Netflix has just added an underrated recent thriller movie

The film stars an Irish Oscar-nominated actress.

Produced by legendary horror figures James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw) and Jason Blum (The Black Phone, Get Out), the movie sees Condon play Eve, the wife of a former major league baseball player named Ray (Wyatt Russell, Thunderbolts*) who has been forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness.

Secretly hoping against all odds to return to pro ball, Ray convinces Eve that they should move, with their two children, into a new house with a swimming pool. He believes the pool will help with his physical therapy.

As soon as Ray starts taking dips in its waters, he does, in fact, start to miraculously recover.

A string of bizarre incidents, however, leads Eve to realise that lurking in the depths of her family's new swimming pool is a malevolent force.

It's no secret that we here at JOE were very excited about Night Swim ahead of its cinema release.

It was Condon's first film after the success of The Banshees of Inisherin. Plus, it's about a haunted swimming pool, which is a funny new twist on the type of haunted house tale that we like.

Though the horror thriller received largely negative reviews from critics upon release - its predictable story and PG-13 level scares were common sources of criticism - we actually thought the movie contained some real pleasures.

Chief among these were its moments of humour (such as a hilarious cameo by Ben Sinclair as a pool cleaner), the impressive way writer-director Bryce McGuire makes the central swimming space feel cinematic and Condon's very empathetic performance as a woman realising something is not quite right with her husband.

In fact, we'd totally watch a Night Swim 2, which may be possible as the 2024 flick was a box-office success.

You can read a sample of some of the positive reviews from critics that Night Swim earned right here:

AV Club: "Despite some choppy waters in the back half, this is a fun, funny, often genuinely unnerving horror movie experience, one that might make you think twice about that first swim of the year when summer rolls around."

Empire: "Last-act let-down aside, this is a confident and creepy ghoul-in-the-pool horror that makes Bryce McGuire a filmmaker to watch. Wusses, bring armbands."

Los Angeles Times: "McGuire, who executed a trial run of this concept with a 2014 short film, knows exactly what he’s doing, scene after scene, especially when it comes to the deliciously sadistic grammar of suspense."

Roger Ebert.com: "Producers Jason Blum and James Wan, both horror titans, once again show they know how to freak audiences out while maintaining a sly sense of humour."

Night Swim is available to watch in Ireland and the UK now on Netflix.

Turn your home into a cinema with this projector 

Do you love movies? Have you ever dreamt of turning your home into your own cinema?

If so, then you may be interested in a home theatre projector we spotted on sale on Amazon with “impressive quality”.

The 4K projector has the likes of YouTube, Netflix and Prime Video built in, so you can access thousands of films and shows without an additional TV stick, and you can also connect it to Bluetooth on your phone and laptop.

It’s currently priced at €53.52 in a limited-time deal on the Amazon website.

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