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Review title: Yet another pointless and disappointing remake
Product review: In similar vein to The Grudge and The Ring (penned by the same author as this yarn), Dark Water is a Hollywoodised (for that read watered-down) take on a fairly stylish Asian original horror.Whilst not only lacking the class of the original, Dark Water also suffers from being quite a weak and formulaic ghost story. I mean come on! We can all surely guess what's happened to the missing girl after the first 15 minutes and how many times has the old "invisible friend" routine been trotted out before?There are no real shocks along the way - just a mildly creepy atmosphere and I'm surprised this was 15 rated. I've seen scarier PGs!On the plus side, Pete Postlethwaite as the flats' handyman harboring a terrible secret and the little girl Ceci (Ariel Gade) put in very convincing performances. The material here isn't really strong enough to make their sterling efforts truly memorable though.Disappointing.
