a 2005 American horror drama film , directed by Walter Sallesstarring Jennifer Connelly and Tim Roth

Dark Water is a 2005 American horror drama film directed by Walter Salles, starring Jennifer Connelly and Tim Roth.

a Japanese supernatural horror drama film directed by Hideo Nakata

Dark Water is a Japanese supernatural horror drama film directed by Hideo Nakata.

an eerie, creepy, atmospheric classic from the late 1990’s / early 2000’s Japanese horror boom

Dark Water is an eerie, creepy, atmospheric classic from the late 1990’s / early 2000’s Japanese horror boom.

a 2005 American supernatural horror film directed by Walter Salles and written by Rafael Yglesias

Dark Water is a 2005 American supernatural horror film directed by Walter Salles and written by Rafael Yglesias.

a powerful drama-thriller that everyone needs to see

With a script by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z), based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by Nathaniel Rich, and produced by Ruffalo, Pamela Koffler (One Hour Photo) and Christine Vachon (Carol), with executive producers Jeff Skoll (The Help, Lincoln), Jonathan King (Lincoln), Robert Kessel (Wonder) and Michael Sledd (I, Tonya, The Founder, Dallas Buyers Club), DARK WATERS is a powerful drama-thriller that everyone needs to see.

an effective legal thriller that tells an incredible real-life story

Dark Waters is an effective legal thriller that tells an incredible real-life story, albeit in a rather conventional way.

the 2002 Japanese horror movie about a mother, in the middle of a nasty divorce, who moves into a rundown apartment with Frankenstein's daughter

Dark Water is the 2002 Japanese horror movie about a mother, in the middle of a nasty divorce, who moves into a rundown apartment with Frankenstein's daughter.

a horror film about a mother desperate to prove herself a worthy caregiver to Yoshimi's daughter

Dark Water is a horror film about a mother desperate to prove herself a worthy caregiver to Yoshimi's daughter.

a typical J-horror film

In some ways, Dark Water is a typical J-horror film.

a 2002 horror film, a ghost story, but not a scary or gory one

Dark Water is a 2002 horror film, a ghost story, but not a scary or gory one.

one of the most famous horror movies to come out of Japan

Alongside The Ring, Dark Water is one of the most famous horror movies to come out of Japan, popular enough to spawn an American remake a few years later.

one of the best legal thrillers of recent years

Based on true events, Dark Waters is one of the best legal thrillers of recent years.

a bleak and tragic horror film

Dark Water is a bleak and tragic horror film in the same vein as Ringu.

fantasy RPG

: Dark Waters stands out among the fantasy RPG genre by heading away from the traditional fantasy realm and heading more towards semi-realism.

a splendidly low-key horror movie – not a drop of blood in sight – and an emotionally affecting social drama, elements that successfully compliment and interact with the other

Dark Water is both a splendidly low-key horror movie – not a drop of blood in sight – and an emotionally affecting social drama, elements that successfully compliment and interact with the other.

a legal thriller from Todd Haynes about Robert Bilott (), Mark Ruffaloa corporate lawyer who discovers links between unexplained deaths in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the chemical corporation DuPont, who are a large employer in the area

‘Dark Waters’ is a legal thriller from Todd Haynes about Robert Bilott (Mark Ruffalo), a corporate lawyer who discovers links between unexplained deaths in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and the chemical corporation DuPont, who are a large employer in the area.

Japanese horror auteur Hideo Nakata's return to the genre

Dark Water is Japanese horror auteur Hideo Nakata's return to the genre after his Ring cycle made you too scared to watch television ever again.

one of the best of the American remakes of a J-horror movie

Dark Water is easily one of the best of the American remakes of a J-horror movie, thanks specifically to the performances and the direction, the direction's languid pace and (literal) atmosphere, and the direction's avoidance of overt scares and jump scenes in favor of psychological depth.

a legal thriller with a cast to die for, including Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman, Victor Garber, and William Jackson Harper

Dark Waters is a legal thriller with a cast to die for, including Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman, Victor Garber, and William Jackson Harper.

With a script by Mario Correa and with executive producers Jeff Skoll (The Help, Lincoln)

With a script by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z), based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by Nathaniel Rich, and produced by Ruffalo, Pamela Koffler (One Hour Photo) and Christine Vachon (Carol), with executive producers Jeff Skoll (The Help, Lincoln), Jonathan King (Lincoln), Robert Kessel (Wonder) and Michael Sledd (I, Tonya, The Founder, Dallas Buyers Club), DARK WATERS is a powerful drama-thriller that everyone needs to see.