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The Watchers

FantasyHorrorMystery

Directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan

A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night. From TMDB

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The Watchers is a 2024 fantasy horror mystery film, directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell and Olwen Fouéré.

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  • 🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    (I was enjoying everyone’s guesses but since someone guessed right, we were watching the Watchers movie lol. It was set in Ireland, hence the Ireland thing. We actually still would love to move there, plz take us, we’re smart and queer and things here are v bad 🥺)

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  • Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    I saw the movie, The Watchers, last night..

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  • Folk Horror Revival 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2025

    This short film is a fave of mine, an excellent mix of dreamy sci-fi and kitchen sink realism, sounds like a great project You can watch The Watchers for free on the BFI player here: player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/wa...

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  • Trace Thurman @tracedthurman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 22, 2025

    How did we have a movie called Watcher, a TV series called The Watcher and a movie called The Watchers all come out within 2 years of each other?

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  • Jack - Oi, Shiny! @oishinythings.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2026

    Watching horror movie (The Watchers) that starts with "There's a forest in the west of Ireland that does not appear on any map." and I can just hear my Nana going "Oh, you went in the forest that eats people and you got et did you? Well what were you playing silly buggers for?"

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  • Leap🧨🦩🥨🧨 @leapfromshallows.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    That bug planet looked like the movie The Watchers

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  • ZachsMind @zachsmind.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 7, 2025

    If one tries to stop something without having the where withal to shut it down without retaliation? You film it and report it to those who can put a stop to it. The Free Press is not costumed vigilantes. That only works in comics and Netflix Specials. Who Watches the Watchers?

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  • Official Account of Puzzle in a Thunderstorm @piatpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    #GodAwfulMovies 495: The Watchers: Revelation is ready on @Patreon. 🔊: www.patreon.com/posts/123016... This week, guest masochist George Hrab joins us for a movie that rejects the theories of Zecharia Sitchin for not being unrealistic enough.

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  • Shawn Griffiths @offbeattheater.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    Checking in for #FrightClub. #NowWatching The Watchers (2024), directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan. #MutantFam #HorrorCommunity 007 / 365 #Horror365Challenge

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  • Michelle Swope @redheadfrommars.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 22, 2024

    Ishana Night Shyamalan's directorial debut, THE WATCHERS, features fascinating folklore, unsettling imagery, a disquieting atmosphere, and Olwen Fouéré, who is always great. Story gets a bit lost in the third act, but overall I enjoyed it. Available on VOD and on Max. 🎥 #filmsky #horrorsky

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  • George Hrab @georgehrab.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    I just sat through one of the worst "cinematic" experiences of my life (and remember I've seen Whiplash) along with the boys at God Awful Movies, in order to bring you another painfully hilarious episode of their podcast. Show 495 features "The Watchers: Revelation." audioboom.com/posts/865874...

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  • 🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸 @thehorrorguru.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2024

    New #BloodSplatteredVlog! This week The Horror Guru & Count Jackula review #TheWatchers! The debut feature film by Ishana Night Shyamalan about an American immigrant in Ireland trying to escape a forest filled with monsters! youtu.be/hyRSoIgZZh8

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  • Alex West @alexwest.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2024

    The review embargo on The Watchers has lifted so I can say my favourite thing about the movie was the swag I got at the preview screening.

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  • Dave Fortin @davidwfortin.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    Rewatching "The Watchers of the Skies" which is a hard but beautiful film on genocide. Rafael Lemkin quote: "It is not the cargo of a vessel that is at stake, but humanity with its spiritual heritage in which the whole world partakes." youtu.be/1e0HFCKcVhc?...

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  • Pot Shop Boo @potshopboy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2024

    Just watched The Watchers. It was... eh? Kinda empty? It wasn't bad but it wasn't good. It was just there. I felt absolutely nothing at the end. I really have never liked any Shyamalan movie, and yay, now there's two Shyamalans making them.

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  • Tenebrad @bradislove.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2024

    Now seated for The Watchers, the directorial debut from Ishana Night Shyamalan. Time to find out if this is a case of YEPotism or NOPEotism #filmsky 📽️

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  • Based on a Book Podcast @basedonabook.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    👁️✨ Spooky Month has officially begun & we’re kicking it off with The Watchers! 🌲🕯️ Hosted by Keri, we dive deep into the eerie world of A.M. Shine’s novel & its chilling film adaptation. 🎧 Tune in now and join us as we unravel the secrets hidden beneath the trees. #booksky #filmsky #movies

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  • GoGhostly @goghostly.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2025

    The Watchers (2024) #NowWatching #Horror #Fantasy

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  • Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 2, 2024

    Spooky movie season thumbs up: Pieces, Maxxxine, Trap, Smile, Talk To Me, Cure, like six more. Thumbs down: The Watchers, Malignant

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  • Bex @bexcommunicated.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2024

    Doing a random #LastFourWatched because I missed the last couple weeks of #LetterboxdFriday. The Deliverance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Grudge (2019) ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Open Season ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️♻️❤️ The Watchers ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Follow me: boxd.it/7pQyj #FilmSky #HorrorSky 🎥

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  • Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2024

    In case you were wondering: yes, big juicy twists are hereditary. My review of Ishana Shyamalan's debut feature The Watchers, a horror movie set in a forest ruled by voyeuristic monsters

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  • Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2024

    I wish The Watchers was better. Ah well. My full review is over on my patreon, but you can read a sample here. letterboxd.com/catelyn/film...

