Dark Water (2005) Arrow Video 4kUltraHD Review

Arrow Video knows fand love their J-Horror! So they have released many J-Horror films one of the best Blu-rays Blind Beast and here recently we saw the Blu-ray collection of J-Horror Rising. But what about other great J-Horror releases?

Arrow Video released a haunting tale on 4K UltraHD entitled Dark Water. Director Hideo Nakata known for directing Ring (1998) and Ring 2 (1999) was the one to direct 2005's Dark Water. 

Synopsis: 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. 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.

Hideo Nakata brought the world the unforgetable VCR ghost films Ringu (as it was known in Japen), here he returns to the supernatural expertly directing Dark Water. The film is not a slasher or gory horror, it is a slow burn, emotional horror film that once you watch you will never forget.

Arrow Video has transferred this film to 4K UltraHD in (2160p) the presentation is in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible). The audio track is an original lossless Japanese language 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio. There is also the option for English subtitles.

Dark Water looks and sounds stunning in 4K. Arrow Video never ceases to amaze me at the amount of love and detail they put into their releases. Beyond a beautiful copy of Dark Water in 4K, Arrow Video added some great bonus features to this release. Take a look at what is included.

* Ghosts, Rings and Water – interview with director Hideo Nakata

* Family Terrors – interview with author Koji Suzuki

* Visualizing Horror – interview with cinematographer Junichiro Hayashi

* Archive interviews with actresses Hitomi Kuroki and Asami Mizukawa, and theme song artist Shikao Suga

* Original ‘making-of’ documentary

* Trailers and TV spots

* Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Peter Strain

* Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring writing on the film by David Kalat and Michael Gingold

If you love creepy slow burn horror films Hideo Nakata's Dark Water is defiantly one to check out. And the 4k UltraHD presentation is the perfect way to see it. I think the inclusion of the original 'making-of' documentary is a wonderful bonus feature as well. 

If you are a fan of J-Horror you need to see Hideo Nakata's Dark Water on 4K. head over to MVD Shop and Amazon and order your copy for your collection. You won't be disappointed.

Out of 4 film reels (4 being the best) the Arrow Video 4K UltraHD of Dark Water receives.....