perhaps that explains her reason for choosing such an apartment complex for her and her daughter and her ability to accept leaks and loud noises coming from the empty apartment above. John C. Riley does a wonderful job portraying the sleazy cheap landlord/ building manager and Pete Postlethwaite as Veeck gave the audience yet another colorful player that further went to questioning Dahlia's mental state in choosing her home. In all honesty, no person would put up with the people and the building as much as the writer and director would have us believe. To me, the most enjoyable thing to watch was young Ariel Gade as Connelly's daughter Ceci. The two of them interacting made up the only believable part of the storyline.In my view, if you've seen "The Ring", you've seen "Dark Water". Mother and child meets abandonment. Perhaps Mr. Koji Suzuki should go see a therapist to deal with his mother issues instead of plaguing us with another tale that so formulaic.
Drowns Itself
posted on 14 Aug 2009I'm going to begin by saying that people who say that this is not like the Ring are not completely wrong, but they are not completely right either. This movie has PLENTY in common with the Ring--the water, the ghostly girl, and some other factors that might be considered as spoilers on here. But the thing is that we accept most of the things that happen in the Ring. That is not the same here. Most of the events that go on in this movie are pointless. I went over the story a few times and tried to tie in certain things that stood out a lot. It drags for a long time and I know why, but these writers could have told the story much more quickly and it still would have made sense. "Made sense"--I use that term loosely because almost nothing here makes sense, especially when this ends. The ghostly girl--the imaginary friend of the mother's daughter--is what messes this up for me. The story is about a troubled woman: so much trauma has occurred throughout her life and she is facing a very difficult situation when the film starts, and it is almost like the dark water is closing in on her. Stop it right there. That calls for a psychological thriller, which is what this REMOTELY is. The movie could have done away with a lot of things and been pretty fair. But we will get away from there and go to the good characteristics. The atmosphere and music are good, reinforcing the dark and dank visuals. The images and the symbolism are both well-done. And the acting, especially by Connelly, is solid and decent. It is too bad that these good characteristics could not be incorporated into a better film. This just drowns itself in its own darkness of confusion and pointlessness. And as for the scare factor: it is not scary at all. Most people would probably find it disturbing, but not scary. If you enjoyed the Ring and/or the Ring 2 (which was as disappointing as this), then you will like this and see the clarity through the water =) 4.8/10 Stars
How to save your child's life, whilst fixing the plumbing.
posted on 08 Aug 2009After the post-mordem madness of that lousy "Ring Two", I was sure to steer clear of this film, even though I was aware of actress Jennifer Connelly getting the film all to herself. A first for her in quite a while. Just the same, I knew better than to fall victim to the puerile junk of petty thrills and stupid nonsense that would match the likes of the stupid Ring sequel, and I'm congratulating myself for that. This film was embarrassingly similar, and painfully intolerable to watch. What did we have with that trashy Ring sequel? I'll say this much, "Dark Water" would have been easier to watch, and maybe even a little enjoyable, had we not been disgraced with that pathetic Ring sequel. Dark water centers around a Young woman (Connelly) who moves into a shabby apartment with her five, or six year old daughter, while her jerky husband tries to pull out all the stops on her in an attempt to prevent her from it. Once settled in, on the suggestion made by her daughter, not hers, she is walking down easy street with her daughter at a new school, and a job with health benefits. Yeah, real good huh? Not when that wall in the home is leaking with dirty, filthy water. Apparently, the plumbing is really bad there. Evetually, our young protagonist discovers the truth of a little brat, whom wasn't loved, or cared for, by either of her two trashy parents. Now, she haunting the walls...in search of a MOMMIE DEAREST! UGH! What a predictable and unsatisfying plot! How can anyone watch this film, and go back to pretend? Sheesh, this film couldn't have been released at a worse time. It looks like a ring movie, the music sounds like a Ring movie, and it has a child antagonist...just like those putrid ring films. What a shame, Connelly has depth, something we never saw in the other films. Actually, the story is better written, because of the realistic conflict between Connelly's 'Dahlia', and her husband, not to mention bad memories of an abusive mother. The parental commentary is quite amusing, but what will we benefit from it? The only logical thing we see, is Dahlia reeling to rid her life of this ugly brat, whilst keeping her hair clean of that filthy water, literally! I beg you, pass on this movie, and watch something a little more constructive. I wish I hadn't watched this film the other. It was exactly what I was expecting...even with an easily impressive actress like Connelly. Performances are decent and the twists were kind of kinky..especially the end. Still, there's nothing here but a rubbishy, stylized Japan remake, in the vain of the 'Grudge' and those awful 'Ring' films. What's next? A sequel? Don't be surprised. The other remake franchise films had them.
