Dark Water vs The Wailing

The Wailing has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.7/10 for Dark Water). Dark Water is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 36m. Dark Water is the older of the two (2005 against 2016). Both are horror, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dark Water posterDark Water2005 VS The Wailing posterThe Wailing2016
Dark WaterThe Wailing
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 7.4/10
Year20052016
Length1h 45m2h 36m
GenresHorror, MysteryHorror, Mystery
Country––
DirectorWalter SallesNa Hong-jin
Main castJennifer Connelly, Linda Emond, Camryn Manheim, Dougray Scott, J.R. HorneCho Han-cheul, Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Ki-cheon, Kwak Do-won

Synopsis

Dark Water

Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. Dahlia is in the midst of divorce proceedings, and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences—and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom…

The Wailing

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

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