A supernatural thriller centered on a haunted swimming pool tops the DVD releases for the week.
“Night Swim”: A family moves into a new home, not suspecting the frights that lurk in the hidden deeps of their backyard pool. With Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon.
“The new house, somewhere in the Twin Cities, bodes well at first, but the evil pool starts dropping hints early and often,” writes Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips in his review. “A mysterious battery-operated toy boat appears on the pool’s surface, puttering around on its own. Unseen or barely glimpsed creatures from the beyond — human, or formerly so — yank adults and children alike into the water. The idea in ‘Night Swim,’ directed by second-time feature director Bryce McGuire from a script he wrote with Rod Blackhurst, hinges on the sinister underwater realm beneath the spring-fed pool itself.”
Also new on DVD
“Lisa Frankenstein”: This colorful spin on the Frankenstein myth finds a teenage misfit falling for a reanimated hunk.
