Watcher

Julia (Maika Monroe, It Follows) is an American actress who has moved to Bucharest with her husband. One problem: her neighbor is stalking her and may be the serial killer featured prominently on the local news. Or is he? Walking a fine line between delusion and gaslighting (from police and her spouse), Julia’s world is slowly coming apart.

Julia has been keen on taking walks around this strange new city, a relic of old communist architecture that lends itself to paranoia. When she begins to notice a neighbor suspiciously appearing everywhere she goes, Julia lays it all out to her husband, only to discover that he, along with the police, aren’t convinced by her concerns and even suggest she is provoking the man. Chloe Okuno’s masterful thriller is terrifying and irresistible. “A stunning gaslighting whodunit, [with] a blood-curdling villain for the ages.” –Tomris Laffly, Harper’s Bazaar

Director Biography

Chloe Okuno is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and graduate of the American Film Institute. She is the director of the short films “Full Circle” (2013), “Slut” (2014), “The Dotcoms” (2014) and “Storm Drain” (2021) from the compilation horror film V/H/S/94. Watcher (2022) is her feature debut.

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