Dark Waters

I’ve been greatly impressed by the enchanting island convent environment, candle-filled corridors and secret rooms. It all results in a superb gothic atmosphere. The structure of Dark Waters brings to mind the good old Italian school; as I was watching, I remembered a few times mainly Argento’s Suspiria, but most specifically, in the ending, The Sentinel by Michael Winner – one can notice a lot of similarities with the latter. In other words, Dark Waters is no innovation in the realm of horror, but rather a synthesis of everything we have already seen. Nevertheless, the filming is well done and the flick doesn’t fail to entertain. (09/22/2018)

I’ve just experienced an unprecedented shock. Yesterday in horrorplace I noticed a comment about this film and it caught my attention, so I procured it and immediately put it on, and I’m shocked that almost nobody’s heard of this perfect horror flick. An island far from civilisation, an old monastery, an order of mysterious nuns, underground corridors, candles, burning crosses, some sort of dreadful “creature”… really, It’d be hard to find a better horror atmosphere. Dark Waters doesn’t waste time with any boring introductions, it goes at full speed from the start and doesn’t let down for a moment. By the end I felt my heart was trying to burst out of my chest. Really, I won’t spare superlatives for this film, it’s a must see for horror fans. (05/31/2010)