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.
2022 Directed by Chloe Okuno
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.
Maika Monroe Karl Glusman Burn Gorman Mãdãlina Anea Daniel Nuta Gabriela Butuc Cristina Deleanu Ștefan Iancu Florian Ghimpu Flaviu Crisan Ioana Abur Alexandru Ion Aida Economu Bogdan Farcaș Tudor Petruț Lucian Ionescu Radu Bunescu Ciprian Chiriches Ionut Grama Simona Pătruleasa Ioana Hirica Alice Cora Mihalache Andreea Sovan Adrian Radulescu Petre Moraru Marius Cobzariu
El extraño, Наблюдающий, Спостерігач, Observada, 왓쳐, Beobachtet, مراقب, المراقِب, Наблюдател, Le voyeur, הצופה, Voajer, Valaki figyel, Stebėtojas, Observador, 监视者, 暗夜觀察者
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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
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
I feel like I’m always saying “where’s the craftsmanship?” throughout modern horror movies.
Not for this one.
I shut up and gasped and went “no no no no NO!”
Very well made. Maika is amazing. It’s all so good.
This is my MCU. The Maika Cinematic Universe of indie horror.
The tension, the dread, that ending! More of this please.
Watcher wears its influences on its sleeve and while its Hitchcockian approach may seem like well treaded ground, the addition of the fish out of water scenario solidifies it into something special. Maika Monroe’s performance carries the film with her subtle and nuanced portrayal of an isolated and vulnerable wife.
Dread and paranoia build into a swirling climax with just enough tension to accommodate the terrific pay off.
A beautifully shot but aggressively basic psychological horror film. There's some genuine tension, haunting score, great use of location, and the lead performance is great as well. You can feel the loneliness that the lead character feels and the language barriers really help induce this feeling of isolation. However, just like any modern paranoia horror film, it feels like a short film content stretched into a feature. The entire film is basically a trope because it feels too familiar that you can call almost every beat. This thing desperately needs more twists and turns considering how slow it is. I honestly didn't expect much from this and it still manages to be disappointing.
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…