Well, the male lead in Fox's dumber-than-a-foul-pole "Swimfan" is obligingly slow on the uptake. Unfortunately, the project's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger "Fatal Attraction" into a high school setting. For years, early September has become a drop zone for duds like this, and Fox's accounting department won't strain itself counting the nickels and dimes it brings in.

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