“Blood for Dust” is a new live-action ‘noir-thriller’, directed by Rod Blackhurst, starring Kit Harington, Scoot McNairy, Nora Zehetne, Ethan Suplee, Amber Rose Mason, Stephen Dorff and Josh Lucas, now playing in theaters:
“…’Cliff’ (McNairy), a former salesman with a checkered past, is pulled back into a life of crime after losing his job.
“Desperate to keep his family afloat, he is lured by his old colleague, ‘Ricky’ (Harington), into trafficking drugs and guns for a cartel.
“As Cliff delves deeper, his once strait-laced life turns into a high-stakes game of survival…”
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“…’Cliff’ (McNairy), a former salesman with a checkered past, is pulled back into a life of crime after losing his job.
“Desperate to keep his family afloat, he is lured by his old colleague, ‘Ricky’ (Harington), into trafficking drugs and guns for a cartel.
“As Cliff delves deeper, his once strait-laced life turns into a high-stakes game of survival…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/30/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
“Blood for Dust” is a new live-action ‘noir-thriller’, directed by Rod Blackhurst, starring Kit Harington, Scoot McNairy, Nora Zehetne, Ethan Suplee, Amber Rose Mason, Stephen Dorff and Josh Lucas, releasing April 19, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Cliff’ (McNairy), a former salesman with a checkered past, is pulled back into a life of crime after losing his job.
“Desperate to keep his family afloat, he is lured by his old colleague, ‘Ricky’ (Harington), into trafficking drugs and guns for a cartel.
“As Cliff delves deeper, his once strait-laced life turns into a high-stakes game of survival…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…’Cliff’ (McNairy), a former salesman with a checkered past, is pulled back into a life of crime after losing his job.
“Desperate to keep his family afloat, he is lured by his old colleague, ‘Ricky’ (Harington), into trafficking drugs and guns for a cartel.
“As Cliff delves deeper, his once strait-laced life turns into a high-stakes game of survival…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/19/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Stars: Kit Harington, Scoot McNairy, Josh Lucas, Ethan Suplee, Nora Zehetner | Written by David Ebeltoft | Directed by Rod Blackhurst
Cliff (Scoot McNairy) is a struggling salesman, with employers closing doors on him like there’s no tomorrow. Through a chance encounter, he reconnects with old friend Ricky (Kit Harington), who now is a drugs runner across Montana. With Cliff in dire straits, the two agree to team up, prompting even more danger than they could ever have imagined.
Without even getting into its nuances — or at least, finer details — Blood For Dust can be best summed up as an inoffensive movie that we’ve definitely seen before. However, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Harking back to the black comedy vibe of Fargo, merely replacing the comedy element with the Midwestern gritty violence of Yellowstone, the movie well knows what it is. Most importantly, it knows where it is.
Cliff (Scoot McNairy) is a struggling salesman, with employers closing doors on him like there’s no tomorrow. Through a chance encounter, he reconnects with old friend Ricky (Kit Harington), who now is a drugs runner across Montana. With Cliff in dire straits, the two agree to team up, prompting even more danger than they could ever have imagined.
Without even getting into its nuances — or at least, finer details — Blood For Dust can be best summed up as an inoffensive movie that we’ve definitely seen before. However, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Harking back to the black comedy vibe of Fargo, merely replacing the comedy element with the Midwestern gritty violence of Yellowstone, the movie well knows what it is. Most importantly, it knows where it is.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jasmine Valentine
- Nerdly
You can tell they shot Blood for Dust outside. People’s cold breath hangs in the wintry air, and it’s not the kind of wispy CGI breath that never seems to move quite right. Half-melted snow clings to the streets and straw-yellow Montana hills. The film’s title and poster would blend right into a direct-to-video lineup, but director Rod Blackhurst brings surprising texture and craft to bear on the otherwise familiar proceedings of this ’90s-set noir.
In a rare lead role, dependable and charismatic character actor Scoot McNairy plays Cliff, a traveling salesman whose tired eyes give away his success on the job. Maybe he was persuasive once, but he’s now tough to imagine peddling anything to anyone, much less the defibrillators that he crams into the back of his station wagon alongside the dummy he uses to demonstrate them. He even botches an attempt to blackmail...
In a rare lead role, dependable and charismatic character actor Scoot McNairy plays Cliff, a traveling salesman whose tired eyes give away his success on the job. Maybe he was persuasive once, but he’s now tough to imagine peddling anything to anyone, much less the defibrillators that he crams into the back of his station wagon alongside the dummy he uses to demonstrate them. He even botches an attempt to blackmail...
- 4/17/2024
- by Steven Scaife
- Slant Magazine
HBO is still in the “Game of Thrones” business, just not with Jon Snow. One of the earliest spinoffs from the hit fantasy drama was set to be about Kit Harington’s young leader, but the actor told ScreenRant that this project is not actively in development.
“Currently, it’s off the table, because we all couldn’t find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough,” he said while promoting Rod Blackhurst’s “Blood for Dust,” releasing April 19. “So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It’s firmly on the shelf.”
The studio has its hands full of “Thrones” worldbuilding, including the hit prequel series “House of the Dragon,” which returns for Season 2 in June, and the upcoming “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight...
“Currently, it’s off the table, because we all couldn’t find the right story to tell that we were all excited about enough,” he said while promoting Rod Blackhurst’s “Blood for Dust,” releasing April 19. “So, we decided to lay down tools with it for the time being. There may be a time in the future where we return to it, but at the moment, no. It’s firmly on the shelf.”
The studio has its hands full of “Thrones” worldbuilding, including the hit prequel series “House of the Dragon,” which returns for Season 2 in June, and the upcoming “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight...
- 4/9/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Stars: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Gavin Warren, Amélie Hoeferle, Jodi Long, Eddie Martinez, Elijah J. Roberts, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ben Sinclair, Ellie Araiza | Written by Bryce McGuire, Rod Blackhurst | Directed by Bryce McGuire
Released in 2014, Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst made a proof-of-concept short film called Night Swim. Citing inspirations such as Jaws, Christine, and Poltergeist, the ensuing four minutes play with the uncanny feeling of being watched by somebody, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary. It was an impressive enough debut that Blumhouse picked it up for a feature-length adaptation, also entitled Night Swim, although the results are more sink than swim.