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  • Mooch @cachiporra.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2025

    THE WATCHERS (2024, Netflix, #film) A junior Night Shyamalan turns in her first feature, a subpar fantasy horror novel adaptation with a ruinously scrambled mess of a script. Please bypass this and enjoy co-lead Georgina Campbell in LOVELY, DARK, AND DEEP (2023); the exact same premise done right.

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  • Sheenah ☕ RE: VERONICA HYPE! @sheenah.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2024

    I'm quite happy that the movie "The Watchers" by Ishana Night Shyamalan will be available to watch on my plane to Tokyo this week ❤️ I wanted to see it for sure!

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  • Evalon ⋆˚🩻𖦹🐈‍⬛⋆ @sunbeamlunar.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2026

    I loved the Watchers btw. That movie by Ishana Night Shyamalan. I loved it!!!

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  • Based on a Book Podcast @basedonabook.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2025

    💃The Watchers had some big changes from book to movie. What worked better for some of us had Lindsey reaching for the skip ahead button! 👻 A new episode just dropped & we have some strong opinions about this one! Make your way to your favorite podcast platform & check it out. 🎧 #booksky #filmsky

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  • StephenBright;🦻🏻🥄🐈 🐝🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸 @sebright.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2025

    Just finished The Watchers. Very interesting movie—especially with this topic. Does Dakota Fanning find these type of scripts or do they find her? She’s almost like the female Nic Cage as there’s a certain niche she’s found. I love seeing her though.

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  • Camp Miasma fan account @bearishtx.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2024

    horror i watched in the past week: In A Violent Nature, The Midnight After, The Watchers, Lovely Dark & Deep, Double Blind, All Fun & Games, Jonah, Stopmotion, Puppet Master 4, Scary Movie 2, Resurrected and The First Omen

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  • Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2024

    The Watchers may make you wish you'd watched something else: reactormag.com/movie-review...

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  • Runalong Womble @fantasycon @runalongwomble.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2024

    Now out in movie form - I really enjoyed the original wonderfully creepy novel The Watchers by AM Shine www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2021/10...

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  • Runalong Womble @fantasycon @runalongwomble.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2024

    Noticed the incredible The Watchers by AM Shine is going to be a movie here is my review of this scary trip to the woods from a while back in case you’re tempted

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  • FenrirKin | ᚛ᚈᚆᚓᚔ ᚈᚆᚓᚋ᚜ @fenrirkin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 29, 2026

    I'm late, but I'm here! I'm Fen, and I write urban fantasy/folklore horror. I loved the Annihilation movie and have the book on standby (not read yet). I also enjoyed The Watchers (set in a forest), but I don't think I have any favs where the ecology is the horror - yet! #HorrorWritersChat

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  • Mister Orange @misterorange21.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2026

    📽️ EVERY NIGHT IS MOVIE NIGHT 🍿 (84/365) #NowShowing THE WATCHERS (2024) I was a fan of M Night Shyamalan (before The Happening and Avatar), and seeing the trailer for this one, it looks like his daughter has some real spooky genes, too. Interested to see how this one turns out. 🧡🤘 #FilmSky

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  • Cassabonita @cassabonita.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2025

    Stay in the Light was a great sequel to The Watchers, I really enjoy folklore based horror 🙌🏻 Now on to I Am Legend, pretty sure we’ve all seen the movie, but I’ve never read the book 🧛🏻

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  • Rodeo Punk Parade @rodeopunkparade.comBluesky · Sep 13, 2025

    Tonight the goblins are watching The Watchers! Has anyone else seen this one?

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  • Genesis @nerdsgeeksgamers.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    The Watchers is a well shot movie with a somewhat entertaining plot. The movie is short & it's the directorial debut for M. Night Shyamalan's daughter. Dakota Fanning is the lead actress & she's good in it. The creatures in the movie are interesting once they are revealed. Streaming on Netflix

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  • WeirwoodTreeHugger @weirwoodtreehug.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2025

    2nd time watch of The Watchers. Being a city girl, the woods freak me out at night, so this is my type of movie. Although I remember more liking than loving it. #FrightClub

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  • awistfulnihilist.bsky.social @awistfulnihilist.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    Not a franchise yet, but a recently released movie is about the fae, The Watchers. m.imdb.com/title/tt2673...

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  • Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2024

    Watched The Watchers. You can see that Ishana Shyamalan has her dad's genes as there is a interesting movie in here with it's plot and creatures. But the writing is very clunky, especially with the twists with one being very obvious to see. Acting is also hit and miss.

