VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

insomniac_rod Oh come on, this movie ain't bad at all. In fact, it's a slasher flick with an interesting plot, very good acting, a decent score, excellent cinematography, and good direction. Now, where could you find a slasher flick with those characteristics? This one is far better than most American slashers. It has some clichès but it's not as cynical as, for example, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer", or "Scream". The main plot situation is believed to be the revenge of the drowning ghost but the main problem really is that someone is taking his identity for unknown reasons. Who is behind the murders? What does Rebecca's suicide have to do with the whole situation? Watch "Drowning Ghost" and witness that it isn't what it looks. It's more than just a simple slasher.I must admit that the best feature about the movie is the acting. Rebecka Hemse (Sara) delivers a solid performance. She's firm, brave, intelligent, and beautiful. That's my kind of woman! This girl seriously needs more important roles, she has the talents. The rest of the cats also deliver a good performance and do not make fools out of themselves like in many American slashers. Also, the visuals are great. The cinematography really helps to create the movie's atmosphere. This Swedish exteriors are great. "Drowning Ghost" may not be the best slasher film recently but it's a decent ghost story with slasher tones. I would recommend it for people who are not into violence or gore but still enjoy the slasher formula. This movie will keep you interested for it's plot, beautiful lead character, and some situations that are common in the life of a student.

sol- A very well photographed Swedish horror fiasco, it features a creative range of camera angles and some wonderful camera movement, which keeps the film interesting on a visual level. Other than the camera-work, it is not at all extraordinary stuff. It has a formulaic story, a messy plot and run-of-the-mill characters. The acting is not much either, and is a bit overdone by some of the cast members. Just because it is Swedish does not make any difference - the film is still as trite as today's horror flicks from Hollywood that are marketed at the younger generation. However, the work of the cinematographer keeps the film from drowning.

niz Yet another generic Hollywood teen-slasher with lots of attractive kids getting picked off at a boarding school... except its not a Hollywood slasher, its Swedish! Of course its fun to see this kind of genre film coming out of Scandinavia, but its less fun when its simply aping Kevin Williamson films and borrowing heavily from Friday the 13th (the "lake" motif et al). Any unique Swedish identity is lost as it slavishly follows all the standard clichés of the genre: lots of confusing back-story to uncover, difficult-to-distinguish characters who exist solely to get killed etc etc.Its disappointing that Swedish genre cinema has regressed to this after the awesome high-point of 2002's DEN OSYNLIGE, which similarly dealt with ghosts and teen murder but in a brilliantly original, fantastically entertaining manner that did not feel the need to follow any established genre rules or conventions. THE DROWNING GHOST's "by-the-book" cookie cutter approach ultimately means it will be ignored by any potential international audience in favour of identical Hollywood teen slashers, simply because they happen to be in English.

Chris_The_Wise Strandvaskaren is one of the very few Swedish horror movies in existence, this does not make it good in any way. The potential of the movie is fairly good. Old ghoulish folklore can always be used to create a great horror flick, but the director has made some incredible faults. The sounds is bad... The effects are cheesy and bad at best. When a knife cuts someone it usually has blood on it? LOL. The actors does an okay job with a quite bad script. So I really don't have any heavy complaints there.But still its fun to see a Swedish horror movie, I hope that more will be done but this movie was a complete waste of time. I gave it 3/10 and consider it to be almost a to high number.