Swimming Pool - Der Tod feiert mit (2001)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Boris von Sychowski

Writers:

Ryan Carrassi (adaptation)
Lorenz Stassen (writer)

Release Date:

4 October 2001 (Germany)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Evil has surfaced.

Plot:

School's out, exams are over, and it's time for real life to begin. But before 12 friends from the International...

Plot Keywords:

Swimming Pool | Swimming | Pool | Teenkill | Teen

Cast

Kristen Miller	...	Sarah
Elena Uhlig	...	Carmen
Thorsten Grasshoff	...	Greg
John Hopkins	...	Frank
Isla Fisher	...	Kim
Jason Liggett	...	Martin
Jonah Lotan	...	Chris
Cordelia Bugeja	...	Mel
James McAvoy	...	Mike
Linda Rybová	...	Svenja
Bryan Carney	...	Carter
Maximilian Grill	...	Diego
Anna Geislerová	...	Catherine
Jan Vlasák	...	Kadankov
Daniel Wurm	...	Tommy

Also Known As:

Swiming Pool (Germany) (short title)
The Pool (USA)
Water Demon (Philippines: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, language, substance abuse and brief sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Germany:18 | Peru:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Hradcany, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Senator Film Produktion

Trivia:

In the scene where Mel waits for Martin in the gym, the words "Have a Nice Day" can be seen etched on the killer's machete.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the beginning of the film, Carmen and some others are standing in front of the High School, and Carmen lights up a cigarette twice between shots.

Quotes:

Greg: I'm sorry, Sarah. I didn't know your father was still an issue. You don't talk about it anymore.
Sarah: So I should cry about it everyday, that way you can remember?

Movie Connections:

References I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

rubbish

Here you can see what comes out, when european cinema tries to copy us-blockbusters with marginal budgets... a script obviously copied from a first-grade teaching book on horror movies, blunt of-the-shelf characters and a story so dull and predictable that after 15 minutes you wish you had gone visiting your mother-in-law instead. These first 15 minutes are dominated by utter disbelief that really somebody made a 253rd copy of scream without even pretending to be a parody, without any sense for suspense, in fact without any interest in making a movie. It seems Senator-Film is almost broke and with this movie, it becomes perfectly clear that it's better this way ... go, have fun in a swimming pool instead.