Dark Waters

Dark Waters (1993)

A New Wave of Horror

After the death of her father, a young woman travels to a remote convent on an island in the Black Sea to find out why her father funded it for years.

Date of release
1993-12-29
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (87)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Director
Mariano Baino

Casting

Interesting facts

Dark Waters, is a 1993 horror film directed by Mariano Baino, who co-wrote it with Andy Bark and also served as the editor.

Production

The film was originally based on a short story by Andy Bark, inspired by a childhood visit to Staithes in North Yorkshire. Many years later, having worked as editor on Mariano's film, Caruncula, he mentioned that he was working on a script called Dark Waters and he and Mariano began to work on it together.

The film, perhaps the first Western film to be shot in Ukraine following the collapse of the Soviet Union, was a difficult and troubled one. The system there created many problems, but provided spectacular yet cheap sets and locations that would have been impossible to get in the UK. The political situation tried its best to halt the production.

In Chapter 5 of his autobiography It's Only A Movie, Mark Kermode gives a detailed account of his attempts to file a set report on the movie, which were constantly frustrated by travel problems in and around Ukraine.

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