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  • Runalong Womble @fantasycon @runalongwomble.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2024

    Also as it’s now getting some attention as movie trailer. The Watchers by AM Shine is shiveringly good

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  • The Dustjacket Pod | Booksky 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↔️ @dustjacketpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Nico’s TBR pick is Midnight is the Darkest Hour, by Ashely Winstead, author of The Future Saints (which we covered last year and didn’t love) Dacey’s rec is for the book (published in 2021), not the movie! The Watchers by A.M.Shine 👀 #booksky #bookstagram #booktok

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  • Mark @rfcider.eurosky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    You wait and you wait, and then two appear in the shed at once. A short album with a jamboree bag of extra stuff about this 1969 Royal College of Art film. The Watchers (Reimagined Soundtrack) - Various Todmorden Artists (Folklore Tapes, 2026) #Vinyl #FolkHorror @spaceshipmark.bsky.social

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  • Seth Bob-Omb @theflemishseth.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    Halloween movie #5 #NowWatching The Watchers

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  • Joe Mertens @jmertens.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 11, 2025

    11. Ishana Shyamalan's The Watchers I really don't get the hate this film received last year. It's not bad at all! Perfectly serviceable dark fantasy! boxd.it/F6Rw #100HorrorMoviesin92Days #HorrorFam #HorrorFilms #HorrorMovies #FolkHorror #DarkFantasy

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  • Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2025

    I just finished watching a film called the Watchers directed by M. Night's daughter Ishana. Pretty cool film and now I am about to go down a rabbit hole into Irish folklore.

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  • The Annotated Fan @poormonger.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    A double I almost forgot to do a movie game for - just going simple for a theme tonight. 2 wins - Watcher 1 win - The Watchers 0 wins - The Voyeurs #MileHighBasketball #GoAvsGo

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  • C.M. Rosens @cmrosens.comBluesky · Oct 29, 2024

    #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days - bonus (149) The Watchers (2024) dir. Ishana Night Shyamalan Fantasy horror - this was ok. It's based on the novel by A.M. Shine, and I think I'll read that for sure. I liked the creature design! letterboxd.com/film/the-wat...

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  • Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 30, 2024

    I watched The Watchers. It was a decent movie. Didn’t deserve all the negative reviews.

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  • Jared @bj-slive.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    I noticed on Letterboxd that some horror movie series trend up in average ratings with the later sequels. I suspect this is irrespective of quality, but more because if you're gonna see all the Watchers sequels or the 4th Scanners sequel, then you're probably gonna give it a good rating

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  • Dr. Fluff Lord Dracodenblaze (Lordverse/MystiHeart Official) @dracodenblaze.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2026

    The Young Angel Watcher! She is one of the Watchers who observed the baby kitten Nika throughout the third movie! The Angel doesn't know how Nika came into Lordverse, despite not being born a Heavencreature! She makes sure the kitten is safe, alongside her twin sister! #bunny #lordverse

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  • Andrea @andreapa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    Enjoyed watching the film adaptation of The Watchers today. The title was changed to The Watchers it clashed with a similar named series.

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  • Chris J. Karr @cjkarr.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 8, 2025

    Finally caught "Cuckoo" last night after months for waiting for a window when I could pay proper attention to it. I really enjoyed the film and I'll take any chance I can get to watch Dan Stevens play off-kilter characters. It reminded me quite a bit of "The Watchers".

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  • Space Ghost “Costa Koutsoutis” Coast @costakout.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2024

    Well, THE WATCHERS is definitely a movie.

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  • Halloween Candi 👻 | Horror Writer | Book Reviews @candikat.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2024

    Film 39 The Watchers #100horrormoviesin92days

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  • Ciri the Film Enjoyer 🏳️‍⚧️ @cirikino.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2024

    I went to theatres to watch the film by Ishana Night Shyamalan, M Night’s daughter — the Watchers 📽️ NW:

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  • beep @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 22, 2026

    Watching the Watchers: Privacy Analysis of U.S. Smart TV Automatic Content Recognition.

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  • SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Re: The Hollow This movie seems to be a better version of The Watchers (2024) so far.

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  • Randee Dawn @randeedawn.comBluesky · Aug 13, 2026

    Watched "The Watchers" for the first time and (spoilers) realized it was like the upside-down of my fae-making-TV universe in "Tune in Tomorrow" and "We Interrupt This Program." Faeries? ☑️ Reality TV show? ☑️ Their loving our stupid little daily selves? ☑️What's funny to me is terrifying in that film.

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  • Draculasaurus @draculasaurus.bsky.socialBluesky · May 14, 2026

    Now watching- The Watchers Reborn (1998) This is the fourth Watchers movie. I haven’t seen them, but I read the original book. It’s got monsters and a super intelligent dog. Produced by Roger Corman. Starring Mark Hamill. This is bound to be interesting somehow.

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  • SF Encyclopedia @sfencyclopedia.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2026

    [continued] ... other new SFE entries this week are the short UK film 'The Watchers' (1969); US comic 'Rulah, Jungle Goddess' (1948-1949); plus an entry on the British Film Institute.

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