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There are tens of thousands of movies available on Amazon Prime Video, and, when you're talking about such an ample offering of titles, it's statistically inevitable that a few dozens or hundreds of them will be less than stellar. But what are the absolute worst movies you can cue up on Prime Video right now?

To answer that question, we've carefully scoured the streaming service's U.S. catalog to find the most dreadful, obscene, unwatchable garbage currently floating about in it. A vanishing few of these are at least entertaining for their ridiculous trashiness, but, for the most part, these are movies that will most likely either bore you to death or send you into a stunned, horrified stupor, with that likelihood increasing exponentially as you move down the ranking. Don't say we didn't warn you.

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Days after HBO confirmed And Just Like Thatwill end with Season 3, the Sex and the Citysequel haslost its #1 spot on HBO’s streaming charts. Despite a strong global presence on the platform throughout July and early August 2025, the show has slipped to #3 in the U.S., and has exited the Top 5 entirely in countries including Argentina, Georgia, and Armenia.

And Just Like That is currently sitting at the #2 spot on HBO’s Top 10 TV Shows as of August 7. The show, which stars Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, trails behind Julian Fellowes’ period drama, The Gilded Age. Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty sits at #3 and is building steady momentum. Despite the drop, though, And Just Like That remains a dominant title across several other regions.

The show still holds the #1 spot in key markets such as Spain, Sweden, Portugal, Poland, and Norway. The Gilded Age, however, has claimed the...

Burbank, CA Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment invites fans to relive two decades of pop culture mayhem with the release of Robot Chicken: The Complete Series on DVD on October 7, 2025. For the first time ever, 228 episodes of the Emmy® Award-winning Adult Swim series, including iconic specials themed around DC, Star Wars, The Walking Dead, Archie Comics, Christmas, and more, will be available in one definitive collection.

This milestone release celebrates 20 years of the rapid-fire “channel flips” that propelled viewers through Robot Chicken’s twisted takes on nostalgia, pop culture, and everything in between. Fueled by old-school stop-motion animation and a crew of deeply disturbed toys, the quarter-hour show defined a generation of late-night animated sketch comedy.

Robot Chicken: The Complete Series marks the first time the full series will be released on DVD. The fll series is also available on digital now. With 228 episodes, fans can own the entire chaotic journey,...

Jack McBrayer's performance as Kenneth the Page on "30 Rock" is immortal because his indefatigable enthusiasm was the heart of a show that ruthlessly pursued each and every joke it could sink its teeth into.

The performance made Jack McBrayer the go-to man for wholesome, purehearted weirdos on TV, which is why Conan O'Brien thought it would be funny to send him into the meanest, cruelest place on the planet: Chicago's Wiener's Circle, a rough and tumble hole in the wall where employees and customers scream insults and expletives at one another. Poor Jack was no match for their negativity, but luckily he didn't come alone.

Enter: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and his iconic cigar. Triumph, a rottweiler hand puppet performed by Robert Smigel with a seemingly never ending encyclopedia of insults, Triumph is one of Conan's most famous recurring characters and his journey into the depths of...

After nearly a decade away, Bleach is back on Toonami, and according to Adult Swim’s Jason DeMarco, it took persistence, timing and a bit of luck to break the legendary series out of "Hulu jail."

In a recent podcast with Sketch and Kuro of Toonami fan site, ToonamiFaithful.com, Toonami co-creator and the VP of Warner Bros. Adult Swim's Jason DeMarco opened up about his work in getting Bleach back into Toonami’s programming -- in the process, disrupting Hulu’s reign as the series’ only U.S. streaming platform.

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On being asked how he broke Bleach out of "Hulu jail," DeMarco stated, "It’s so weird the way things are working nowadays. You’ll be told something is a definite no, forever, and then five minutes later it’s like, 'Oh, we changed our mind.

Megan Thee Stallion’s fondness for anime is no news for fans. However, the celebrity singer always ensures that her presence brings new surprises. Sometimes it’s her cosplay making it to the news, and other times, hidden Easter Eggs in her songs grab fans’ attention. This time around, she has taken things to a whole new level by announcing her anime.

This Friday, she was present at DreamCon in a Yoruichi Shihoin cosplay. During a special panel, the singer dropped the big announcement, but revealed minimal information about it. However, she promised great things for fans to look forward to.