After a degenerative illness forces him into early retirement, former baseball player Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) moves into a new house with his wife, Eve Waller (Kerry Condon), and their two children. With a backyard swimming pool offering fun for the kids and physical therapy for the dad,...
Released in 2014, Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst made a proof-of-concept short film called Night Swim. Citing inspirations such as Jaws, Christine, and Poltergeist, the ensuing four minutes play with the uncanny feeling of being watched by somebody, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary. It was an impressive enough debut that Blumhouse picked it up for a feature-length adaptation, also entitled Night Swim, although the results are more sink than swim.
After a degenerative illness forces him into early retirement, former baseball player Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) moves into a new house with his wife, Eve Waller (Kerry Condon), and their two children. With a backyard swimming pool offering fun for the kids and physical therapy for the dad,...
- 4/3/2024
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
If you missed Universal Pictures, Atomic Monster, and Blumhouse’s Night Swim, and Focus Features’ Lisa Frankenstein in theaters earlier this year, you’re in luck. Both 2024 horror releases are heading to Peacock very soon.
Lisa Frankenstein heads to Peacock next week, on March 29. Night Swim arrives on the streaming service on April 5.
In Lisa Frankenstein, “Set in 1989, the film follows an unpopular high schooler who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.”
Directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body), Lisa Frankenstein stars Kathryn Newton (Freaky), Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”), Carla Gugino (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Liza Soberano (Alone/Together), Joe Chrest (“Stranger Things”) and Henry Eikenberry (The Crowded Room).
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire,...
Lisa Frankenstein heads to Peacock next week, on March 29. Night Swim arrives on the streaming service on April 5.
In Lisa Frankenstein, “Set in 1989, the film follows an unpopular high schooler who accidentally re-animates a handsome Victorian corpse during a lightning storm and starts to rebuild him into the man of her dreams using the broken tanning bed in her garage.”
Directed by Zelda Williams and written by Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body), Lisa Frankenstein stars Kathryn Newton (Freaky), Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”), Carla Gugino (“The Fall of the House of Usher”), Liza Soberano (Alone/Together), Joe Chrest (“Stranger Things”) and Henry Eikenberry (The Crowded Room).
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire,...
- 3/22/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Soon after the release of M3GAN in January of 2023, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. The movie didn’t manage to go over as well or get as much attention as M3GAN did, and was given a VOD release by the end of January. Now it’s set to receive a Collector’s Edition digital release tomorrow, March 12th, with a Blu-ray and DVD release to follow on April 9th – and these releases of Night Swim will be accompanied by featurettes and a commentary.
Bryce McGuire wrote and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story...
Bryce McGuire wrote and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story...
- 3/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kit Harington and Scoot McNairy play old friends who reunite under dangerous circumstances in the first trailer for crime thriller Blood for Dust.
The Avenue is set to release director Rod Blackhurst’s feature in select theaters and on digital platforms April 19 following its premiere at last year’s Tribeca Festival. Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff also star in Blood for Dust, which tells the story of Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman with financial issues who becomes enveloped in the world of drug trafficking after reuniting with Ricky (Harington).
“I don’t sell products that sell themselves,” Harington says in the trailer. This leads McNairy to respond, “You’re an arms dealer who sells drugs, Ricky.”
Blackhurst (Here Alone) helmed the film from a script by David Ebeltoft. Ryan Winterstern, Bernard Kira, Petr Jákl, Ari Novak, Arun Kumar, Bobby Campbell, Nathan Klingher, Mark Fasano and Noah Lang serve as producers.
The Avenue is set to release director Rod Blackhurst’s feature in select theaters and on digital platforms April 19 following its premiere at last year’s Tribeca Festival. Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff also star in Blood for Dust, which tells the story of Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman with financial issues who becomes enveloped in the world of drug trafficking after reuniting with Ricky (Harington).
“I don’t sell products that sell themselves,” Harington says in the trailer. This leads McNairy to respond, “You’re an arms dealer who sells drugs, Ricky.”
Blackhurst (Here Alone) helmed the film from a script by David Ebeltoft. Ryan Winterstern, Bernard Kira, Petr Jákl, Ari Novak, Arun Kumar, Bobby Campbell, Nathan Klingher, Mark Fasano and Noah Lang serve as producers.
- 3/5/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal, Blumhouse and producer James Wan’s Night Swim is currently available for $19.99 PVOD rental at home, and a Digital and physical media release is coming soon.
Night Swim is yours to own on Digital March 12 and Blu-ray & DVD on April 9.
Bonus Features On Digital, Blu-raytm And DVD:
Masters Of Fear – Horror legends Jason Blum and James Wan discuss why they chose to collaborate on this project, what drew them to this story and why first-time director, Bryce McGuire, was the perfect man for the job. Demons From The Depths – Dive into the world of special effects and learn how the creatures in Night Swim were created to withstand the trials of filming underwater. Into The Deep – Go beneath the surface and hear from cast and crew on the physical and technical work that went into creating a movie that contains so many underwater sequences. Marco Polo – Director Bryce McGuire...
Night Swim is yours to own on Digital March 12 and Blu-ray & DVD on April 9.
Bonus Features On Digital, Blu-raytm And DVD:
Masters Of Fear – Horror legends Jason Blum and James Wan discuss why they chose to collaborate on this project, what drew them to this story and why first-time director, Bryce McGuire, was the perfect man for the job. Demons From The Depths – Dive into the world of special effects and learn how the creatures in Night Swim were created to withstand the trials of filming underwater. Into The Deep – Go beneath the surface and hear from cast and crew on the physical and technical work that went into creating a movie that contains so many underwater sequences. Marco Polo – Director Bryce McGuire...
- 3/5/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Highland Film Group has locked key territory deals for sci-fi thriller “The Astronaut” from “A Quiet Place” producer Brad Fuller Pic stars Kate Mara (“A Teacher”), Laurence Fishburne (“John Wick” films) and Gabriel Luna (“Terminator: Dark Fate”). The film wrapped shooting late last year in Ireland.
“The Astronaut” has sold to Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Capelight Pictures for Germany, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, DeAPlaneta for Spain, Spentzos Film for Greece, Cinemania Group for former Yugoslavia, Shoval Film Production for Israel, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Filmfinity for South Africa and Roadshow Films for Australia and New Zealand.
