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| “ | POLO. | „ |
| ~ Creature's famous line as he grabs Izzy into under the surface. |
| “ | I've been looking for you, Iz. What's the matter? | „ |
| ~ The creature possessed Ray Waller while finding his daughter to try to kill her. |
| “ | You supposed to say POLO! | „ |
| ~ Possessed Ray to Izzy. |
| “ | It's too late. Love requires sacrifice. The water chose him. He loves the pool. Elliot will always be here. He'll always be here. | „ |
| ~ Possessed Ray attempt to strangle Eve to death. |
The Water Creature is the main antagonist of the 2024 horror thriller film Night Swim, based on the 2014 short.
It is a sadistic creature that has been around for centuries haunting a pool and having killed many people and animals as well as even resurrecting them before it would then haunt the Waller family many years later.
The creature was portrayed by Liz Parkinson, and while possessing Ray Waller, he was portrayed by Wyatt Russell, who also played Anders Cain in Goon: Last of the Enforcers and John Walker/Captain America/U.S. Agent in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and the film Thunderbolts*.
Biography[]
Backstory[]
The origin story of this creature is unknown but seeing how earlier in the film it is believed to have been around for centuries possibly since 1623. It would use voice imitation to lure its victims in before dragging them under and killing them. Its first onscreen victim was Rebecca Summers in 1992.
Night Swim[]
Possessing Ray
On the present day, Waller family moved to the new house which a retired baseball player, Ray wishes that he has a swimming pool that he can be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. While fixing the pool, the creature hurt Ray, and the water was black.
As he spends more time in the pool as part of his therapy, Ray's illness seems to go into remission. However, Eve becomes concerned at the changes she sees in her husband. Izzy and Elliot each get attacked by something in the pool, and the family cat goes missing. During a pool party, their realtor, Kay, tells Eve about the previous owners' daughter Rebecca Summers drowning in the pool shortly before Ray seemingly forces a child underwater and almost drowns himself, although this is attributed to a side-effect of his illness.
Tracking down the Summers family after learning that there is a long history of disappearances in the house, Eve meets with Lucy, Rebecca's mother. Lucy explains that the water that now sustains the pool was once part of a healing spring, but in order to use the water someone else must be sacrificed to it; Lucy was compelled to sacrifice Rebecca to the pool's entity to heal Tommy's illness. Eve is horrified to realize that Ray is now being healed by the pool but it will take one of the children as a sacrifice.
Eve returns to the house to find that Ray is being directly controlled by the entity, which traps Elliot in the pool and attempts to kill Izzy. Eve tries to save her son while Izzy confronts the entity possessing her father, eventually assaulting him with a baseball bat. Eve manages to retrieve an unconscious Elliot, and is guided to the surface of the pool by Rebecca's spirit. Once back in the yard, Izzy's assault and Elliot's condition help Ray regain control of himself. To stop the entity attacking his children, Ray sacrifices himself to it.
At the end of the film now that Eve, Izzy, and Elliot know the truth about the water that filters into the pool, the family decided to close down the pool and fill it up once and for all. The water no longer has somewhere to go, so no other family has to go through this cycle again, finally ending the creature's murderous cycle for good and presumed dead.
Personality[]
To be added
Appearance[]
The Creature appears as a rotten corpse with flesh around its mouth rotting away. Its skin color is greyish to pale, its eyes are pure black with two white pupils and has long strands of hair.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Swimming speed: The creature possesses the ability to move at superhuman speeds.
- Supernatural strength: Being a demonic creature, it was endowed with incredible superhuman strength.
- Shapeshifting: The creature can change his physical appearance at will.
- Vocal mimicry: The creature has the innate ability to mimic the voices of others exactly.
- Hive mind
- Power bestowal
- Teleportation: The creature can teleport himself over great distances with ease.
- Duplication
Abilities[]
- High-level intelligence/Deception: The creature was exceptionally talented in the art of deception, as he was able to fool and convince other people while mimicking individuals voices or flawlessly posing as them.
- Intimidation
External Link[]
- Creature on the Pure Evil Wiki