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According to the Houston Chronicle, Megan Thee Stallion recently attended the DreamCon in a Yoruichi cosplay. She announced that she has a new anime series coming up on Amazon Prime Video.

Annecy, the world’s leading animation film festival, unveiled its official program on Wednesday, with a line-up that includes features from some 20 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas and a range of styles, from the big-budget 3D computer animated feature Into the Mortal World from Chinese director Zhong Ding; to the hand-drawn title Balentes by Italian filmmaker Giovanni Columbu, and the digital cut out animation of Mexican filmmaker Aria Covamonas: The Great History of Western Philosophy.

Covamonas’ debut premiered at the Rotterdam festival, and Annecy’s 2025 lineup features a best-of selection of recent fests, including Berlinale highlights Lesbian Space Princess and Tales from the Magic Garden, and several features premiering in Cannes next month, including The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol from The Triplets of Belleville director Sylvain Chomet; Dandelion’s Odyssey from Japanese director Momoko Seto; and Death Does Not Exist from Canadian filmmaker Felix Dufour-Laperrière.

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Exclusive: Jacey Bradley has been promoted to Vice President at Bandera Entertainment, the animation studio of Greg Daniels and Mike Judge.

In her elevated role, Bradley will continue to play a key role in supporting the development, selling, and production of Bandera’s diverse slate of animated series, working in close partnership with the company’s roster of creators, collaborators, and the studios and platforms Bandera produces with.

She continues to report to President Dustin Davis, who told us, “We’re lucky that Jacey joined Bandera Entertainment at its launch in 2019. She’s been instrumental in growing our slate from the ground up and this promotion recognizes her valuable contributions.”

Said Bradley, “I am so appreciative of Greg, Mike, and Dustin’s continued support and leadership. I feel so grateful to have been with this team since wheels up at Bandera and am excited to continue to thrive at this company and develop,...

On Sunday January 26 2025, Disney broadcasts StuGo!

No Manhands Is an Island; Sister Swim Season 1 Episode 5 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “StuGo,” titled “No Manhands Is an Island; Sister Swim,” promises to be an exciting adventure for the characters. In this episode, Chip decides to take on the challenge of living like survivalist Nils Vulfen. This means he will try to learn how to survive in the wild, using skills and techniques that Nils is known for. Chip’s determination to embrace this lifestyle could lead to some funny and unexpected moments.

Meanwhile, the rest of the kids are thrilled when they encounter a dolphin during their outdoor activities. The dolphin brings a sense of joy and wonder to the group, and everyone is eager to interact with it. However, Merian seems to be the odd one out. While her friends are excited about the dolphin, she does not share their enthusiasm.

Exclusive: Zoe Lister-Jones and Sofia Rosinsky have joined Peacock’s upcoming comedy, The Miniature Wife as series regulars.

They join stars and executive producers Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen in the series created and executive produced by Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner, who also serve as showrunners.

Based on the short story written by Manuel Gonzalez, The Miniature Wife is a high-concept marital comedy examining the power (im)balances between spouses, Lindy (Banks) and Les (Macfadyen), after a technological accident induces the ultimate relationship crisis.

Greg Mottola will direct the first two episodes and serves as an executive producer alongside Banks, Macfadyen, Ames, Turner, and Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res and Michael Aguilar.

Lister-Jones is an actress, writer, director and producer who most recently starred as Anne in the experimental musical biopic Pavements from director Alex Ross Perry.

After quite some time, one Stardew Valley player saw a rare sight — their ducks swimming in a pond. Ducks in Stardew Valley are a popular animal on the farm for players to pet and cultivate, but they rarely swim, making this a big moment for the players waiting for their ducks to act like ducks.

Redditor RikkertPaul posted a picture of their rare find on the Stardew Valley subreddit, much to the acclaim of the rest of the community. Ducks have been able to swim in the farm's ponds since Stardew Valley Update 1.5, but they strangely don't wade in the water often. However, the ducks don't need to swim to thrive on the farm, but fans certainly love to see the ducks lounge in the pond.

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One Stardew Valley farmer was significantly underdressed for the town's Flower Dance Festival, leading to a discussion about clothing and fitting in. Stardew Valley is a cozy farming sim that revolves largely around growing crops, expanding the farmland, and raising various farm animals. However, the game also has players interacting with and forming relationships with the residents of nearby Pelican Town, and one of the ways to do so is by engaging in local events and activities.

