Night Swim

Night Swim

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.

  • Released: 2024-01-19
  • Runtime: 98 minutes
  • Genre: Horror, Thrillers
  • Stars: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, Jodi Long, Preston Galli
  • Director: Bryce McGuire
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  • byson5186 - 1 July 2024
    Isn't Swimming Fun!!
    It's Summer right now. When you think of the season of Summer, one of the first things that probably comes to your mind, is swimming in an outdoor swimming pool. A lot of us like swimming and it's nice to cool off in a pool. The movie even emphasized how swimming is good for the body, like water therapy. So, yes a lot of us like swimming and want to do it when it's nice out. But, for some of us probably more so when we were little kids, are afraid of something supernatural/creepy happening in a swimming pool which can keep you from swimming, even if you want to swim. That is obviously the plot of the movie. The movie for one, rather than a cinematic supernatural horror movie, definitely sounds like something from Goosebumps or other R. L. Stine Horror shows, like The Haunting Hour. The concept of the movie, a family moving into a new house/neighborhood. The Waller Family. The Father Ray, that used to be a baseball player. His wife, Eve and their kids Izzy and Elliot that are like adolescents. They also have a cat named Cider. They're all excited about a new house with a pool, only to notice some supernatural things about the pool, they can hardly explain. Also, to find out how years earlier, back in the early '90s there was something supernatural that happened on the property, trying to explain what it is with the pool? Does the plot sound like something you'd read from Goosebumps? While, it's a movie with a similar sounding plot, it's not related to that series. Since a lot of us like swimming, along with swimming being good for you, plus the fear we could have of something happening in your swimming pool even when your swimming pool looks normal, that's what the movie does. An ordinary looking swimming pool, with a bad history to it, where some paranormal things start to happen that the family can't explain at first. There are underwater scenes, that make the pool seem much deeper, like an underwater dimension with creepy things underneath. Making a pool seem much deeper than how it looks, in some underwater scenes. Other underwater scenes gave the feel of what it's like to swim in an ordinary swimming pool underwater, with the proper underwater sound effects like what you'd hear underwater in a pool, plus lighting effects of how it looks underwater looking above to the surface underwater and seeing the sun on a nice day. It shows the excitement of swimming in a pool, plus games we play in swimming pools like Marco Polo, along with a game I don't know the name, but having somebody throw coins in the pool, and see if you can dive and get them? It will remind you of those pool games. Overall, I can't think of any movie that emphasizes swimming in a swimming pool more than this one, obviously the main plot of the movie. But, I'm telling you while this movie hasn't had the best reviews. I wouldn't say it's the best movie, it does have a different concept of swimming pool horror, but it does feel similar to other horror movies. But, I enjoyed it! The movie seemed to have a lot of perspective to it. The movie in some ways feel relatable, even if it might not feel like you knew the characters too much, and would feel like you need to see them in another movie or a sequel. This movie doesn't really feel like it's sequel worthy, but an interesting concept for the 1 hour and 38 minutes of screen time. I'm just trying to say, "DON'T YOU LIKE SWIMMING, AND ISN'T IT NICE TO HAVE A HORROR FILM ABOUT SWIMMING POOL HORROR IN YOUR OWN SWIMMING POOL?" One other thing to give this movie a good review, and this is like the only movie I've reviewed a movie where I mention this. Since movies end with end credits, the song at the end credits after a movie that deals with an ordinary family and swimming pool horror. The end credits song, "Deeper" was just an awesome, legit song at the end credits for such a movie. I don't see how you couldn't like that song? As you probably already saw, if you read this review I'm giving it an 8/10. I think it's an enjoyable movie, but probably not your favorite movie, still somewhat enjoyable and dealing with swimming pool horror.
  • jrizzo-26422 - 30 May 2024
    The more negative reviews, the better the movie
    My philosophy for awhile has been if IMDb has a lot of positive reviews then the movie is usually awful, and vice versa. Same case with this movie. Tons of bad reviews so I knew it would be acceptable and I was right. This movie is by no means winning any awards but I thought it was pretty decent. None of the characters flat out annoyed me and I do think the acting was decent. Sure the jump scares were expected but that doesn't mean they were bad and there wasn't a lot of them. I wouldn't pay money to see it in a theater, but if you're looking for a movie one night to watch, I'd say throw it on. I liked it. FYI to save people trouble like I wish did me; the cat dies but you see nothing at all. Also, the demon or whatever it is is pretty decently creepy looking. It wasn't an over the top movie or a bad one. I would watch again if I showed someone it. Okay that's my deal.