Watcher

Watcher

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.

  • Released: 2022-06-03
  • Runtime: 91 minutes
  • Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers
  • Stars: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petruț, Gabriela Butuc, Madalina Anea, Cristina Deleanu, Bogdan Farcaș, Daniel Nuță, 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
  • Director: Chloe Okuno
 Comments
  • krupsch35 - 29 June 2024
    Lost in Translatioin as a Horror
    Watcher isn't' really a "slow burn" - it is more like an "imaginary burn" where you think you started the electric tea kettle but come back later to discover you never really pushed the button and the water is still cold, so you push it and wait again.

    The movie does a great job showing the isolation of being in a country where you don't speak the language or understand the customs and having a boyfriend that is work-oriented. Similar to Lost in Translation, wondering around a new place (wondering if you're being stalked) has a certain charm.

    However, for a horror film, there's almost no action (until the last 10 minutes) or scares (until the last 10 minutes). Some think that's "psychological horror" but.really it's just slow and bleh.
  • thalassafischer - 5 April 2024
    Buy Some Curtains
    Of all the ridiculous premises for a movie, a couple moves to Romania and live in an apartment with gigantic picture windows but complain that someone is watching them. Seems like an excellent time for gold curtains or fancy automated floor to ceiling nighttime blinds.

    I also just hate this actress, she has the weird lips thing going on that makes her look perpetually like she's a high school teen wearing braces and trying to avoid cutting her inner gums.

    There is no "vintage feel" to this movie at all. Everything about Watcher screams 21st century which is no small feat in Romania of all places.