Jess Varley’s directorial debut, “The Astronaut” is produced by Fuller Media, the company behind Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” and “A Quiet Place Part II,” and Cameron Fuller, alongside Wonder Company’s Eric B. Fleischman (J.D. Dillard’s “Sleight”) and Chris Abernathy (“Barbarian”).
Highland Film Group,...
“The Astronaut” has sold to Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Capelight Pictures for Germany, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais for Portugal, DeAPlaneta for Spain, Spentzos Film for Greece, Cinemania Group for former Yugoslavia, Shoval Film Production for Israel, Falcon Films for the Middle East, Filmfinity for South Africa and Roadshow Films for Australia and New Zealand.
Jess Varley’s directorial debut, “The Astronaut” is produced by Fuller Media, the company behind Paramount’s “A Quiet Place” and “A Quiet Place Part II,” and Cameron Fuller, alongside Wonder Company’s Eric B. Fleischman (J.D. Dillard’s “Sleight”) and Chris Abernathy (“Barbarian”).
Highland Film Group,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Ghosts! Giant monsters! Terrifying trunks and deadly deserts! This week’s new horror releases bring various threats into the final days of January, and we’ve got the full rundown for you.
Here’s all the new horror releasing January 23 – January 28, 2024!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
This year’s first new theatrical release for the horror genre was Universal, Blumhouse and producer James Wan’s Night Swim, which is now available to rent/purchase at home.
You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it (digitally) for $29.99.
Direcred by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim was released into theaters on January 5, 2024. To date, the film has managed to scare up $36 million at the worldwide box office.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bd, “McGuire’s feature expansion [of his short film, also titled Night Swim] showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast,...
Here’s all the new horror releasing January 23 – January 28, 2024!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
This year’s first new theatrical release for the horror genre was Universal, Blumhouse and producer James Wan’s Night Swim, which is now available to rent/purchase at home.
You can rent the film for $19.99 or purchase it (digitally) for $29.99.
Direcred by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim was released into theaters on January 5, 2024. To date, the film has managed to scare up $36 million at the worldwide box office.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bd, “McGuire’s feature expansion [of his short film, also titled Night Swim] showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast,...
- 1/23/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Soon after the release of M3GAN back in January, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. The movie reached theatres at the start of this month – and didn’t manage to go over as well or get as much attention as M3GAN did. While M3GAN earned over $180 million during its theatrical run, Night Swim has only pulled in about $37 million at this point. Now the movie is heading to the small screen, as it’s getting a VOD and digital release this week, on January 23rd. If you want to watch the movie in the comfort of your own home tomorrow, it will set you back $29.99 on Amazon.
Bryce McGuire wrote and directed Night Swim,...
Bryce McGuire wrote and directed Night Swim,...
- 1/22/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
This year’s first new theatrical release for the horror genre was Universal, Blumhouse and producer James Wan’s Night Swim, which we’ve learned is headed home this week.
Night Swim is available to rent or own on Digital tomorrow, January 23.
Direcred by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim was released into theaters on January 5, 2024. To date, the film has managed to scare up $36 million at the worldwide box office.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bd, “McGuire’s feature expansion [of his short film, also titled Night Swim] showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast, but a familiar formula and simplified mythology threaten to sink it all.”
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness,...
Night Swim is available to rent or own on Digital tomorrow, January 23.
Direcred by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim was released into theaters on January 5, 2024. To date, the film has managed to scare up $36 million at the worldwide box office.
Meagan Navarro wrote in her review for Bd, “McGuire’s feature expansion [of his short film, also titled Night Swim] showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast, but a familiar formula and simplified mythology threaten to sink it all.”
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness,...
- 1/22/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Gavin Warren, Amélie Hoeferle, Jodi Long, Eddie Martinez, Elijah J. Roberts, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ben Sinclair, Ellie Araiza | Written by Bryce McGuire, Rod Blackhurst | Directed by Bryce McGuire
Released in 2014, Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst made a proof-of-concept short film called Night Swim. Citing inspirations such as Jaws, Christine, and Poltergeist, the ensuing four minutes play with the uncanny feeling of being watched by somebody, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary. It was an impressive enough debut that Blumhouse picked it up for a feature-length adaptation, also entitled Night Swim, although the results are more sink than swim.
After a degenerative illness forces him into early retirement, former baseball player Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) moves into a new house with his wife, Eve Waller (Kerry Condon), and their two children. With a backyard swimming pool offering fun for the kids and physical therapy for the dad,...
Released in 2014, Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst made a proof-of-concept short film called Night Swim. Citing inspirations such as Jaws, Christine, and Poltergeist, the ensuing four minutes play with the uncanny feeling of being watched by somebody, despite all evidence pointing to the contrary. It was an impressive enough debut that Blumhouse picked it up for a feature-length adaptation, also entitled Night Swim, although the results are more sink than swim.
After a degenerative illness forces him into early retirement, former baseball player Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) moves into a new house with his wife, Eve Waller (Kerry Condon), and their two children. With a backyard swimming pool offering fun for the kids and physical therapy for the dad,...
- 1/12/2024
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Universal, Blumhouse and co-producer James Wan took us for a Night Swim in theaters over the weekend, with the Bryce McGuire-directed horror movie becoming the genre’s very first theatrical release of the new year. Was it a strong start for the horror genre, you ask?
Night Swim debuted in 3,250 theaters across the United States over the weekend, opening to $12 million domestically. Worldwide, the film scared up $17.6 million in its debut.
Here’s the day-to-day breakdown here in the United States:
Friday, January 5: $5,250,000 Saturday, January 6: $4,180,000 Sunday, January 7: $2,570,000
For the sake of comparison, Blumhouse’s M3GAN was released in January of last year, and the viral appeal of the title character drove the film to a $30 million domestic opening. Granted, nobody in their right mind expected Night Swim to perform the way M3GAN did.
Other recent Blumhouse releases and their domestic opening weekend totals include Five Nights at Freddy’s...
Night Swim debuted in 3,250 theaters across the United States over the weekend, opening to $12 million domestically. Worldwide, the film scared up $17.6 million in its debut.