Pretentious. Also, wet.
posted on 06 Aug 2009Oh, look, Hollywood found another Japanese horror flick they hadn't remade yet.Well, kind of. Dark Water turns out to be from the guys who brought you the 'Ring' series, and boy does it show. Single mom? Check. Kid who sees apparitions? Check. Spooky kid ghosts? Check. Slowly developed tale of abandoned kids, discovered through circumstantial evidence? Checkarooni. Lots of water imagery? Check. Haunted bathroom? Check.Consider that last one closely. What is the Japanese obsession with water, particularly bathrooms, as a vehicle for death and haunting? Yes, I know, their country is surrounded by oceans. So is ours. That doesn't compel us to make EVERY SINGLE FILM about the perils of going swimming in the bathtub.The worst part of this movie, oddly, is not the flat acting, the hackneyed plot, the forgettable imagery, or the red herrings scattered liberally (and pointlessly) throughout the film. It's the extras, in which we see and hear the filmmakers gushing (there's that water imagery again) about how ar-tees-teek their vision is for, get this, hosing down their sets. They are really excited, like little kids, about just how WET these sets are going to be. Man oh man, these will be the wettest. Sets. Evahr! Then they offer you a DVD extra in which you can layer and mix the sounds of various flushing toilets, just like the real sound engineer from the film, in order to create the Ultimate Spooky Bathroom Scene! No, I am not making this up. That's what passes for horror these days.
Not as good as The Ring - an OK film
posted on 31 Jul 2009The movie was OK, this was koji suzuki's second movie made from his novels, he also did the ring, you could definitely tell that dark water was written by the same person as both movies were very dark and generally had a good story line. dark water unlike the ring was extremely bland and boring, for most of the film anyway! the two girls in the film looked very similar which often made the film confusing, their acting was average much like the movie. John C Reilly was the best bit about the film his acting was awesome just like it was in Gangs Of New York and The Aviator!!! one of the best actors around at the moment, not quite as good as johny depp and kathy bates though(Which is impossible). in the ring there was a very interesting twist the same for Dark Water it was difficult to think what the twist was going to be but eventually it was a disappointment. the build up in this movie was all wrong, after about 30 minutes you knew what the movie was going to be about, this could have been done a lot better with maybe clues being pieced together etc and 105 minutes is way too long they could have cut this by a lot by not repeating the same pointless scenes like the elevator scenes and the leak in the bed room - we get the point!!! the water in the film was supposed to be misleading - this didn't really work which ruined the movie even more also the whole custody thing was completely pointless and was very annoying all of this could could have been cut. a lot of this film reminded me of the grudge - which was extremely crap and disappointing. The difference between this and The Ring is The Ring had good directing this was just plain awful. no film has even come close to being as good as the sixth sense in the horror/thriller genre.I would give this film a 6/10--------------- Main good points: John C Reilly, Jumpy at times--------------------- Main bad points: Boring, Forgettable
This is a beautiful film
posted on 29 Jul 2009I have never posted a review on this site, but I feel that I should inform some people on "Dark Water".This is NOT a horror film.Yes,it's being marketed that way but it's not.This is a drama about a mother and daughter trying to make it on their own with a bit of a ghostly twist.Jennifer Connelly is amazing and has become one of my favorite actresses.In this,she is strong and fragile.She almost made me cry once or twice as she tried to hold things together and convince herself that she is not crazy.The little girl playing her daughter is sublime;The next dakota fanning maybe. This film is slow paced,there are NO big scares,no blood-just tension and mystery under the surface.The pace brings you to really care about the characters and not root for dahlia because it's Jennifer Connelly,but because it's Dahlia.It has one of the saddest yet hopeful endings I've seen in a while.This stands head and shoulders above "The Ring" (which I liked) and "The Grudge".Give it a try if you're looking for a good drama.
