If you missed it in theaters or want to experience it again from the comfort of your own couch, Night Swim is diving into Digital on March 12th, followed by a Collector's Edition Blu-ray / DVD release on April 9th, and we have a look at the full list of bonus features, including a feature-length commentary with director/co-writer Bryce McGuire and a conversation between producers Jason Blum and James Wan:
From the Press Release: Universal City, California, March 5, 2024 – From James Wan’s Atomic Monster (The Conjuring franchise, Insidious franchise) and Blumhouse (The Black Phone, Halloween franchise) comes NIGHT SWIM, available to own with brand-new bonus content on Digital March 12, 2024 and on Blu-ray and DVD April 9, 2024 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. NIGHT SWIM has been hailed as “a satisfying plunge into backyard terror” (Joshua Rothkopf, LA Times) and “remarkably effective” (Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times). Now own the Collector's Edition, with all-new bonus features, including a behind-the-scenes look at filming the underwater pool sequences, transforming 'Marco Polo' into an eerie game of terror, and more.
The producers of M3GAN high dive into the deep end of supernatural horror with NIGHT SWIM. Wyatt Russell stars as a former major league baseball player, forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his wife (Oscar® nominee Kerry Condon) and their two children. The new home comes complete with a backyard swimming pool, but a deep secret surfaces and unleashes a malevolent force that will drag the family into the inescapable depths of terror.
NIGHT SWIM is directed by Bryce McGuire (Writer/Director of Original Short) and stars Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin, “Better Call Saul”), Wyatt Russell (Everybody Wants Some!!, Overlord), Amelie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), Gavin Warren (The Unbreakable Boy, “Fear of the Walking Dead”) and Jodi Long (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, The Hot Chick).
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 breaks down the pivotal scare scene and how the film took a simple children’s game and turned it into a nightmare.
- FEATURE COMMENTARY WITH CO-WRITER/DIRECTOR BRYCE MCGUIRE
Raised on a steady diet of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Derek has been fascinated with fear since he first saw ForeverWare being used on an episode of Eerie, Indiana.
When he’s not writing about horror as the Senior News Reporter for Daily Dead, Derek can be found daydreaming about the Santa Carla Boardwalk from The Lost Boys or reading Stephen King and Brian Keene novels.
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