Here’s the day-to-day breakdown here in the United States:
Friday, January 5: $5,250,000 Saturday, January 6: $4,180,000 Sunday, January 7: $2,570,000
For the sake of comparison, Blumhouse’s M3GAN was released in January of last year, and the viral appeal of the title character drove the film to a $30 million domestic opening. Granted, nobody in their right mind expected Night Swim to perform the way M3GAN did.
Other recent Blumhouse releases and their domestic opening weekend totals include Five Nights at Freddy’s...
- 1/8/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Night Swim is headed for a domestic opening of $12.5 million from 3,250 theaters, good enough for a second-place weekend finish behind Wonka.
The Universal movie, from horror maestros Jason Blum and James Wan, is the only new wide release this weekend as the post-holiday doldrums begin. The pic won the Friday race with $5.2 million, including $1.5 million in previews.
If estimates hold, Night Swim will come in slightly ahead of expectations despite scathing reviews and a C CinemaScore from audiences, although it won’t come anywhere near to matching the $30.4 million opening of Universal and Blumhouse’s M3GAN on the same weekend a year ago.
Directed by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim is adapted from a 2014 short film he made in collaboration with Rod Blackhurst. The 98-minute movie begins with flashback of a young girl who meets an unfortunate end when she attempts to retrieve a mysterious toy boat from her backyard swimming pool.
The Universal movie, from horror maestros Jason Blum and James Wan, is the only new wide release this weekend as the post-holiday doldrums begin. The pic won the Friday race with $5.2 million, including $1.5 million in previews.
If estimates hold, Night Swim will come in slightly ahead of expectations despite scathing reviews and a C CinemaScore from audiences, although it won’t come anywhere near to matching the $30.4 million opening of Universal and Blumhouse’s M3GAN on the same weekend a year ago.
Directed by Bryce McGuire, Night Swim is adapted from a 2014 short film he made in collaboration with Rod Blackhurst. The 98-minute movie begins with flashback of a young girl who meets an unfortunate end when she attempts to retrieve a mysterious toy boat from her backyard swimming pool.
- 1/6/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The high concept supernatural thriller Night Swim is out in theaters now, plunging a family into an aquatic nightmare thanks to a haunted swimming pool. It also happens to be based on a 2014 short film of the same name by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, and you can watch it right now.
When speaking with McGuire ahead of Night Swim‘s theatrical release, the filmmaker said of the short’s inspiration, “The short was really just Rod Blackhurst and I hanging out in a pool one night and being like, ‘Remember when you were a kid, and you got freaked out because you couldn’t see the bottom anymore?’ And you thought that something was beneath you. It was like, ‘Yeah, I still feel that.’ Then, ‘Let’s see if we can capture that in a short amount of time, in a short format.’”
The 2014 short stars Megalyn Echikunwoke as Eve,...
When speaking with McGuire ahead of Night Swim‘s theatrical release, the filmmaker said of the short’s inspiration, “The short was really just Rod Blackhurst and I hanging out in a pool one night and being like, ‘Remember when you were a kid, and you got freaked out because you couldn’t see the bottom anymore?’ And you thought that something was beneath you. It was like, ‘Yeah, I still feel that.’ Then, ‘Let’s see if we can capture that in a short amount of time, in a short format.’”
The 2014 short stars Megalyn Echikunwoke as Eve,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Night Swim has begun its run in theaters with $1.5 million in previews.
The horror pic, from Blumhouse and Universal, is the first new nationwide release of 2024 and is tipped to open to $9 million or more in North America. That may not be enough to topple Christmas musical Wonka from the top spots.
Directed by Bryce McGuire’ Night Swim is adapted from a 2014 short film he made in collaboration with Rod Blackhurst. The 98-minute film is about a haunted pool, which has left some reviewers with their heads in their hands. “And when the most chilling line in a movie is ‘There’s something wrong with that pool!’ it’s all too easy to imagine the barbs on a future episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000,” writes The Hollywood Reporter critic Frank Scheck.
Fortunately for the filmmakers, horror fans don’t necessarily pay attention to reviews.
The story begins with flashback...
The horror pic, from Blumhouse and Universal, is the first new nationwide release of 2024 and is tipped to open to $9 million or more in North America. That may not be enough to topple Christmas musical Wonka from the top spots.
Directed by Bryce McGuire’ Night Swim is adapted from a 2014 short film he made in collaboration with Rod Blackhurst. The 98-minute film is about a haunted pool, which has left some reviewers with their heads in their hands. “And when the most chilling line in a movie is ‘There’s something wrong with that pool!’ it’s all too easy to imagine the barbs on a future episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000,” writes The Hollywood Reporter critic Frank Scheck.
Fortunately for the filmmakers, horror fans don’t necessarily pay attention to reviews.
The story begins with flashback...
- 1/5/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
What To Watch This Weekend Till January, 7th 2024 ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Much like its predecessor, this week leaves audiences craving that elusive spark of innovation in the ever-evolving landscape of cinematic offerings. A notable absence of animated content is a stark reality, but fear not, for the enigmatic allure of mystery thrillers takes center stage. Amidst the somewhat lackluster releases, Sky Cinema treats us to a comedic escape with “Arthur’s Whisky,” a film exclusively available through subscription. At the same time, the rest of the streaming lineup demands a commitment of a different kind – the decision to purchase or rent.
However, before the disappointment, let’s pivot to the silver lining in serialized storytelling. Netflix beckons us with the binge-worthy allure of “Fool Me Once,” offering a glimmer of hope amid the scarcity. Meanwhile, stalwarts like “Fargo” and “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” continue to grace our screens with fresh episodes,...
Much like its predecessor, this week leaves audiences craving that elusive spark of innovation in the ever-evolving landscape of cinematic offerings. A notable absence of animated content is a stark reality, but fear not, for the enigmatic allure of mystery thrillers takes center stage. Amidst the somewhat lackluster releases, Sky Cinema treats us to a comedic escape with “Arthur’s Whisky,” a film exclusively available through subscription. At the same time, the rest of the streaming lineup demands a commitment of a different kind – the decision to purchase or rent.
