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Watcher is a 2022 psychological thriller film written and directed by Chloe Okuno in her theatrical feature film directorial and screenwriting debut, based on an original screenplay by Zack Ford. The film stars Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, and Burn Gorman.

Watcher
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Directed by	Chloe Okuno
Written by	Chloe Okuno
Based on	The original screenplay by Zack Ford
Produced by	Roy Lee Steven Schneider Derek Dauchy Mason Novick John Finemore Aaron Kaplan Sean Perrone
Starring	Maika Monroe Karl Glusman Burn Gorman
Cinematography	Benjamin Kirk Nielsen
Edited by	Michael Block
Music by	Nathan Halpern
Production companies	Image Nation Abu Dhabi AGC International Spooky Pictures Lost City
Distributed by	IFC Midnight Shudder (United States) Universal Pictures Focus Features (International)
Release dates	January 22, 2022 (2022-01-22) (Sundance) June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03) (United States) November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08) (UK)
Running time	96 minutes
Countries	United Arab Emirates United States Romania[1]
Languages	English Romanian
Budget	$5 million[2]
Box office	$2 million[3][4]

Watcher had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022, and was released in the United States on June 3, 2022, by IFC Midnight and Shudder.

Plot

American couple Julia and Francis relocate to Bucharest, moving into an apartment building with a large picture window. Julia immediately notices a man looming in a window from the building across the street. While Francis works long hours, Julia grows unnerved by the man in the window, whom she notices watching her on a daily basis.

Julia's fear heightens when she learns of a serial killer, dubbed "the Spider" by local media, who is decapitating young women. While walking through the city one day, Julia senses a man is following her. She enters a movie theater in an attempt to evade him, but he follows her inside and sits directly behind her. Julia exits the theater and walks to a nearby market, where the man also follows her. She manages to flee through a back exit. That night, Francis finds Julia rattled by the incident, and they visit the market to review the security footage, though it proves inconclusive.

Julia befriends her neighbor, Irina. While the two have drinks together, Irina shows Julia a pistol her boyfriend Cristian gave her for protection. Later that night, Julia returns to her apartment and confronts the man in the window by returning his stare. She waves at him, and he waves back. Convinced that the man in the window is the same man who followed her, Julia calls the police. Francis accompanies an officer to the adjacent building to speak with the man, whom they learn is named Daniel Weber.

One day, Julia follows Daniel through the city to a strip club, where he works as a janitor. Irina, a dancer at the club, spots Julia and takes her aside. Julia questions Irina about Daniel, but Irina knows nothing about him. Later that night, Julia hears a commotion in Irina's apartment. Julia convinces the landlady to unlock the apartment, but they find no sign of Irina. Francis believes Julia's fears are imagined, and points to the fact that "the Spider" has apparently been apprehended.

The next day, Cristian arrives searching for Irina. Julia tells him Irina never returned home, and asks him to accompany her to confront Daniel in his building. Cristian agrees, but no one answers the door. When Cristian leaves, Julia works up the nerve to knock on the door herself, but it is answered by an elderly man. Later that night, while Francis is home, a police officer arrives at their apartment accompanied by Daniel, who accuses Julia of stalking him. Julia reluctantly shakes Daniel's hand, as the officer chalks the incident up to a misunderstanding.

Julia accompanies Francis to a company party, and gleans that Francis has made jokes about her fears to his coworkers. She angrily leaves the party and boards the subway, where she soon notices Daniel in the near-empty car. When he approaches her and attempts to explain the reasons for his voyeurism of her—that he lives an isolated, unexciting life caring for his father—Julia notices what appears to be the outline of a severed head in his shopping bag. Julia swiftly de-boards the subway, and returns to the apartment where she begins packing her belongings. She is interrupted by the sound of music playing in Irina's apartment. When she goes to investigate, she finds Irina's headless corpse, before Daniel smothers her with a plastic bag.

When Julia regains consciousness, Daniel recounts how he killed Irina, and that he hid with her body in a closet when Julia and the landlady entered the apartment. Julia hears Francis enter their apartment next-door, but when she attempts to scream, Daniel slashes her throat. Julia attempts to crawl to Irina's coffee table to retrieve her pistol, but stops short of it. Daniel lies next to her, watching as she appears to lose consciousness. Francis calls Julia's cell phone, which he hears ringing inside Irina's apartment. He goes into the hallway, where he sees Daniel exiting. Francis begins to walk towards Daniel, but before he reaches him, Julia—who feigned her death—shoots Daniel multiple times, killing him. Julia steps out of Irina's apartment, covered in blood, and stares at Francis.

Cast

• Maika Monroe as Julia
• Karl Glusman as Francis
• Burn Gorman as Daniel Weber
• Tudor Petruț as taxi driver
• Mădălina Anea as Irina
• Cristina Deleanu as Eleanora
• Daniel Nuță as Cristian

Production

In March 2021, it was announced that Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman and Burn Gorman would star in a film titled Watcher for Image Nation Abu Dhabi and Spooky Pictures.[5][6]

Principal photography began on March 8, 2021, and concluded on April 16, 2021, in Bucharest, Romania.[7] The film took approximately six weeks to make in total.[8]

Release

It premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2022. Later, IFC Midnight and Shudder acquired the North American distribution rights to the film.[9] Shortly after, AGC International sold worldwide rights outside North America to Focus Features.[9] It was released in the United States on June 3, 2022.[10]

The film was released by IFC Films on Blu-ray in North America on October 4, 2022.[11]

Reception

Box office

In the United States and Canada, the film earned $826,775 from 764 theaters in its opening weekend.[12] It made $335,376 (a drop of 59%) in its second weekend;[13] $87,155 (–74%) in its third;[14] $21,843 (–74.9%) in its fourth;[15] and $7,386 (–66.2%) in its fifth.[16]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 88% of 128 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The website's consensus reads, "Although its story may lack surprises, Watcher benefits from director Chloe Okuno's chilling grip on the material – and Maika Monroe's terrific work in the leading role."[17] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[18]

Lena Wilson of The New York Times called it "one of this century's most arresting tales of female anxiety."[19]

References

External links

• Watcher at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Watcher

Watcher ist ein Thriller / Psychothriller von Chloe Okuno, der Ende Januar 2022 beim Sundance Film Festival seine Premiere feierte und am 3. Juni 2022 in die US-Kinos kam.

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- [en] Watcher (film)

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[es] Watcher (película de 2022)

Watcher (en español, Observador) es una película de thriller psicológico estadounidense de 2022 escrita y dirigida por Chloe Okuno, y basada en un guion original de Zack Ford. Tiene como protagonistas a Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman y Burn Gorman. El film sigue a Julia, una actriz que recientemente se mudó a Bucarest con su esposo Francis, quien descubre que un vecino la está observando del otro lado de la calle, al mismo tiempo que se declara a un asesino serial suelto por el barrio.

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