The mysterious Blumhouse supernatural horror Night Swim is still a couple of weeks away, but its director has urged viewers to look out for an Easter Egg in the film’s early moments that may set up a potential sequel.
Night Swim Sequel Opportunity Bubbles Up
Bryce McGuire, who first created the story of Night Swim as a short in 2014. spoke with SFX magazine where he promised the story will hold deeper secrets that may not all become clear in the span of the film, and even though he’s cautious about the film’s success, he has made sure there are green shoots for future entries.
“There’s a little Easter egg in one of the early scenes that, to me, points a path to where I’d like to go. It would be fun to explore and expand the mythology.”
Certainly better than full-on teasing of a sequel that might never be in an end-credits stinger, and hopefully part of a richer mystery overall.
Starring Wyatt Russell (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) as Ray Waller, the rest of the Night Swim cast includes Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) as Eve, Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes) as Izzy, and Gavin Warren (Fear the Walking Dead) as Elliot.
The forthcoming horror film is executive produced by Michael Clear, Judson Scott, and Ryan Turek, with Wan and Jason Blum serving as producers.
Based on the 2014 short film by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst, the official synopsis for Night Swim reads: “In the film, Ray Waller, a former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who moves into a new home with his concerned wife Eve, teenage daughter Izzy, and young son Elliot. Secretly hoping, against the odds, to return to pro ball, Ray persuades Eve that the new home’s shimmering backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for him. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash a malevolent force that will drag the family under, into the depths of inescapable terror.”
Night Swim is out in theaters on January 5, 2024.