But that just makes this release even more puzzling. Arrow can do some impressive work: anyone who can make Microwave Massacre look like a brand new film and have the presentation rival even that of recent big studio titles on Blu-ray is obviously doing something right. The image is presented in 1080p/24hz on a dual-layer disc. Beautifully shot by the same cinematographer as Ring and Pulse, and featuring an especially unnerving sound design, Dark Water successfully merges spine-tingling tension with a family's heart-wrenching emotional struggle, creating one of the very finest and most unsettling contemporary Japanese horror films.Īrrow Video presents Hideo Nakata’s Dark Water on Blu-ray in its original aspect ratio of about 1.85:1. When they move into a new home within a dilapidated and long-forgotten apartment complex, Yoshimi begins to experience startling visions and unexplainable sounds, calling her mental well-being into question, and endangering not only her custody of Ikuko, but perhaps their lives as well. Based upon on a short story by Ring author Koji Suzuki, Dark Water follows Yoshimi, a single mother struggling to win sole custody of her only child, Ikuko.

See more details, packaging, or compare SynopsisĪfter terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water, another highly atmospheric, and critically acclaimed, tale of the supernatural which took the common theme of the 'dead wet girl' to new heights of suspense and drama.

Dark Water by Kōji Suzuki