Dead Waters
by Mariano Baino
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Actor: Alvina Skarga, Louise Salter, Lubov Snegur, Mariya Kapnist, Venera SimmonsDirector: Mariano Baino
Brand: YORK ENTERTAINMENT INC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Italian (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-11-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: York Home Video
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DVD Review: I don't like giving reviews like this but...
Summary: 2 Stars
As a long time admirer of European horror I was really looking forward to finally seeing this film. It wasn't worth the wait. The plot begins with a young woman travelling from London to visit her friend, a nun, in a covent located on a very remote Crimean island. The nun is murdered and more nun carnage quickly ensues--stabbings, burnings and a disembowlment follow but to no great effect. Not scary or suspenseful. It's just goes along very slowly and rather nonsensically. And not making any sense would be the least of its problems if it had been directed with any great style but it wasn't (though it desperately mimics the works of Argento and Bava it never comes close). The acting, sound, music and editing are mostly subpar and the finale featuring a very rubbery monster and some awful make-up effects push it to near MST3K hilarity. Amid all this, there a few interesting moments and the location work is often quite compelling and makes for a mysterious backdrop.The DVD is fullframe and appears to be only slightly cropped with an acceptable image transfer. There are no chapter stops or menu screens. ... The two star rating is actually quite generous.
Description of Dead Waters
Tormented by haunting visions from her childhood a disturbed young woman travels to a remote Crimean island to unlock the dark secrets of her past. When Elizabeth reaches the desolate shores she s greeted by a strange and sinister order of nuns who have vowed to protect her secrets with their livers.But the past will not sty dead forever and a savage hunger is soon awakened in Elizabeth. The horrific secrets of her past rush to the surface. And evil forces what lurk in the shadows flood the convert s labyrinth of corridors and begin calling her nameSystem Requirements: Running Time 95 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 750723104829 Manufacturer No: YPD-1048Young Italian director Mariano Baino may hope to be the new Dario Argento, but he isn't there yet. In this cool box set that includes the cement medallion from Dark Waters, the feature, Dark Waters, is actually a weak link. Broaching the Italian Catholic subject of mysterious, demented nuns, Dark Waters tells the story of Elizabeth (Louise Salter), a sexy Londoner whose father has died and requested that she donate a portion of her inheritance to an isolated monastery in the Black Sea where her mother used to live, and where she was born. When Elizabeth visits, she becomes stranded, discovering that the nuns make blood sacrifices to appease a water demon, and her only confidant on the island, friend-turned-nun Sarah (Venera Simmons), turns out to be equally psycho. Candlelit sanctums, chanting, blind nuns, and bloody crosses liken this nunnery to a torture chamber, but the clichés ruin scary moments. Slow pacing in Dark Waters also lowers the scare factor. That said, the second disc featuring Baino's early shorts, is full of brief, eerie spectacles. "Never Ever After" is about a girl whose wish to rid herself of her body results in her beheading. "Caruncula" stars a grizzly serial killer, who is transformed into TV dinner upon encountering his match, a seemingly harmless young lady. In "Dream Car", a young man's demise is attributed to an evil red sports car. In these shorts, plots move along and gore happens faster, their ideas concise, original, and nightmarish, making the Dark Waters box set satisfying on the whole. --Trinie Dalton
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