The haunted pool film Night Swim perfectly exemplifies safe, mid-budget horror fare. Let’s just say that the title wasn’t exactly a hit with the majority of critics or moviegoers. Still, it pulled in roughly four times its estimated budget of $15 million at the global box office for a grand total of just over $54 million. It’s currently the #1 horror film on Prime Video and the most-viewed new title on the platform this week, sitting smugly at #3. That’s no small splash.
And while most critics snubbed the pool party, horror hero Stephen King quite enjoyed this oft-maligned flick, for one. He even told Twitter/X: “I loved THE NIGHT SWIM (Amazon Prime). It’s like a lost, low-budget Steven Spielberg film from Spielberg’s early period…say, after DUEL but before JAWS. Simple story, but…the cat on the diving board! And those creepy bunny slippers!”
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The flick was a January release, a time of year when studios are rumored to dump their less-than-Oscar-worthy fare. So, one gets the impression Universal might have had tempered expectations for the title. Alas, a decent box office return, success on streaming platforms, and an endorsement from a best-selling horror author suggest there was an audience for this sleeper hit.
If you think you may be part of the picture’s target demographic, you can head over to Prime Video and give it a look now.
The film’s storyline goes like this: 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.
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