Rent Watcher (2022)
3.1 of 5 from 195 ratings
1h 36min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Julia (Maika Monroe) joins her husband 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, peoplewatching 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 theatre, Julia's sense of being watched intensifies, and she becomes certain she's being followed - could it be the same unknown neighbour? Meanwhile, a serial killer known as The Spider stalks the city.
- Actors:
- Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petrut, Gabriela Butuc, Madalina Anea, Cristina Deleanu, Bogdan Farcas, Daniel Nuta, Ioana Abur, Flaviu Crisan, Stefan Iancu, Florian Ghimpu, Lucian Ionescu, Radu Bunescu, Alexandru Ion, Ciprian Chiriches, Ionut Grama, Simona Patruleasa, Ioana Hirica
- Directors:
- Chloe Okuno
- Producers:
- Derek Dauchy, John Finemore, Aaron Kaplan, Roy Lee, Mason Novick, Sean Perrone, Steven Schneider
- Writers:
- Zack Ford, Chloe Okuno
- Aka:
- Les voyeurs
- Studio:
- Medium Rare
- Genres:
- Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/02/2023
- Run Time:
- 96 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary by Director Chloe Okuno and Editor Michael Block
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Reviews (4) of Watcher
Chiller thriller - Watcher review by HM
A young woman feels she is being watched by a man over the road. A serial killer is on the loose but he is arrested, so who is this guy? Maybe the real killer? She encounters this odd lonley character but instead of reassurig her, she seems to be loosing her mind, maybe there is a mental health issue. Is it just her imagination or a real threat? Her boyfriend is around for protection, so what could go wrong? Well it does get creepy without being unrealistic. Needless to say things develop with a few twists. An enjoyable thriller which held my attention.
1 out of 3 members found this review helpful.
Standard stalker fare but well realised - Watcher review by Alphaville
This stately but beautifully realised film gains from its fish-out-of-water setting as our bored American housewife heroine is pursued by a stalker through the streets of Bucharest. Its unsettling and watchable throughout, even though you wonder what she’s doing with that uncaring husband of hers. So why only three stars? Because there’s nothing new here, it’s instantly forgettable and if you’re looking for scares there are none.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Tense Psychological Thriller - Watcher review by GI
This psychological thriller benefits from the gloomy setting of Bucharest and has an ominous soundtrack to increase the tension in what is a slow build up towards the film's climax. It's all very Hitchcockian in style and there's a scene in a cinema that's playing Charade (1963), a film that is often thought of as a Hitchcock film but actually isn't, to add to the idea. Maika Monroe plays Julia, an American, who moves to Romania with her husband. She's unable to speak the language and so feels naturally ill at ease and a fish out of water which is amplified when she begins to believe a shadowy figure in a window opposite her apartment is a man watching her. Of course her husband (Karl Glusman) and the police think she's being paranoid especially after she says a man has been following her around the city. Cinema is littered with women characters who are treated as neurotic over such beliefs and this film builds on the idea although the viewer is clearly aware her fears appear to be genuine. There's plenty of dark corridors , alleyways and half lit rooms all filmed in a washed out palette to enhance the creepiness. It's a neat and well made thriller although you're always aware it's all been done before. It's worth a watch though.
0 out of 0 members found this review helpful.