Watcher (2022)

[Marty McFourth]

Release Date: June 3, 2022 (Select Theatres), June 21, 2022 (VOD)
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In Watcher, Julia (Maika Monroe) joins her husband (Karl Glusman) when he relocates to his family’s native Romania for a new job. Having recently abandoned her acting career, she finds herself frequently alone and unoccupied. One night, people-watching from her picture window, she spots a vague figure in an adjacent building, who seems to be looking back at her.

Soon after, while alone at a local movie theater, Julia’s sense of being watched intensifies, and she becomes certain she’s being followed — could it be the same unknown neighbor? Meanwhile, a serial killer known as The Spider stalks the city.​

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[Apoho Creed]

I think this will be the 2nd Voyeur type of Film I watched this Year coming up and this looks way better than the one I saw with Sydney Sweeney even though I liked that one as well. I wonder if that is a real person or something from the other side because it seems like she is the only one seeing this guy. I don't see a Scooby Doo unmasking this guy and we all go home happy type of ending and that alone interests me how this wraps up.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Yeah make sure you don't sleep on this one, I really dug it a lot, especially the lead performance by Maika Monroe. She's quickly become one of my favourite actresses, absolutely amazing in anything she's in really. Got super immersed in this and it made me feel very tense at parts, I was just itching to know what happens next. Definitely had a bit of a Hitchcock vibe to it as well, as I got some of the same feelings I felt the first time I watched Rear Window, I really enjoy effective slow burn and they nailed that 100%