Blu-ray Review – The Midnight Swim

2014's "The Midnight Swim" is a found footage production (or "POV cinema," as some like to refer to it these days) that tries to present more dramatic interests while still dealing with genre interests in the supernatural. Writer/director Sarah Adina Smith aims to move away from the norm when it comes to expectations for a chiller, eager to connect with audiences on a more emotional level, especially when handling a growing situation of unrest concerning three half-sisters and their shared interest in their late mother's life and strange death. "The Midnight Swim" isn't big on suspense, and that it tries to be unsettling at all seems like a misguided creative choice, as Smith has much more success with lived-in relationship issues. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com