James Wan and Jason Blum, powerhouse team-up behind “M3gan,” are back with “Night Swim,” now showing

In 2014, director Bryce McGuire made Night Swim, an acclaimed five-minute short shot in the backyard of Grammy-winning musician Michelle Branch and featuring actress Megalyn Echikunwoke (Fox’s Almost Family) as a young woman who goes missing in her own pool when an evening swim leads to a close encounter with something creepy.  The short made a splash …

‘Night Swim’ star Amélie Hoeferle accepts doing horror movie as a way to control fear

“The children were great!” says Academy Award nominee Kerry Condon of Amélie Hoeferle and Gavin Warren, who play her character’s children in Night Swim, a new supernatural thriller opening in cinemas this week.  In Night Swim, based on director McGuire’s acclaimed 2014 short film of the same name, Ray Waller (Wyatt Russell) is a former major league …

Wyatt Russell talks about the sinister pool and his troubled character in the supernatural thriller “Night Swim”

Like his Night Swim character, Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters) was a former athlete, one of the reasons director Bryce McGuire wanted him for the role of former baseball pro Ray Waller.  For the actor, being able to draw on his own experience as an athlete definitely helped his performance. “There …

Academy Award nominee Kerry Condon combines her love of cinema and water in the supernatural thriller “Night Swim”

One of the reasons Kerry Condon wanted to dive into Night Swim was the water. “I was always interested in doing swimming on-camera and combining those two great interests for me,” Condon, an accomplished swimmer who swam competitively as a child, says. “I am a good swimmer and I wanted to show my physicality. I love water …

James Wan and Blumhouse-produced ‘Night Swim’ is 2024’s opening horror film event

Plunge into the supernatural in “Night Swim”, a horror thriller produced by James Wan and Jason Blum, who both produced one of this year’s fresh hit thriller “M3gan”. Also known for their iconic hit thrillers “The Saw”, “Insidious” and “The Conjuring” franchises, “Halloween” films, “The Black Phone” and “The Invisible Man”, their latest collaboration in …