Swimming Pool is a 2001 German slasher film, known in Germany as Der Tod feiert mit, The Pool in Britain, Italy & the USA, and Water Demon in the Philippines. It is directed by Boris von Sychowski.
Plot Synopsis[]
To celebrate graduation, a group of international students of a Prague high school break into an indoor swimming complex, giving them free access to pools, water slides and plenty of alcohol, for the ultimate end-of-school party to remember. Little do they realise a sadistic killer wearing a skull mask, armed with a machete is amongst them, who soon begins systematically slaughtering the teenagers. Soon they begin fighting for their lives, hoping to find a way out of the building alive.
Cast[]
| Actor / Actress | Character |
|---|---|
| Kristen Miller | Sarah Jennerson |
| James McAvoy | Mike Conwell |
| Isla Fisher | Kim Whinley |
| Jason Liggett | Martin Jacobs |
| Cordelia Bugeja | Mel Whittle |
| Elena Uhlig | Carmen Lyndon |
| John Hopkins | Frank Ashton |
| Thorsten Grasshoff | Greg Waterson |
| Lotan | Chris Dennison |
| Maximilian Grill | Diego Santiago |
| Bryan Carney | Carter Roderick |
| Linda Rybová | Svenja Porizkova |
| Daniel Wurm | Tommy Janice |
| Anna Geislerová | Catherine Hickers |
| Jan Vlasák | Kadankov Samsa |
| Josef Pejchal] (as Josef Pejchl) | Oliver Thomas |
| Marek Libert | Kadankov's assistant |
| Karel Belohradsky | Security guard |
Formula[]
The film has conventions typical of slasher films, including a masked-killer, red herrings, multiple suspects and plenty of murders, all which can been seen in better known
films such as Scream.
Getting Wet[]
The German slasher film featured a monumental movie death which became increasingly talked about from the cinema viewers and others who had watched it.
The part when one particular youthful girl slides down a water tunnel slide only to have her vulva collide with a machete inserted through the bottom.