Over the years, we have had plenty of haunted house movies but never a haunted pool movie…until now! Enter NIGHT SWIM. Wyatt Russell is Ray. A ballplayer who was recently diagnosed with MS. He will no longer be an athlete and having his life stripped from him long before old age has left him adrift. His wife Eve ( Kerry Condon) is doing her best to keep him up, but there is only so much you can do. Moving into a new home, Ray begins to take solace in the backyard pool. Every day he feel better, stronger. Something is happening. But what?

While Ray begins to lose himself in possibilities, the kids are less enthusiastic. They have had frightening encounters in the pool and are afraid. They know something is in the pool but it isn’t there to help.

Night Swim is a take on the Monkey’s Paw, Deal with the Devil scenario but it plays it well enough. Wyatt Russell has a lot of charisma and he holds the odd premise together despite it’s origins as a short film. His performance is the stand out but he has some good help with the exceptional look of the film. The shots are framed with a sense of the unknown lurking and it is little things like that choice that keeps the film interesting.

As for the extras, there is a mix of good and meh.

1. DEMONS FROM THE DEPTHS –Special effects featurette on the creature
2. INTO THE DEEP – Filming underwater featurette.
3. MARCO POLO – Director Bryce McGuire talks about making the classic pool game scary
4. FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR BRYCE MCGUIRE
5. MASTERS OF FEAR –Jason Blum and James Wan talk about why they got involved

Overall it is a decent enough horror that is good as the warm up feature for a night of horror. Worth a watch!