However, before the disappointment, let’s pivot to the silver lining in serialized storytelling. Netflix beckons us with the binge-worthy allure of “Fool Me Once,” offering a glimmer of hope amid the scarcity. Meanwhile, stalwarts like “Fargo” and “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” continue to grace our screens with fresh episodes,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Hari P N
- KoiMoi
You know might feel really great, and completely relaxing, after surviving the often stressful end-of-the-year holidays? Why a refreshing dip in the pool of course! Oh, but you’re not near an indoor facility, so you’ll have to wait out the long frigid winter until the temps are near ninety or so. Well, how about making a virtual splash at the multiplex? And this “cement pond” doesn’t shut down with the sunset. But doing “laps” alone in the fluorescent lit waters can be pretty spooky. And that’s the inspiration for the first new horror flick of 2024, which may just make you “swear off” any notions about taking a Night Swim. Marco…Marco…
This tale of soggy terror begins with a flashback to the early 1990s. Late one night a girl of eight or nine spies her ailing brother’s motorboat doing circles in the deep end of the family pool.
This tale of soggy terror begins with a flashback to the early 1990s. Late one night a girl of eight or nine spies her ailing brother’s motorboat doing circles in the deep end of the family pool.
- 1/5/2024
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ready to take a “Night Swim?”
“Night Swim” is the story of a young couple (played by Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon), who move, with their family, into a new house. One of the biggest draws of this new house? The oversized swimming pool in the back yard. (Russell’s character has a degenerative disease; he thinks the pool will help.) Of course, soon after moving in they start to notice that the pool is exhibiting some alarming tendencies. Yes, this pool is haunted.
It’s the perfect movie for people who get unnecessarily freaked out when they wade into the deep end, who wonder what is lurking in the shadowy corner of the pool or who have ever read the Chuck Palahniuk short story “Guts” (don’t look it up – it made people puke). And it’s the perfect subject for a horror movie, uncannily turning an everyday space...
“Night Swim” is the story of a young couple (played by Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon), who move, with their family, into a new house. One of the biggest draws of this new house? The oversized swimming pool in the back yard. (Russell’s character has a degenerative disease; he thinks the pool will help.) Of course, soon after moving in they start to notice that the pool is exhibiting some alarming tendencies. Yes, this pool is haunted.
It’s the perfect movie for people who get unnecessarily freaked out when they wade into the deep end, who wonder what is lurking in the shadowy corner of the pool or who have ever read the Chuck Palahniuk short story “Guts” (don’t look it up – it made people puke). And it’s the perfect subject for a horror movie, uncannily turning an everyday space...
- 1/5/2024
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, Wyatt Russell, and Kerry Condon in ‘Night Swim’ (Photo © 2023 Universal Studios)
January is here. That’s the time when studios will traditionally and unceremoniously dump movies in which they don’t have a lot of confidence. That usually includes a lot of horror movies. But last year, January gave us such well-received offerings as M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, and Skinamarink. So, what does this January have in store for us? We shall see. First up – the new Blumhouse Studios movie Night Swim.
Night Swim is about a former baseball player named Ray Waller (Overlord’s Wyatt Russell) who is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Along with his wife Eve (Kerry Condon from The Banshees of Inisherin) and kids Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Elliot (Fear the Walking Dead’s Gavin Warren), he seems to find...
January is here. That’s the time when studios will traditionally and unceremoniously dump movies in which they don’t have a lot of confidence. That usually includes a lot of horror movies. But last year, January gave us such well-received offerings as M3GAN, Knock at the Cabin, and Skinamarink. So, what does this January have in store for us? We shall see. First up – the new Blumhouse Studios movie Night Swim.
Night Swim is about a former baseball player named Ray Waller (Overlord’s Wyatt Russell) who is suffering from Multiple Sclerosis. Along with his wife Eve (Kerry Condon from The Banshees of Inisherin) and kids Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) and Elliot (Fear the Walking Dead’s Gavin Warren), he seems to find...
- 1/4/2024
- by James Jay Edwards
- Showbiz Junkies
Expanding a horror short to feature length is tricky work, particularly when the short in question gets straight to the scares. Writer/Director Bryce McGuire’s 2014 short Night Swim, a collaboration with Rod Blackhurst, cut straight to the horror to exploit everyone’s worst fears about swimming pools. Almost a full decade later, McGuire’s feature expansion showcases more ways to mine terror from the aquatic concept, buoyed by a great cast, but a familiar formula and simplified mythology threaten to sink it all.
After a cold open demonstrates the dangers of the film’s haunted location, a seemingly benign anywhere America backyard pool, Night Swim introduces the ill-fated family destined to discover the supernatural treachery awaiting them. The Waller family are at the beginning of a new chapter in their lives; a recent degenerative illness diagnosis cut a professional baseball career short for dad Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell). As...
After a cold open demonstrates the dangers of the film’s haunted location, a seemingly benign anywhere America backyard pool, Night Swim introduces the ill-fated family destined to discover the supernatural treachery awaiting them. The Waller family are at the beginning of a new chapter in their lives; a recent degenerative illness diagnosis cut a professional baseball career short for dad Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell). As...
- 1/4/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Night Swim, the latest collaboration between Jason Blum’s prolific horror outfit Blumhouse Production and James Wan’s Atomic Monster, sees director Bryce McGuire (Unfollowed) riffing on ideas from a short film he collaborated on with screenwriter Rod Blackhurst. The latter also shares co-writing credits on this feature. The film stars Wyatt Russell and Oscar-nominated Banshees of Inisherin alum, Kerry Condon.
Ray Waller (Russell), a former major league baseball player facing the early twilight of his career due to a degenerative illness, is looking to relocate to a the suburbs with his wife Eve and their two children. After falling head over heals for a surprisingly modestly-priced villa with a swimming pool, the family moves in and settles quickly into their new leafy existence.
While Ray sees miraculous improvements in his health and prognosis almost overnight, which he and Eve are quick to attribute to the hours he spends swimming in the new pool,...
Ray Waller (Russell), a former major league baseball player facing the early twilight of his career due to a degenerative illness, is looking to relocate to a the suburbs with his wife Eve and their two children. After falling head over heals for a surprisingly modestly-priced villa with a swimming pool, the family moves in and settles quickly into their new leafy existence.