A Stardew Valley fan who goes by oldeluke on Reddit tried to fit in by attending the annual Spring Flower Dance Festival. The attempt fell a little flat when they arrived at the festival only to find everyone dressed in matching fancy outfits while their character stuck out like a sore thumb in their everyday farming clothes. "Why doesn't the farmer get a matching outfit?" the Redditor asks. Luckily, fans in the comments...

Chicago Fire is once again burning hot.

Season 13 is averaging 7.7 million total viewers (including delayed playback, through the first seven episodes), down just 10% from the strikes-shortened and -delayed Season 12. It stands as broadcast TV’s No. 6 drama in total audience, trailing Tracker, Matlock, FBI, NCIS and Elsbeth, and just barely outdrawing lead-in Chicago Med. Chicago Fire’s 0.6 demo rating ranks fourth among all broadcast dramas airing this fall.

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When it comes to horror anime and manga, I'm not usually one to give it a look. Sure, I've read some classic Junji Ito works, but generally speaking, concepts like body horror tend to turn me off of a series. However, I was caught by surprise by one horror series, which carried with it some heavy philosophical ideas that gave it more depth than the average horror anime.

Way back in October 2015, I was watching Adult Swim's Toonami block when a new horror series, Parasyte -the maxim-, began to debut. I always try to give these kinds of series at least one episode to win me over, but I was more than prepared to be tuning out for the rest of the series. The story has a sci-fi bent to it, with the invasion of strange body-stealing aliens from space, so I was perhaps a bit more willing to...

Animation fans might not have to wait long for the return of Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal.

In an exclusive interview with Collider, Tartakovsky revealed that his Adult Swim series will likely come out sometime in 2025, though he didn't reveal an exact date. When asked how far along the new season is right now, he said, "I'm finishing up the tenth episode right now, and so we got 10 more half-hours. We're in production, and it's gonna blow everybody's socks off, I think."

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Warner Bros. cancels yet another project, this time axing the release of Genndy Tartakovsky's adult animated film.

Taratakovsky also described Primal's animation process as "complex" depending on which shots his team focused on per episode, explaining, "I'll try to keep the camera on the action for a long time, so those scenes get to be really hard.

Animation has always been a great medium to explore the boundless potential of sci-fi stories, and there are plenty of comedy shows which seize the freedom of animation. Animation and sci-fi go hand-in-hand, since both are interested in that which can't be ordinarily depicted using Earthly means. Animated sci-fi comedies have the opportunity of using the entire universe as their setting.

Ever since The Jetsons premiered in the 1960s, there have been animated sci-fi comedies, although most of these were targeted toward children. The arrival of Futurama in 1999 was a massive game-changer. After The Simpsons ushered in a new dawn for adult-oriented animated comedy, Futurama set the tone for sci-fi comedies. Since then, the 21st century has seen a boom in animated sci-fi comedies, with new classics such as Rick and Morty pushing the genre forward.

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Having already passed the $150 million mark at the 2024 Box Office, horror royalty Blumhouse Productions can safely call this year a success, even if their latest outing House of Spoils looks like a less-than-impressive final showing for 2024. However, despite their financial triumph, the critical reaction to many of this year's projects has fallen flat, with Night Swim in particular missing the mark with critics. Despite this, the film drew a global total of $54 million and exceeded expectations at a time of the year when horror usually struggles to succeed.

The following contains spoilers for Uzumaki, Episode 1, now streaming on Max.

After several years of waiting and development, fans are now finally able to watch the Adult Swim anime adaptation of Junji Ito's acclaimed horror manga, Uzumaki. Fearfully focused on spirals and the many horrors that derive from them, the show so far is an incredible example of how to bring such a beloved work to life on the small screen. Of course, the horrors have only begun for the town of Kuruzo-cho.

The "cursed" Uzumaki anime's first episode is already setting the stage for the manga's scariest moments. Many of the images seen in the episode establish the surreal nature of the series, and it's certain to make fans smile as much as it terrifies them. Unfortunately for the citizens of Kuruzo-cho, there is a literal smoke signal for the evil of the spiral.

The Plot of Uzumaki...