Real nice movie, but bad marketing
posted on 29 Jul 2009Excellent movie, with real great plot and acting, and as one user has mentioned here, great atmosphere. I would like to add that the soundtrack is extremely haunting as well, and stayed with me even after I left the movie theater. Certain moments in the movie caused me to feel scared, but the overall tone is more saddening than horrifying, its a movie about loneliness, and redemption. Definitely not for the thrill-seeking kind, feel it was ultimately let down by misguided marketing and wrong expectations from the public who came to watch it, and who would have send bad word-of-mouth which worked against its box office prospects. Sad to note that a good work remained largely unseen.
Another bad remake of a Japanese hit.
posted on 29 Jul 2009As the sleazy owner shows Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) and her daughter Ceci (Ariel Gade) around a run down apartment, he makes a big deal out of the fact that the shower door is made from toughened glass. No prizes for guessing that someone gets trapped in the shower later on. Such is the low level of inventiveness on show in Dark Water, a US remake of Hideo Nakata's Japanese ghost movie.Dahlia is in the process of divorce, has little money and so reluctantly takes the apartment. Then all manner of weird happenings occur – water constantly drips from the ceiling, footsteps are heard in the empty room above, and Ceci starts talking to an 'imaginary friend' Natasha. Could Natasha possibly be the ghost of the missing child from the room above? Will Dahlia find the body? Will the body be somewhere watery? Yep, yep and yep again. Ho hum.Walter Salles's remake is slow, dreary and very predictable and viewers expecting either a spooky or scary film should be warned – Dark Water is neither. Despite good performances from leads Connelly and Gade, this film cannot escape the fact that we've seen this kind of thing many times before, and in far superior films. The ending, an attempt at bringing some life into this dismal film, only ends up confusing the viewer, as Natasha suddenly turns nasty and tries to off Ceci in order to take her place. The manner in which Dahlia saves her daughter is a complete let down (and thus, I suppose, is in keeping with the rest of the film).I haven't seen the original Dark Water yet, but it is in my 'to view' pile of DVDs; it will be interesting to see how it compares...
Insanity or Horror?
posted on 29 Jul 2009Dark Water isn't necessarily a horror film involving supernatural events. It could simply be the tale of a crazy woman whose mother was crazy, and whose daughter is also crazy. Think about that while you're watching it.A ghost doesn't kill Dahlia in the end, she commits suicide. Same as her mother did. And her daughter is still talking to an "imaginary friend." They're nuts, no ghosts involved.Another good "parallel theme" film is Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall." You never know if Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is experiencing his virtual spy vacation or really saving Mars from destruction. I found "Dark Water" to be much less subtle about the parallel themes. References to Dahlia's state of mental health are made almost constantly throughout the film.
We should have seen War of the Worlds...
posted on 19 Jul 2009I don't know if this comment will be helpful, but it's just my story of what happened when I saw it. My mother, my sister, and I went to the theatre to see Fantastic Four... But they were sold out for all the showings until midnight and it was 10:00 PM, so we weren't going to wait that long. We decided to see a different movie instead, either War of the Worlds or Dark Water. So, guess what we saw? My sister and mother thought it would be good considering the previews and the hype, etc... When we got in, it was completely packed! The movie may have been only an hour and a half, but it seemed to drag on forever; you're just thinking "Oh my god, when will this end?!" Nothing remotely interesting happened at all throughout the film and the plot line was just total crap. When the movie ended, we found out that we were not alone in our opinions. It was the first time I ever saw an entire theatre full of people going "WTF?!" One guy even said "This s**t is bananas!" It was so terrible that we couldn't help but laugh at it on the car ride home. Unless you want to make fun of this movie, I advise you never to see this movie.