While Ray sees miraculous improvements in his health and prognosis almost overnight, which he and Eve are quick to attribute to the hours he spends swimming in the new pool,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Consider, if you will, the swimming pool. While there are many flashy, outrageous exceptions based on eccentricity, wealth, and other factors, most swimming pools are of a fairly standard make. If a household backyard swimming pool has any character at all, it's because of what one puts into it: family and friends, memories, activities, and so on.
In this way, a swimming pool is akin to genre filmmaking. That is to say, the structure is fairly generic, the aesthetic is borrowed from bits and pieces of other models, and the entire enterprise seeks to serve a general function. Yet within those parameters, there can be room for variation, enough that the experience can be pleasantly unique.
That's the case with "Night Swim," the latest mid-budget offering from producer Jason Blum and his Blumhouse label. Like the genre and exploitation gurus of days gone by, Blum has made a minor empire...
In this way, a swimming pool is akin to genre filmmaking. That is to say, the structure is fairly generic, the aesthetic is borrowed from bits and pieces of other models, and the entire enterprise seeks to serve a general function. Yet within those parameters, there can be room for variation, enough that the experience can be pleasantly unique.
That's the case with "Night Swim," the latest mid-budget offering from producer Jason Blum and his Blumhouse label. Like the genre and exploitation gurus of days gone by, Blum has made a minor empire...
- 1/4/2024
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
You’ve heard of the beach that makes you old, but what about the pool that bores you to tears? Part “Old,” part “Lady of the Lake,” and weirdly just the baseball bits of “Signs,” this sluggish supernatural release from Blumhouse and Atomic Monster (the studios’ first new title following their recent merger) feels like the latest disasterpiece from a latter-day M. Night Shyamalan — but it’s not. That’s bad news for writer/director Bryce McGuire, who has neither the genre bonafides nor the creative depravity required to justify making his debut feature an accidental horror comedy about a haunted swimming pool and the idiot suburbanites who maintain it so, so slowly.
Expanding on his 2014 short film of the same name, which was co-directed with Rod Blackhurst, McGuire burns through nearly all of his good ideas for an extended “Night Swim” before the title card even pops. In the original three-minute version,...
Expanding on his 2014 short film of the same name, which was co-directed with Rod Blackhurst, McGuire burns through nearly all of his good ideas for an extended “Night Swim” before the title card even pops. In the original three-minute version,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
Unless you don’t know how to swim, swimming pools simply aren’t scary. Sure, some of them can be pretty gross, depending on how well their owners maintain them. And if bugs or other creatures die in them, that can be disgusting. But mostly they seem like a nice place to relax on a warm summer day. That’s the main problem with Bryce McGuire’s feature about a haunted swimming pool, adapted from a 2014 short film he made in collaboration with Rod Blackhurst. Despite the filmmaker’s best efforts to drum up suspense via the usual jump scares, Night Swim turns out to be just as silly as it sounds.
The short that provided this film’s inspiration had a running time of under four minutes, which sounds exactly right. Unfortunately, the feature version runs 98 minutes, its simple premise gussied up with a backstory mythology that isn’t...
The short that provided this film’s inspiration had a running time of under four minutes, which sounds exactly right. Unfortunately, the feature version runs 98 minutes, its simple premise gussied up with a backstory mythology that isn’t...
- 1/4/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Early last year, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster joined forces to cook up the clever killer doll horror movie M3GAN, a box office hit, and just this week announced their official merger to become the preeminent horror producer bringing together the brains behind some of the most successful films in the genre of the 21st century.
On the heels of the merger confirmation comes Night Swim. Unfortunately, this one is waterlogged, only proving that making a credible killer pool movie is not as easy as playing with dolls.
Based loosely on Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire’s 2014 four-minute short about a woman who disappears into her movie after a spooky encounter in the backyard, that pair are now credited with the story for this feature adaptation, with a screenplay by McGuire who also directs. As it turns out four minutes was the right length for the idea,...
On the heels of the merger confirmation comes Night Swim. Unfortunately, this one is waterlogged, only proving that making a credible killer pool movie is not as easy as playing with dolls.
Based loosely on Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire’s 2014 four-minute short about a woman who disappears into her movie after a spooky encounter in the backyard, that pair are now credited with the story for this feature adaptation, with a screenplay by McGuire who also directs. As it turns out four minutes was the right length for the idea,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
This week brings the arrival of Night Swim, a high concept horror feature from writer/director Bryce McGuire that centers around a haunted swimming pool with murky, supernatural depths. Night Swim arrives in theaters on January 5, 2024, and the film employed as many practical effects as possible to submerge viewers into its aquatic nightmare realm.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) and Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) as a couple looking for a fresh start in a new home in the wake of a newly diagnosed illness. For their family, the home and its large backyard swimming pool offer the chance for recovery and togetherness. If only the pool didn’t harbor a sinister secret.
McGuire recently shared with Bloody Disgusting how he wanted to approach Night Swim as practically as possible.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) and Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) as a couple looking for a fresh start in a new home in the wake of a newly diagnosed illness. For their family, the home and its large backyard swimming pool offer the chance for recovery and togetherness. If only the pool didn’t harbor a sinister secret.
McGuire recently shared with Bloody Disgusting how he wanted to approach Night Swim as practically as possible.
- 1/4/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Soon after the release of M3GAN back in January, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. That film’s January 5th theatrical release date is nearly upon us now, and in the build-up to that date Universal has been promoting it with the release of multiple featurettes. We have a new one in the embed above, and it gives a look at the film’s underwater photography and pool party possession. Check it out!
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool.
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool.
- 1/3/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
This week brings the arrival of Night Swim, a high concept horror feature from writer/director Bryce McGuire that follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with Bryce McGuire ahead of the film’s theatrical release on January 5, 2024. The filmmaker shared how Night Swim evolved from its short film origin and the challenges of featuring a swimming pool as the central villain.
McGuire didn’t initially plan to create a feature-length film from the 2014 short. The director explains how...
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (Overlord, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Bloody Disgusting spoke with Bryce McGuire ahead of the film’s theatrical release on January 5, 2024. The filmmaker shared how Night Swim evolved from its short film origin and the challenges of featuring a swimming pool as the central villain.
McGuire didn’t initially plan to create a feature-length film from the 2014 short. The director explains how...
- 1/2/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Horror hits the ground running in 2024, and judging by the current release slate, the genre has no intention of slowing down anytime soon. 2024’s horror slate is densely packed already, and it doesn’t even touch on the yet-to-be-announced features and surprise festival gems.
