It shouldn't come to anyone's surprise that an early January horror film is really bad. Visually the film doesn't look bad most of the time, however it has an awful pace, boring plot and some of the worst practical effects I've seen in a movie theater in a while. Most of this film is spent away from the pool despite the pool being the main focus. And while we are there there's maybe half of those moments actually spent being a horror movie. We are spoon fed plot points, breaking the classic show don't tell film rule. Once we get to the climax of the film and given a long explanation of the pool it is laughable and silly and the ending of the film feels like a parody of the itself. There's zero redeeming factors of this movie and zero reasons it should exist. It treats the audience like they're stupid. Acting is okay but that's the best I can say about it.
Review of Night Swim