Solar Opposites is a brilliant animated series about family, love, friends, and some very confused aliens. Created by the minds behind Rick and Morty, the Hulu original series follows a group of aliens escaping from the exploding home world after which they crash land into a ready-to-move-in home in suburban America. The series centers around the group as they find out more and more about the Earth and also they are waiting until Pupa, a living supercomputer is ready to evolve into its true form, and then consume and terraform the Earth. So, if you loved the incredibly dark and hilarious storylines and brilliant comedic bits in Solar Opposites here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Rick and Morty is an adult sci-fi fantasy comedy-drama series created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. The Adult Swim series revolves around Rick, an...

Will supports Unicef and told Bang Showbiz, “Every time I strip down to my underwear some money goes to the charity, so it’s kind of my way of helping, making a contribution. Plus, it brings the ladies in. The ladies love it.”

A stock car driven by Ferrell in “Talladega Nights” benefitted Variety in an eBay auction.

Ferrell took part in the charity swim, “Swim With Mike” in aid of charity Saturday.

Charities & foundations supported

Will Ferrell has supported the following charities:

Afghanistan Relief OrganizationArtists for Peace and JusticeBarbara Davis Center for Childhood DiabetesBID 2 Beat AIDSBoys & Girls Clubs of AmericaCancer For Collegecharity:waterCharlize Theron Africa Outreach ProjectCity YearEntertainment Industry FoundationHuman Rights Action CenterMilk+BookiesMoveOnMusic for ReliefONE CampaignRoom to ReadSkoll FoundationSmall Steps ProjectStand Up To CancerStephen J Wampler FoundationUNICEFUS Campaign for BurmaVariety - The Children's Charity Read more about Will Ferrell's charity work and events. Related articles Ferrell Helps Friend's Cancer...

The HBO series Industry returns for a third season on Aug. 11, with Game of Thrones‘ Kit Harington joining the cast. The series follows a cast of characters caught up in the cutthroat world of high finance in London as they determine whether they will thrive or crumble under the pressure.

Rick and Morty: The Anime will be available on Max this month for fans looking for something to tide them over until Rick and Morty season 8.

Another notable new release this month is the documentary Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes. Formulated with newly recovered interviews and unprecedented access to the actor’s personal archive, this documentary claims to be Elizabeth Taylor’s story from her perspective.

Here’s everything coming to HBO and Max in August.

HBO and Max New Releases – August 2024

August 1

3 Days to Kill (2014)

A Bigger Splash (2016)

Amelie (2001)

Arthur (2011)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Blackthorn (2011)

Brick Mansions (2014)

Down Terrace (2010)

Forever My Girl...

In the latest episode of *Neighborhood Wars*, titled “Sun, Swim and Standoff,” viewers are in for a wild ride of neighborhood disputes and chaotic scenes. Airing on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at 9:00 Pm on A&e, this episode explores the turmoil that erupts when seemingly innocent activities turn into major conflicts.

The drama kicks off with a pool party in New Hampshire that quickly spirals out of control. What starts as a sunny gathering soon becomes a source of tension as parking issues lead to frustrations among the neighbors. The situation escalates, turning the normally peaceful street into a battleground of complaints and confrontations.

Meanwhile, in Ohio, a new family moving into the neighborhood finds themselves at the center of a different kind of trouble. Their arrival sparks a series of problems for an Ohio mom, beginning with random dogs appearing in her yard. As the new neighbors settle in, the situation continues to unravel,...

If you listen to heavy music, there is a good chance your musical journey has led you to From First to Last. As one of the era-defining bands for the peak of post-hardcore, the band has not only released some of the all-time great albums like Heroine and Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Body Count , but has also been active in the 20 years since their debut. Songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Matt Good has been there every step of the way and has brought his love of anime and Japanese culture with him. With their latest release, “ Genesis ,” that anime fandom shines through brighter than ever before, with the track (which you can listen to below) conjuring images of shonen heroes tapping into new levels of power against their foes. I had the opportunity to speak with Good to learn more about his history with anime, the inspiration for tying...