Welcome to Bloody Disgusting’s 2024 Horror Preview.
How massive will 2024 be for horror? If this preview of the year’s looming horror offerings is any indication, horror fans may be spoiled for choice. Of course, expect some release dates to shift and many surprises yet to get announced in the coming months. In other words, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Here are 51 horror movies we’re excited to check out in 2024.
Mayhem! – January 5
Xavier Gens, the filmmaker behind New French Extremity entry Frontier(s), is kicking off the new year with a violent actioner follows a boxer’s quest for bone-breaking, merciless revenge.
Welcome to Bloody Disgusting’s 2024 Horror Preview.
How massive will 2024 be for horror? If this preview of the year’s looming horror offerings is any indication, horror fans may be spoiled for choice. Of course, expect some release dates to shift and many surprises yet to get announced in the coming months. In other words, this is only the tip of the iceberg.
Here are 51 horror movies we’re excited to check out in 2024.
Mayhem! – January 5
Xavier Gens, the filmmaker behind New French Extremity entry Frontier(s), is kicking off the new year with a violent actioner follows a boxer’s quest for bone-breaking, merciless revenge.
- 1/2/2024
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Jump into the deep end with James Wan and Jason Blum for an a look inside the production for “Night Swim” set to hit theater on January 5, 2024.
Absolutely no running, diving, or swimming after dark, as there is no lifeguard on duty.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the minds behind M3GAN, delve deep into the horror genre with their latest supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Adapted from the well-received 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the movie features Wyatt Russell (known for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller. Ray, a former major league baseball player compelled into early retirement by a degenerative illness, relocates to a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot.
Holding on to a secret hope of returning to professional baseball, Ray convinces Eve that the new residence’s sparkling backyard swimming pool will be enjoyable...
Absolutely no running, diving, or swimming after dark, as there is no lifeguard on duty.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the minds behind M3GAN, delve deep into the horror genre with their latest supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Adapted from the well-received 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the movie features Wyatt Russell (known for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller. Ray, a former major league baseball player compelled into early retirement by a degenerative illness, relocates to a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot.
Holding on to a secret hope of returning to professional baseball, Ray convinces Eve that the new residence’s sparkling backyard swimming pool will be enjoyable...
- 12/28/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
This Winter… Everything You Fear, Is Under The Surface. From James Wan, Producer Of The Nun. And Blumhouse, Producer Of Megan. Universal Pictures Presents Night Swim. Only In Theaters January 5th.
Rated PG-13
Join Jason Blum and James Wan in the deep end for a look inside Night Swim.
The St. Louis advance screening is 7Pm on Wednesday, Jan 3rd at Marcus Ronnies Cine.
Please arrive early as seating is not guaranteed.
Enter at the link: http://gofobo.com/KhGsx81013
Night Swim/© 2023 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a...
Rated PG-13
Join Jason Blum and James Wan in the deep end for a look inside Night Swim.
The St. Louis advance screening is 7Pm on Wednesday, Jan 3rd at Marcus Ronnies Cine.
Please arrive early as seating is not guaranteed.
Enter at the link: http://gofobo.com/KhGsx81013
Night Swim/© 2023 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a...
- 12/27/2023
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Soon after the release of M3GAN back in January, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. That film’s January 5th theatrical release date is now right around the corner, and today a behind-the-scenes featurette has been released to convince viewers to make this the movie they see over the first weekend of the new year. You can check it out in the embed above.
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool. The film has the following logline: No running.
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool. The film has the following logline: No running.
- 12/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Producers Jason Blum of Blumhouse and James Wan of Atomic Monster take fans on a deep dive behind the scenes of Night Swim, a twisted horror film from writer/director Bryce McGuire. Night Swim, based on a short film by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst, will arrive in theaters on January 5, 2024.
Wyatt Russell (currently playing a younger version of his dad Kurt’s character in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead) star. Blum and Wan (the Saw and The Conjuring franchises) serve as producers, with Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott executive producing.
Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller in ‘Night Swim,’ directed by Bryce McGuire (Photo Copyright © 2023 Universal Studios)
Universal Pictures offers this synopsis of the PG-13 supernatural thriller:
The...
Wyatt Russell (currently playing a younger version of his dad Kurt’s character in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead) star. Blum and Wan (the Saw and The Conjuring franchises) serve as producers, with Blumhouse’s Ryan Turek and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Judson Scott executive producing.
Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller in ‘Night Swim,’ directed by Bryce McGuire (Photo Copyright © 2023 Universal Studios)
Universal Pictures offers this synopsis of the PG-13 supernatural thriller:
The...
- 12/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Bryce McGuire, writer and director of the Universal Pictures horror film, shared in a new featurette that his aim with Night Swim was to ruin swimming pools forever. Actor Wyatt Russell, on the other hand, believes that the movie might make viewers at least think twice before taking a plunge.
The 2024 horror film is based on a short film by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst. In addition to Wyatt Russell (currently seen playing a younger version of his dad Kurt’s character in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Night Swim stars Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead).
James Wan and Jason Blum serve as producers, with Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Ryan Turek executive producing. Night Swim opens in theaters on January 5, 2024.
Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, Wyatt Russell, and Kerry...
The 2024 horror film is based on a short film by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst. In addition to Wyatt Russell (currently seen playing a younger version of his dad Kurt’s character in Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Night Swim stars Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead).
James Wan and Jason Blum serve as producers, with Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Ryan Turek executive producing. Night Swim opens in theaters on January 5, 2024.
Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, Wyatt Russell, and Kerry...
- 12/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Soon after the release of M3GAN back in January, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. That movie is set to reach theatres on January 5th – and with that date drawing near, a featurette has arrived online to help build the hype! You can watch the featurette – which has comments from the cast, producers, and director – in the embed above. Once again, they’re promising that Night Swim is going to ruin swimming pools for people who watch it.
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source...
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source...
- 12/18/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are reteaming with Universal Pictures for the supernatural thriller Night Swim, and Universal has debuted a brand new featurette video this week.
Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire. McGuire teases in the featurette, “Our ambition was to ruin the swimming pool forever.”
