Synopsis
Evil wants to be seen.
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
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2022 Directed by Chloe Okuno
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Maika Monroe Karl Glusman Burn Gorman Tudor Petruț Gabriela Butuc Madalina Anea Cristina Deleanu Bogdan Farcaș Daniel Nuta Ioana Abur Flaviu Crisan Ștefan Iancu Florian Ghimpu Lucian Ionescu Radu Bunescu Alexandru Ion Ciprian Chiriches Ionut Grama Simona Pătruleasa Ioana Hirica Alice Cora Mihalache Aida Economu Andreea Sovan Adrian Radulescu Petre Moraru Marius Cobzariu
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Derek Dauchy Aaron Kaplan Sean Perrone Roy Lee Mason Novick Steven Schneider Rami Yasin Elizabeth Grave Gabi Antal John Finemore James Hoppe Ben Ross
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I know I’m turning into my mother because while I’m watching things, I can’t help my intrusive “wow I really like her outfit” and “hm, nice decorating” thoughts
I was scared too and all that stuff but I really did like a lot of her outfits -
If I had a nickel for every time Maika Monroe starred in an indie horror film where she plays a character that gets followed around by sketchy-ass people that may mean her harm…I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice
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He's staring at the woman who's staring at him.
Chloe Okuno’s paranoid psychological thriller is reminiscent of early Hitchcock window watching and Polanski apartment paranoia hysterics— on paper this is easily something I can get behind! Watcher plays it too simple, when simple is not exactly what we need, it throws us a washed-up bone delivering something that has been done time and time again, only giving us a new take on a stalker-story to nitpick at, in this case; who’s watching who, is the stalker being stalked? a scenario that sets it apart from the overdone thrillers over the years, but the execution is too on-the-nose to keep itself secure; sure there are some solid suspense sequences and it also doesn’t hurt… -
This is my MCU. The Maika Cinematic Universe of indie horror.
The tension, the dread, that ending! More of this please.
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WHAT A PICTURE!!!!! best horror/thriller i’ve watched in a WHILE maika monroe and chloe okuno are just too good!!!!!
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Slow burner with an explosive end.
Watcher revolves around Julia who has recently moved to Bucharest with her husband in an apartment but is being constantly watched/stalked by someone who lives in the apartment of the opposite building.
Watcher is a beautifully paced slow burner, psychological-horror flick. It's focused on 2 aspects:-
1. A Sense of paranoia that develops over time as Julia pays attention to each and everything that is happening around her that makes her feel insecure with every passing day.
2. A possibility of a mental illness which one as an audience might suspect especially when people around Julia are suppressing/overlooking her claims.
Both these reasons elevated the quality of the script, making it a double-edged sword…
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