Cobra Kai Season 6 is finally here and it’s even better than the last one, which no one thought was possible. The Netflix series follows the story of Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), who has kind of left bullying and turned into a karate instructor. The series continues the story of the 1984 film The Karate Kid, in which Johnny lost the “All Valley Karate Tournament” to his enemy Daniel (Ralph Macchio). In the series, Johnny inspires weak kids to learn karate so that they can stand up to their bullies and fight to protect themselves. Still, everything goes wrong in a very entertaining way and many iconic characters from the Karate Kid movies appear in the series. So, if you love the teen drama, action comedy, and martial arts in Cobra Kai here are some similar shows you could watch while waiting for Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 2.

Kung Fu (Max & Rent...

One of my most vivid memories remains sitting on the floor of school bathrooms calmly guiding my friend through her first use of a tampon, it is something we were ‘taught’ with the use of vintage videos, unclear and useless medical demonstrations and quite frankly outdated suggestions from unsympathetic adults. Christa Haley’s Swim Captain affectingly highlights this universal aspect of womanhood with tenderness and clear cinematic vision. Upon digesting the NYU Graduate Film production restrictions and reflecting on her own very intimate and heartfelt struggles with being a young woman, Haley submerges us into a painful but empowering story of ultimately overcoming insecurity. Swim Captain is unexpectedly visually arresting considering its austere confined setting but Haley’s use of the space and adaptation of the location, combined with considered symbolic colours and cinematography takes it far beyond its locker room locale. Making its online premiere on the pages of Directors Notes,...

The Anjin says, “Shōgun was a big winner at the 40th annual Television Critics Association Awards,” which were held on Friday night at the Langham Huntington in Pasadena.

Wendi McLendon-Covey of The Goldbergs and NBC’s upcoming comedy St. Denis Medical served as host of the first in-person TCA Awards ceremony since 2019.

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Shōgun, FX’s acclaimed adaptation of James Clavell’s doorstop of a novel, collected four total TCA Awards,...

Adult Swim, the global leader in adult animation, unveiled plans for San Diego Comic-Con which includes an ongoing Pirate-themed fan “parrrty” featuring a series of special evening events, exclusive panels diving into key Adult Swim programs, and the kick-off of a cross-country mobile tour to celebrate “Rick and Morty: The Anime.” “For reasons too long to get into, we at Adult Swim have always used a pirate ship as a metaphor for how we operate,” said Michael Ouweleen, president, Adult Swim. “We thought, since we like to think of us, fans and network, as all one thing, that we should bring the pirate ship to the harbor of San Diego this year and let everyone join us on the – erm – poop deck.” Adult Swim Pirate Parrrty Adult Swim will crash onto the shores of San Diego with a shipwreck adventure on the network’s Adult Swim on the Green space...

Molder from Filipino director Kenneth Dagatan has scooped the top Bucheon Award at the 17th Network of Asian Fantastic Films (Naff) project market, which runs alongside South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan).

As well as a cash prize of KRW15m, the upcoming horror thriller also won the Blood Window Award, which includes an expenses-paid invitation to the Blood Window project market at Ventana Sur in Argentina.

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It marks the next feature from Dagatan, whose fantasy horror In My Mother’s Skin was the first ever Midnight section selection from Asia...

Stars: Rocio Scotto, Jason Faunt, Raj Jawa, Kylie Rohrer, Andy Lauer, James Hyde | Written and Directed by Andrew de Burgh

Zara slips out of bed as her husband Robert sleeps. She goes downstairs, pulls a small box out of a trunk and looks through the book of sinister-looking drawings it contains. She’s about to go from aspiring actress and abused wife to the seductress from hell.

Post credits we see them at the breakfast table, she’s waiting for a callback for a part and he’s being an obnoxious prick. The thing is he’s not wrong in saying if they have money troubles she should get an actual job, she made less than $10K last year, it’s the belligerent, demeaning way he says it that’s the problem. That belligerence only gets worse as time goes on, leading to Robert forcing himself on her, and, after...

The Television Critics Association announced their picks for the best shows of the 2023-2024 TV season on Monday, and in a pleasantly surprising development, Marvel Studios' recent Disney+ series, X-Men '97, picked up two significant nominations.

The animated revival scored nominations for Outstanding New Program and Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming.

Though X-Men '97 proved to be a big hit with fans and critics alike, it's rare that an animated series - and a superhero animated series at that - would receive any TCA recognition, especially outside of the Children's Programming category.

