“Dark Waters” is another low budget attempt to capture the
essence of Lovecraft by a devoted and loving fan. The end result is a mixture
of a Lovecraft-inspired movie that has heavy elements of Mario Bava and Dario
Argento; this ultimately means slow pacing, subpar acting, overly dramatic
background music, but an interesting visual atmospheric film. This was a
difficult movie to sit through when I first saw it at the H.P. Lovecraft Film
Festival but it was easier the second time around. You must be patient while watching
this movie because there are moments that make it worthwhile. This movie was filmed in the Ukraine and took advantage of the Odessa catacombs for a genuine realistic feel.
Elizabeth is from England and has travelled to a very
secluded island convent where her mother was raised and her (now deceased)
father had been paying a hefty sum to every year. Elizabeth wants to know what
the payment is for and how the secretive nuns are using it. These nuns are busy
killing interlopers from discovering their dark secret; that they are guarding
an ancient sea demon that can only be summoned when a broken clay amulet is
pieced back together. Of course Elizabeth is the key to the mystery, but will
she summon the demon or banish it?
Favorite moments - the flashback scenes. This is a movie where most will say that "I saw that coming a mile away" but I found the slow revelations well done.
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