10 Horror Movies With Amazing Concepts But TERRIBLE Execution

7. Night Swim

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Blumhouse's Night Swim might be one of the worst horror films of the year so far - or any year, arguably - but it didn't have to be this way.

A horror flick about a haunted swimming pool that kills anyone who takes a dip in it? 

Sounds like a delicious setup for a knowingly campy, R-rated schlock-fest, and yet Bryce McGuire's feature-length adaptation of his own short film commits one cardinal sin: it takes itself too damn seriously.

Considering the utter silliness of its premise, Night Swim holds itself in a surprisingly straight-faced, even sombre regard, rattling through cliches with an almost impressive expediency yet never beginning to have any fun with it.

The result is a shockingly dull expression of a cool concept, made more forgettable by its restrictive PG-13 rating, meaning there aren't even any cartoonishly gory kills to savour.

As it stands, it simply feels like McGuire struggled to translate his short-form concept into a full movie, but with a less serious tone that teed up a bunch of gnarly death scenes, Night Swim could've actually lived up to its insane logline.

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