PREVIEW: Watcher (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Maika Monroe (It Follows), Karl Glusman (The Neon Demon), Burn Gorman (Pacific Rim), Mãdãlina Anea (Exodus to Shanghai), Cristina Deleanu (The Graduates), Daniel Nuță (Free Dance)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Chloe Okuno (film debut), director, writer; Derek Dauchy (The Benchwarmers), John Finemore (Crawlspace), Aaron Kaplan (film debut), Roy Lee (It), Mason Novick (Juno), Sean Perrone (Made of Honour) and Steven Schneider (Insidious), producers; Nathan Halpern (The Rider), composer; Benjamin Kirk Nielsen (film debut), cinematographer; Michael Block (Bad Match), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Julia (Monroe) moves with her husband Francis (Glusman) from America to his family’s native Romania when he gets a new job. Unable to speak the local language, Julia initially finds herself alone, but whilst people-watching from her picture window, she appears to spot an unknown figure looking back at her from the opposite building. Soon, she begins to feel as though she is being followed by the figure, which puts her on a dark path…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

That feeling of being watched is played into by filmmaker Chloe Okuno for this creepy psychological thriller, starring Maika Monroe as someone being followed by a very different, but equally dangerous entity.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 4TH NOVEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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