Troubled Waters

Took a double dip of “Dark Water” over the weekend. Something must have gotten lost in translation (no pun intended) because the American version borders more on psychological thriller rather than horror. The story goes something like this: a recently separated mother and daughter, move into an apartment with a leaky ceiling from the haunted apartment upstairs.
Not a whole heck of a lot happens that most people would consider even remotely scary. Jennifer Connelly has a spooky dream *drip* her daughter plays with an “imaginary friend” *drip* the creepy super refuses to fix the leak *drip* *drip* a missing little girl’s backpack keeps appearing/disappearing *drip* maybe Jennifer Connelly is crazy and it’s rubbing off on her daughter, like her own mom did to her *drip* teenage punks ogle Connelly *drip* maybe her ex-husband is behind it all! *drip* No wait! The imaginary friend is a ghost! *SPLAT*
The plot is basically the same in the Japanese version, but it’s not pretending to be Masterpiece Theater, so you get better payoffs. Much better final act.