What are the mutant heroes' chances of picking up the win? Well, the show is up against some heavy hitters such as Shōgun, Baby Reindeer and Ripley, so, fittingly, they are the underdogs here.

Former showrunner Beau DeMayo shared the following post in response to the news.

Pretty amazing. One of my goals with the show was to...

Toonami, the long-running Saturday night action block on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, recently expanded to Friday nights with a lineup of anime classics. According to the co-creator of Toonami, the return of Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z and Naruto could be just the beginning.

Jason DeMarco, the co-creator of Toonami and VP and Creative Director for on-air content at Adult Swim, revealed how the anime nostalgia block came to be on Bluesky. The @/swimpedia account on X (formerly Twitter) captured DeMarco's response. According to DeMarco, the idea to expand Toonami was Cartoon Network's, as the higher-ups were pleased with the performance of the Saturday night block. The idea of a throwback-themed block to the earlier days of Toonami was tossed around, to which the Toonami team responded favorably. If Toonami Rewind does well, more classic anime series could be added in the future.

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Brainstorm Media has nabbed the U.S. rights to the comedy I’ll Be Right There, which reteams Edie Falco with Nurse Jackie helmer Brendan Walsh.

The indie also stars Jeannie Berlin, Charlie Tahan, Kayli Carter, Michael Rapaport, Michael Beach, Sepideh Moafi and Bradley Whitford. Brainstorm Media plans a fall 2024 theatrical release.

I’ll Be Right There, based on a script by Jim Beggarly, has Falco playing Wanda, who has to juggle her pregnant daughter’s wedding plans, her mother’s health concerns, a wayward son and her own romantic dilemmas. As she navigates those challenges, Wanda discovers taking care of everyone leaves little time for herself, even if she has little idea what she’d do if not tending to the needs of others.

“We are delighted to bring this funny and relatable film to audiences nationwide. Edie Falco leads a terrific ensemble cast who deliver performances that will both make...

Attention HGTV fans! Get ready for another exciting episode of “Lakefront Empire” airing this Monday at 10:00 Pm. In Season 1 Episode 5, titled “Sink or Swim,” viewers are in for a wild ride as Peggy faces the challenge of managing two interior designers with big dreams and even bigger opinions.

As tensions rise and personalities clash, Peggy must navigate the complexities of the design world to ensure her clients’ visions are brought to life. Meanwhile, newcomer Gerardo finds himself in hot water as he competes against seasoned agents for his first luxury deal.

With high stakes and even higher drama, “Sink or Swim” promises to keep viewers on the edge of their seats as Peggy and Gerardo confront their biggest challenges yet. Will they sink or swim in the competitive world of lakefront real estate? Tune in this Monday night on HGTV to find out!

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Night Swim and Lisa Frankenstein have secured streaming release dates after lackluster theatrical runs. The Blumhouse horror movie received largely negative critical reviews, while the Kathryn Newton-led horror-comedy struggled to recoup its production budget. Despite their struggles, the two have a chance to be hits on Peacock thanks to Stephen King's positive recommendation for Night Swim and Lisa Frankenstein writer Diablo Cody's history of cult followings with Jennifer's Body.

After the two failed to spark much conversation in theaters, Night Swim and Lisa Frankenstein have landed streaming release dates. Blumhouse's first 2024 release revolved around a family moving into a house where the pool was home to a malevolent entity, while the horror-comedy from Jennifer's Body writer Diablo Cody offered a humorous twist on the Mary Shelley tale in which a lonely goth girl begins a relationship with a reanimated Victorian era corpse. Though Night Swim performed modestly at the box office,...

The Blumhouse horror Night Swim is coming to DVD and Blu-ray in the UK, and it’s getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release.

A quiet-ish start to the year for Blumhouse in 2024, kicking off back in January with Night Swim, a horror thriller that didn’t quite manage to find an audience. It didn’t find much acclaim either, but still, it’s likely to pick up a bit of interest now it’s on its way to home formats.

Here in the UK, Night Swim has already made it to digital release, and it’s available for a premium price for the minute. But the physical media release is around the corner too, with 22nd April inked in for its disc debut.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given its weak-ish box office, Night Swim won’t be getting a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray disc release. But it is nonetheless set to arrive on DVD and Blu-ray,...

