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Night Swim

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Night Swim

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Forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, former baseball player Ray Waller moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. However, a dark secret from the home's past soon unleashes a malevolent force that drags the family into the depths of inescapable terror. Writer/director Bryce McGuire's horror, starring Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon

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A star rating of 1 out of 5.

James Mottram

A tepid horror from the usually reliable Blumhouse stable, this tale of a family haunted by their outdoor swimming pool is a damp squib from the off. After a 1992-set prologue that sets up the idea that this American suburban pool is possessed, the plot unfolds properly two decades on, as Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell), wife Eve (Kerry Condon) and their two kids take over the property. An ex-baseball player, Ray now has a debilitating illness, and regards the pool as a means to step up his physiotherapy. Soon enough, things start going splash in the night. But co-writer/director Bryce McGuire fails to convey any kind of scary threat, despite basing the movie on his own 2014 short. Does the water heal Ray but also haunt him? It's one of the questions posed, but the more the story unfolds, the more ridiculous it becomes. Russell (Overlord) and Condon (Oscar nominee for The Banshees of Inisherin) are left floundering in a film way below their talents.

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Cast

rolenameRay WallerWyatt RussellEve WallerKerry CondonIzzy WallerAmélie HoeferleElliot WallerGavin WarrenKayNancy Lenehan

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rolenameDirectorBryce McGuire

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Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2024-01-05

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing

Formats

Colour

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