Best portrayal of mother-daughter relationship
posted on 17 Jul 2009This movie is a very touching experience and I feel the teens lack the aptitude to understand the very complex feels in this one. I am very shocked to see this one not being nominated for Oscar. Jennifer Connelly is at her usual best completed by the fantastic roles played by Tim Roth and Mr. Murray (the land-lord). The child's role is fantastic and lively.The story is well-built and well-paced. The background score is sufficiently scary and does produce intense feelings. This movie seems to be a very low budget but the cinematography, over all acting and the script set this one in the league of the greats.
America is not Japan
posted on 13 Jul 2009Sorry to say but, American shouldn't do Japanese films remakes.America is not Japan, and anyway you take it, the ambiance and feel never be the same. I love the Japanese original. Frightening and spooky. This one is a "Wal Mart" version, with all angles softened. Just a movie. Not that it's bad. It's too clean and nice even if the screenplay is still the same.For example, the building where the women lives, is just ... a building. OK, not very engaging, but nothing more. The original building is completely sinister : dark and dirty, even though it's a common one. Almost alive.There's also these complex relationship between the Japanese culture and the water and the hair. Very important in this film context.This film is interesting to see anyway, but both culture don't mix, and something don't catch on this one. It will be disappointing if you already know the original. So take look at it, and then see the Japanese one.
As ALWAYS a step above the Amercian remake!
posted on 08 Jul 2009I watched the American version of Dark Water and honestly, didn't care much for it all; not even knowing it WAS a remake. However, I like Japanese horror enough to give this one a chance to stand on its own and not blame it for it "lukewarm" Amercianized version. I really enjoyed this one MUCH better. The little girl in it is just too adorable for words! I thought the mother was great and I liked the acting quite a bit too. My one remaining problem with this one, one of the same I had in the US version in a personal one. I don't know about all of YOU, but I am sure as fire giong to go down fighting and I would NEVER voluntarily leave my baby. I would have been mad a (*#* and ready to fight like the dickens. That is just personal though and doesn't affect the film. It is DEF worth a view if like this type of film and worth adding to your collection!
Not scary enough for horror, not smart enough to thrill *SPOILERS*
posted on 30 Aug 2009I'll start out by saying thematically, this movie was well conveyed. Using Roosevelt Island and its brutalist architecture was a notable success for the locations department.Unfortunately, I feel this film falls quite short of being much of a horror movie or think piece.I saw the original Dark Water a couple years ago and was pretty happy with it. Needless to say, my hopes were certainly a little high after seeing it as well as the previous translations of The Ring and The Grudge. I could see that this film was setting out to darken the tone of the original story but it felt very empty in the end.Now, I want to try and be objective about this, so I'll step away from the comparisons.I found the pace of this movie to be terribly slow. I don't mind a steady ramp into the tension of a thriller, but the first act of this film just left me unimpressed. I understand the divorce and subsequent events early on are meant to serve as a catalyst for the climax, but I felt it was far too prominent and a bit forced. We can all understand bitter custody battles and divorces, there's no reason to so blatantly illustrate every painful detail. This film is not a family drama or ABC movie of the week. Such a situation could be summed up very quickly and established in a matter of minutes. The ongoing dispute rarely made an impact on the situations in the film. For the most part, they came off as rather arbitrary. Almost as if they were trying to elaborate the fact that so many horror movies in Asia seem to focus on single mothers.There were also some great opportunities for interesting plot twists that were missed or even left wide open.**SPOILER ALERT**Why didn't they follow up on the delinquent teens who were somehow involved with her husband?What ever became of the girl's family and the attorney's investigation of them?I think these are two plot points that could have really made the film much more dramatic but the filmmakers chose to ignore these things.Furthermore, Dark Water deserves little recognition for making me think. Every little thing (that wasn't completely neglected - see above) was spelled out far too quickly. Every time I thought I might have to think about something, lo and behold! They shove the explanation down my throat! And sure, the mystery behind the girl and her family wasn't immediately clarified, but it was painfully obvious where it was going. I wasn't the least bit surprised seeing as this is a ghost story. It felt like a really poor remake of the remake of The Ring (finding bodies in wells, bad parenting, etc).In summation, I'm but one voice in a world of opinions, but I was really let down by this movie, regardless of whether it was meant to be a horror film or thriller.I don't condemn the viewing of this film, but I sure don't recommend it if you're looking for The Ring or The Sixth Sense.