Soon after the release of M3GAN in January of 2023, it was announced that the team behind the film – Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, and James Wan’s production company Atomic Monster – were aiming to replicate M3GAN‘s January theatrical success by setting a January 2024 release date for their supernatural thriller Night Swim. The movie didn’t manage to go over as well or get as much attention as M3GAN did, and was given a VOD release by the end of January. Now it’s set to receive a Collector’s Edition digital release tomorrow, March 12th, with a Blu-ray and DVD release to follow on April 9th – and these releases of Night Swim will be accompanied by featurettes and a commentary.

Bryce McGuire wrote and directed Night Swim, which is based on a short film he made with Rod Blackhurst back in 2014. The feature version of the story...

Blumhouse is well known for producing low-budget horror movies that pop at the box office. They're still very much in the low budget filmmaking game, especially compared to the many studio releases with astronomical budgets, but in recent years, there has been an uptick in the amount they spend on their theatrically released films. Back in the early days, they spent a reported $1.5 million on Insidious and a mere $3 million on Sinister. This year, Night Swim came with a reported $15 million price tag while their latest, Imaginary, cost about $10 million to produce.

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 and Blumhouse 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” and “remarkably effective”. 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'...

With his debut feature Last Swim, an ambitious and quietly radical portrait of young life in London, Sasha Nathwani has achieved one of the most difficult tasks for a new filmmaker: cutting through with a festival audience.

Last Swim debuted last week at the Berlin Film Festival, where it opened the festival’s Generation sidebar. The pic has been one of the more buzzy titles here on the ground in the German capital and is considered a frontrunner to pick up some gold when awards are announced this weekend.

Set over a sweltering exam results day in London, the pic follows Ziba, a promising British-Iranian teen, as she leads her friends on an eventful journey across the city. Despite the celebratory atmosphere, Ziba struggles to retain her characteristic optimism as she finds herself battling the fears and secrets she’s been hiding from her friends. As day turns to night,...

"Someone needs to swim for help." Studiocanal has revealed an official UK trailer for a shark horror movie titled Something in the Water, made by a VFX artist turned filmmaker named Hayley Easton Street. It's set for release in the UK in July this summer, though no US date confirmed yet. This all-female production is written by, directed by, produced by, and stars nothing but women. Awesome! "This summer, fear will find new depths." The survival thriller follows a group of five girlfriends who must fight for their lives in open water after a dream wedding transformed into a nightmare. Starring Hiftu Quasem, Lauren Lyle, Natalie Mitson, Nicole Rieko Setsuko, and Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart, as a group of friends on a holiday gone very wrong. It's always the same story in these shark movies, something goes wrong while out on the water. But this still looks pretty good! They'll never stop making more shark horror movies,...

When, in the opening minutes of Natatorium, a fresh-faced teen arrives at a blocky modernist showplace of a house, it seems she’s checking in to a swanky Airbnb. But the well-appointed dwelling, where an oppressively dark glacial blue predominates, turns out to be the unwholesome home of the grandparents she hasn’t seen in years. Estrangement and silence are the guiding principles within this hermetically sealed universe, which, as the title of Helena Stefánsdóttir’s drama indicates, contains an indoor swimming pool. “Don’t go into the basement” would be a handy subtitle. Not that the upper floors offer much refuge.

In a movie that ultimately centers on a trinity of female kin at cross-purposes — visiting Lilja, her formidable grandmother and moderately rebellious aunt — the 18-year-old outsider is the catalyst for the revelations and unraveling to come. Traveling from her island home, Lilja (Ilmur María Arnarsdóttir) arrives in the city by bus,...

Not only do Blumhouse productions tend to have such low budgets that it’s difficult for them to fail, but the company also makes so much content that you never go too long without seeing a new release from them. So if one disappoints, they have another chance to impress soon after. The Exorcist: Believer wasn’t well-received? That’s okay, Five Nights at Freddy’s is right around the corner. Night Swim didn’t live up to the success they had with M3GAN last year? Well, let’s see how Imaginary does on March 8th. With the release of Imaginary just one month away, a new poster for the film has arrived online and can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Imaginary is the latest team-up between Blumhouse and director Jeff Wadlow – who had previously collaborated on the 2018 film Truth or Dare and the 2020 horror version of Fantasy Island.

