Dark Water es un tomo autoconclusivo con cuatro historias de terror psicológico que dejan al lector sin ganas de apagar la luz tras leerlas.
Dark Water: El relato del cual se desprenden las películas, trata de una madre soltera y su hija, quienes viven en un siniestro edificio de apartamentos. Allí empiezan a recibir la visita de una niña, desaparecida hace tiempo, que consigue llevar a la madre al límite de la locura.
Island Cruise: Narra el misterio de tres marineros, cuyo barco deja de funcionar inesperadamente. La causa parece ser un cadáver, que ha detenido el motor.
Adrift: Una historia que intenta encontrar una causa al fenómeno de los barcos fantasma.
Forest Beneath the Waves: Un inquietante relato sobre un hombre que tiene un accidente y se encuentra solo y sin posibilidad de pedir ayuda a varios metros bajo tierra. Deberá superar sus miedos y adentrarse en lo desconocido.
As águas escuras da baía de Tóquio são a fonte de inspiração para estas histórias curtas de Koji Suzuki. Dark Water é a mais conhecida, dando origem ao filme do mesmo nome. É de facto a história mais complexa desta curta antologia, sobre as angústias de uma mãe solteita a viver num prédio decrépito, encimado por uma torre de água que poderá abrigar o espírito de uma criança assassinada. As restans histórias são mais curtas, seguindo esquemas de horror clássico, sem grandes surpresas nem construção de um clima de terror eficaz. Apenas a última, Forest Under The Sea, com a sua evocação de cavernas semi-submersas, consegue despertar algum interesse acima da mediania. O estilo visual do ilustrador, embora competente, não consegue criar sensações ou ambientes de histórias de horror.
Según la sinopsis, se trata de terror psicológico, pero tres de las cuatro historias son tan cortas, que no da tiempo a asustarse de nada. No he leído el libro original en el que se basa este manga y puede que el terror esté en la forma de narrar la historia y que no termine de funcionar la traducción a un manga. Desde mi punto de vista, la mejor y la única que merece la pena es la primera historia. Ocupa más o menos la mitad del manga y sí da tiempo a que el suspense psicológico (suspense porque terror sería exagerar mucho la situación) se forme lentamente.
Quien quiera leer un manga de terror, mejor que pase de éste y busque otro. La única personas a la que aterrorizaría es a un niño pequeño y a lo mejor ni siquiera eso.
Hace un tiempo leí la obra original escrita por Koji Suzuki y la disfruté muchísimo, ya que contenía elementos fascinantes y proponía algo original, un hilo conductor: el agua como elemento común en cada una de las historias.
Desconocía que existía una adaptación de las historias en formato Manga y decidí zambullirme a la piscina con ciertas expectativas.
Sin embargo y por desgracia, la piscina a la que me zambullí no era de agua limpia, era de lodo y muy denso.
Historias vacías, con finales alternativos y guiones simples y muy diferentes a los relatos originales.
El único punto a favor es que es una lectura ágil y con poca presencia de diálogo.
La única historia que disfruté realmente fue la de "Un bosque bajo el mar", el resto son insípidas y muy distintas a las originales.
Manga version of the author's short story collection. I didn't read the original stories, so I don't know how well they were portrayed as manga. I really couldn't get into it.
This is a horror manga that contains 4 small horror stories the artwork is alright,still way better than my art. The whole book felt rushed because of how short of a read this was,I recommend this to people who don't enjoy reading since the book can be read in 30 minutes to an hour depending on how fast you read.
Please note that this review is for the manga/graphic novel adaptation of the original book.
Of the four stories collected (my understanding is that the original book had three additional stories that, for whatever reason, were not adapted), I really enjoyed the second story ("Island Cruise") and the fourth ("Forest Under the Sea"). "Island Cruise" was a suspenseful chase spiced up with delightfully unsettling ambiguity. "Forest" was a dark, nightmarish, yet also strangely uplifting and poetic, yarn about a man coming to terms with what will likely be his untimely death. By themselves, they'd easily get 5 stars each.
However, I wasn't all that impressed with either the first story ("Dark Water") or the third story ("Adrift") although the main problem with the third was that it was so short. Still, that doesn't take away from the fact that this book contains two solid horror comics with very effective visuals. If you have the chance, give it a go.
Teeny tiny short stories. Not quite creepy enough and the art was lacking. It was as if they really wanted to get this out very fast for some deadline and they just half-assed it.
Some of the stories were trying to be outright creepy. There's something dangerous in the water. Then there was the 'water can kill you' one. Meh. I've said before that I don't generally find scary books scary so maybe it's just me, but I think this one missed the mark big time.
This book is really scary! Everything is in detail and there are some stories that are hard to understand, but that just makes them spooky! This is a one-of-a-kind because the author is able to create several stories dealing with one thing: Water. Not only that, but they make water a lot scarier than you ever thought it could be...
This manga was really good. Again, I bought this on a whim, but I had a pretty good feeling that I was going to like it. I did. Very much like The Twilight Zone. And I LOVE The Twilight Zone.
Apparently this graphic novel is based off a book of short stories with the same title. I will have to read 'em. This guy wrote Ringu, too. Good times.