Check out the video below for a sneak peek at these aquatic terrors…
Night Swim follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. It’s coming to theaters on January 5, 2024.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire. McGuire teases in the featurette, “Our ambition was to ruin the swimming pool forever.”
Check out the video below for a sneak peek at these aquatic terrors…
Night Swim follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. It’s coming to theaters on January 5, 2024.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
- 12/18/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.
- 11/30/2023
- by Kristyn Clarke
- Age of the Nerd
Having made us worried about AI toys, animatronic restaurant mascots, red doors, and, er demons (probably not much needed on that last front), the Blumhouse team wants you to next be afraid of swimming pools. We've already had one trailer for Night Swim, and the second is here to expand on the story of a family who learn that their outdoor fun space might be hiding something terrible. And we mean worse than a manky old plaster floating towards your mouth…
Based on the 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, Night Swim stars Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Kerry Condon), teenage daughter Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle) and young son Elliot (Gavin Warren).
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades...
Based on the 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, Night Swim stars Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve (Kerry Condon), teenage daughter Izzy (Amélie Hoeferle) and young son Elliot (Gavin Warren).
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades...
- 11/29/2023
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Soon after the release of M3GAN back in January, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. The movie has a January 5th release date… and with just over a month to go until that date arrives, today a full trailer for Night Swim has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool. The film has the following logline: No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Bryce McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool. The film has the following logline: No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
- 11/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The new trailer for Universal Pictures’ Night Swim opens with a scene similar to It, with a pool drain subbing in for a sidewalk curb inlet. A child notices something floating in the drain and reaches for it when suddenly a grotesque arms shoots out and grabs the young girl.
A cat becomes a victim of whatever is haunting a backyard pool, and the home owner’s children seem to be particularly sensitive to the supernatural pool dwellers.
“My kids have seen things and I’m worried something is happening to my husband?” says the mom, played by Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin).
The cast also includes Wyatt Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead).
Bryce McGuire (Baghead) wrote and directed the horror film, with James Wan (The Conjuring) and Jason Blum...
A cat becomes a victim of whatever is haunting a backyard pool, and the home owner’s children seem to be particularly sensitive to the supernatural pool dwellers.
“My kids have seen things and I’m worried something is happening to my husband?” says the mom, played by Oscar nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin).
The cast also includes Wyatt Russell (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead).
Bryce McGuire (Baghead) wrote and directed the horror film, with James Wan (The Conjuring) and Jason Blum...
- 11/29/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
Look, maybe it's just my intense thalassophobia talking (look it up!), but everybody ought to know by now just how much bodies of water can be hazardous to one's health -- especially if you happen to be a character in a horror movie. But what if even private swimming pools were no longer a safe haven for both horny teens and suburban parents alike? That's basically the premise of Universal and Blumhouse's latest project titled "Night Swim," which proposes the radical idea that the greatest evil you could possibly unleash comes from the seemingly idyllic depths of your backyard swimming pool, of all places.
The track record for both producer Jason Blum and James Wan pretty much speaks for itself, especially when that partnership throughout the last few years has given us major hits like "The Black Phone,...
Look, maybe it's just my intense thalassophobia talking (look it up!), but everybody ought to know by now just how much bodies of water can be hazardous to one's health -- especially if you happen to be a character in a horror movie. But what if even private swimming pools were no longer a safe haven for both horny teens and suburban parents alike? That's basically the premise of Universal and Blumhouse's latest project titled "Night Swim," which proposes the radical idea that the greatest evil you could possibly unleash comes from the seemingly idyllic depths of your backyard swimming pool, of all places.
The track record for both producer Jason Blum and James Wan pretty much speaks for itself, especially when that partnership throughout the last few years has given us major hits like "The Black Phone,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Everything you fear is under the surface. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are reteaming again with Universal Pictures, this time for the supernatural thriller Night Swim. A brand new trailer released this morning gives a closer look at what’s behind this eerie swimming pool haunting.
Night Swim follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. It’s coming to theaters on January 5, 2024.
Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon will star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire, based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire.
Watch the official trailer for Night Swim below, which is loaded with more horror teases to whet your appetite.
The film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a...
Night Swim follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. It’s coming to theaters on January 5, 2024.
Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon will star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire, based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire.
Watch the official trailer for Night Swim below, which is loaded with more horror teases to whet your appetite.
The film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a...
- 11/29/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
What are you afraid of?
Watch and share the new trailer for Night Swim, in theaters January 5.
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in...
Watch and share the new trailer for Night Swim, in theaters January 5.
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, the producers of M3GAN, high dive into the deep end of horror with the new supernatural thriller, Night Swim.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in...
- 11/29/2023
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Soon after the release of M3GAN back in January, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. The movie has a January 5th release date… and according to an interview with director Bryce McGuire, it might ruin the concept of swimming pools for some viewers.
McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool. The film has the following logline: No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Here’s the synopsis: Ray Waller, a former major...
McGuire has written and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story is built around the hidden source of terror found in an iconic backyard swimming pool. The film has the following logline: No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark.
Here’s the synopsis: Ray Waller, a former major...
- 11/15/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are reteaming with Universal Pictures for the supernatural thriller Night Swim, which has been officially rated PG-13 by the MPA this week.
Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon will star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire, and the upcoming horror movie has been rated PG-13 for…
“Terror, some violent content and language.”
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark…
Night Swim follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. It’s coming to theaters on January 5, 2024.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon will star in Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire, and the upcoming horror movie has been rated PG-13 for…
“Terror, some violent content and language.”
No running. No diving. No lifeguard on duty. No swimming after dark…
Night Swim follows a family who awakens a terrifying supernatural presence in the backyard swimming pool of their new home. It’s coming to theaters on January 5, 2024.
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
- 11/8/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Universal Pictures has debuted the trailer for the supernatural thriller ‘Night Swim.’
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash an evil force that will drag the family into the depths of inescapable terror.
Written and directed by Bryce McGuire (writer of the upcoming film Baghead) and is produced by James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw,...
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film by Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire, the film stars Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy and young son Elliot.
Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash an evil force that will drag the family into the depths of inescapable terror.
Written and directed by Bryce McGuire (writer of the upcoming film Baghead) and is produced by James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Saw,...
- 10/6/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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