DARK WATER-Movie Preview. Review on Dark Water Movie

I started my work life in Delhi . The big hard world was hitting me real bad. Insecurities were gradually eating into me. It was actually my sprawling apartment which started terrorizing me after some time. I thought I was a strong woman both mentally and physically so was not prepared at what happened to me. What can you do when the fear is in your mind- deep deep down.

Writing a preview for Dark Water is therefore making me emotional. Nothing is more terrifying than realizing our home, our family, our neighborhood, the walls around us have turned hostile. Time and again this has proved to be a forage for sophisticated horror-thrillers. From the kind next-door neighbors secretly practicing satanic rituals in “Rosemary’s Baby” to the psychological flick ‘The Tenant’ to the bizarrely supernatural “Thirteen Ghosts”, home is no longer where the heart is. The story provided is a collection based on research.

Now, DARK WATER promises to be smart, stylish, emotionally charged and thought-provoking terror. Acclaimed director Walter Salles (“Central Station,” “The Motorcycle Diaries”) tries to join the ranks of Alfred Hitchcock, Roman Polanski, M. Night Shyamalan and Alejandro Amenebar in exploring the territory where everyday reality encounters the darkest supernatural mysteries. Based on a story by the author of the horror classic “The Ring,” DARK WATER approaches modern domestic anxiety from an original angle: that of a devoted mother who will go to extreme lengths to protect her daughter from an apartment that threatens to literally unleash a torrent of fury.

It all begins inside Apartment 9F. This is where a single mother, Dahlia Williams (Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly), is trying to make a new start in life. Attempting to escape from a bitter custody battle with her estranged husband, Dahlia moves with her daughter Ceci to a dilapidated, sprawling housing block on Roosevelt Island at the very edges of New York City. Their new home provides little refuge. The rundown tower’s creepy noises, rickety elevator and sinister dark water stains are eerie enough. But Dahlia soon begins to suspect there is a far greater threat. Just who or what is it that is playing mind games with Dahlia -- and can she trust her own senses when her imagination is also running wild? Ceci’s ghostly encounters and an array of strange occurrences continue to build. Dahlia suddenly must question who she can trust and in what she can believe. But she will stop at nothing to figure out the riddle and protect her daughter...even as the dark water closes in around them. A world of familiar household objects, moods and emotions is transformed into a realm of relentless menace and dread in DARK WATER as the mystery unfolds.

This preview reminded me of the “Panic Room” starring Jodie Foster and Nicole Kidman’s “The Others”. Like all of you I need to find out what is this movie about. By the way have you seen “Poltergeist”?

All of these movies were about parents trying to protect their children from danger.

Jennifer Connelly is one of my favorites so I wont miss this one neither should you. What do you say? ----------------

Director: Walter Salles

Writer: Rafael Yglesias

Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite, Ariel Gade, Perla Haney-Jardine, Camryn Manheim, Shelley Duvall