Image: Netflix January is always a challenging month for moviegoing, and this January was particularly tough sledding, what with the impact of the actor’s and writer’s strikes taking a steep toll on an already-limited schedule of theatrical releases. Still, there were some hits scattered among the misses, including Mean Girls,...

Night Swim is intended to be a chilling supernatural horror flick, but its scares often come across as unintentionally hilarious. The film, helmed by first-time director Bryce McGuire and produced by Jason Blum and James Wan, explores the haunting origins of a spring-fed pool. Despite its attempts to tap into primal fears (and its impressive cast), Night Swim falls short of delivering genuine scares — and unintentionally takes on a campy, cult-classic tone.

One of 2024's first theatrical releases, Blumhouse's Night Swim isn't so much scaring viewers as it is prompting them to ask a truly horrifying question: Is Night Swim supposed to be funny? The short answer is "no" — Night Swim is meant to be a chilling supernatural horror flick, though its alleged scares are pretty lukewarm and unintentionally hilarious. Despite being written and helmed by first-time feature film director Bryce McGuire, Night Swim is based on McGuire and collaborator...

Universal, Blumhouse and co-producer James Wan took us for a Night Swim in theaters over the weekend, with the Bryce McGuire-directed horror movie becoming the genre’s very first theatrical release of the new year. Was it a strong start for the horror genre, you ask?

Night Swim debuted in 3,250 theaters across the United States over the weekend, opening to $12 million domestically. Worldwide, the film scared up $17.6 million in its debut.

Here’s the day-to-day breakdown here in the United States:

Friday, January 5: $5,250,000 Saturday, January 6: $4,180,000 Sunday, January 7: $2,570,000

For the sake of comparison, Blumhouse’s M3GAN was released in January of last year, and the viral appeal of the title character drove the film to a $30 million domestic opening. Granted, nobody in their right mind expected Night Swim to perform the way M3GAN did.

Other recent Blumhouse releases and their domestic opening weekend totals include Five Nights at Freddy’s...

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The following article contains spoilers for Night Swim, now playing in theaters.

2023 was a year that possession movies came to the fore en masse. The Nun II, The Exorcist: Believer and The Pope's Exorcist are a few examples of major properties that hit theaters. 2024 kicks off by continuing that trend, this time in a more unconventional manner. It comes courtesy of Night Swim.

A joint venture between James Wan's Atomic Monster and Blumhouse Productions, this film focuses on the Waller family as they move into the suburbs. However, a macabre force from the backyard swimming pool decides to haunt them, intent on claiming members of the household. This creates a terrifying ending that proves how powerful and conniving Night Swim...

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Night Swim has a PG-13 rating due to terror, some violent content, and language. It lacks gore and intense violence. The horror elements in Night Swim are watered down to attract a wider audience. The film includes a few light curse words in harrowing instances. Night Swim is not very scary or chilling. It has minimal gore, violence, and truly frightening scenes, making it an easier watch for those who prefer milder horror movies.

Night Swim, another Blumhouse horror movie, has arrived in theaters — it has been given a PG-13 rating, but is it more scary than it lets on? Written and directed by Bryce McGuire, Night House comes from the same production company as last year’s meme-worthy horror hit M3GAN. And just like its predecessor, Night Swim has been given a PG-13 rating that might have one wondering whether it lives up to genre expectations.

Night Swim took...

Wyatt Russell in Night Swim Image: Universal Pictures The double-edged sword of horror films like Night Swim is that the audience has a version of the film in their head even before the projector lights up and the movie starts. If you’ve seen a trailer for Night Swim, you...

There isn’t a single scare tactic in Night Swim that isn’t familiar from countless other films. From the start, horror tropes abound: jump scares punctuated by loud noises on the soundtrack; voices emanating from a drain; creepy mud-soaked girls crawling out of the water; promises of ancient curses; computer searches that lead to missing persons; apparitions that disappear the moment they appear; and teary, rain-soaked goodbyes. Except it all happens around a private swimming pool, which here remains about as frightening as a fish tank.

Ray Waller (Wyatt Rusell) is a former third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers who’s had to swallow the pill of an early retirement after being diagnosed with relapse-remitting Ms. His condition is worsening, and, to help keep the family afloat, his wife, Eve (Kerry Condon), takes an admin job at the local public school, which is cheekily named after Harold Holt, the...