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Watcher

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Directed by Chloe Okuno

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street. From TMDB

83 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works

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Watcher is a 2022 horror mystery thriller film, directed by Chloe Okuno, starring Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman and Burn Gorman.

  • 79 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy
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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · Dec 18, 2024

    Maika Monroe and Watcher director Chloe Okuno will reteam for the upcoming horror movie BRIDES, and Longlegs distributor NEON has officially announced this morning that they’ve boarded the project. bloody-disgusting.com/news/3849012...

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  • Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.comBluesky · Jan 22, 2026

    I'm fascinated by what shitty cartoons from decades ago keep trying to make something new happen. Like, why are we doing He-Man again. Where's the Hammerman movie. Where's Widget The World Watcher.

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  • Ulmir Khator @muhkat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    Disney Adult: attached to a brand, tying themselves to a corporation, watch every Disney Movie even if it’s shit Anime Watcher: Watches a range of media from across a field, critical of the medium while still enjoying it, only watches what they want to

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  • Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.comBluesky · May 15, 2025

    Margaret Qualley (The Substance) has exited VICTORIAN PSYCHO. Taking her place is Maika Monroe (Watcher, Longlegs), who's now set to star: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/386867...

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  • ᗷᖇ[IT]🎈 @babysip.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    I like watching completely different styles of horror one after another. I’m going from late 80s cyberpunk Japan to present day serial killer in Bucharest. #NW Watcher (2022) 🎬 #100HorrorMoviesin92Days

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  • Amy Koto, TV Fanatic Girl @tvfanaticgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    Movie Of The Day... Watcher (2022)

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2026

    Books to film 📚=🎞️ A Watcher in the Woods (1976) by Florence Engel Randall was adapted to film in 1980. The scifi novel is made into a horror thriller. A coming of age philosophical tale is further changed to make for a suspenseful visual folk story that has a cult following. 🕴️🌲👀 #filmsky #booksky

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  • 𖤐 Bri 𖤐 @brianimator.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

    If you like Maika Monroe or horror movies from female directors you should watch this movie. #filmsky My ★★★★★ review of Watcher on @letterboxd.social : box.it/85GoSJ

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 27, 2024

    Happy Holiday! Reintroducing to new arrivals over T-day. Lover of 📽 Watcher of 📺 Reader of 💙📚 Socially aware. Eclectic in entertainment choices. Love talking film. Disagreements welcome. Love what I hate? Hate what I love? All good. Letterboxd & favorites⬇️ #filmsky #tvsky Criterion Collection

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  • JAOfilm @jaofilm.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2026

    Ten years ago, I made my first film. That actor came back today - JayJie The Watcher is now available. 10th anniversary special price on FansOne. - jaofilm.com/films/the-wa...

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  • Lone @lonelytiefling.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2026

    The Movie Watcher on call

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  • charliesheets.bsky.social @charliesheets.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 8, 2026

    Last Unicorn isn't a Disney movie, but it is on Tubi and Amazon Prime Video! Watcher in the Woods doesn't seem to be on anything; but might be here, archive.org/details/the-watch... All the others do seem to be on Disney+ though 🤔

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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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  • Matt Mason - One Chaotic Author @chaoticauthor.onlineBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    Hello! I am Matt, pen name MG Mason and I write mixed genre horror and fantasy. Currently in a ghost story phase right now. I remember very vividly watching a TV film in the 1980s about a girl who disappeared during a seance. It's called Watcher in the Woods. #HorrorWritersChat

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  • Moon-Watcher @bobsmyusername.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2025

    Explain your username: Moon-Watcher is the first protagonist in the novel and film, 2001: A Space Odyssey

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  • jenny >:) @miinipah.netBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    realizing in my nearly 5 years of JP learning i havent watched a single non-anime movie besides Shin Kamen Rider. i should become a Movie Watcher probably

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  • bitofarambler @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 6, 2026

    World Watcher - pick a livestream around the world and start watching!. this is pretty fascinating. I saw Abbey Road nightlife, switched cameras and then came across a spider on the lens from across the channel and it looked like a big ol Kaiju wrecking the city lights in the distance. ![](https://crazypeople.online/pictrs/image/3bef15a0-a016-4beb-9aca-9d229c631b22.png) train through lafayette ![](https://crazypeople.online/pictrs/image/ed7a01d7-95e0-41ef-b6ce-60ee74a7e62b.png)

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  • Plumber Charged Extra for Ghoulie @frownt.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2026

    5. The Watcher in the Woods (1980) - Disney horror turn from Bette Davis and the director of Escape to Witch Mountain with a spooky country castle and some ominous woods and a poltergeist afoot. I'll spare you the twist at the end. High on atmosphere, low on scares. OK family horror. No gore.

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  • Wh*donesque @whedonesque.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

    In a perfect world, I’d be watching a 1970s Buffy movie starting Gene Hackman called ‘The Watcher’

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  • Grant Watson @fictionmachine.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2026

    "This could be our Exorcist!" gushed producer Tom Leetch to Disney's studio head Ron Miller. The latest FictionMachine essay looks into the making of The Watcher in the Woods, Disney's disastrous 1980 attempt to produce their first horror movie. fictionmachine.com/2026/02/15/o...

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  • Giallo Biafra @fulciseyefetish.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 8, 2024

    The Watcher in the Woods (1980), which I introduced to my kids last fall. Amazingly spooky film!

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  • Something Weird @i-am-estevan.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2026

    300/365 #Horror365Challenge #FilmSky #HorrorSky #FullMoonFrights en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher...

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  • Pasquinel 🦇🎃👻 @pasquinel.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2026

    "The Watcher" (cut from the final version of the film) Designed by Henry Selick

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  • Darkness Pauls 🎃 @paulle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 3, 2026

    every day of 2026, I'll post a story from an anthology film or series. 0️⃣0️⃣3️⃣ THRILLER (1960–1962) "The Hollow Watcher" D: William F. Claxton W: Jay Simms In this story from the Boris Karloff-hosted series, a town is menaced by a living scarecrow.

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  • 🕸️ Meta 🕷️ @metaxnoia.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 14, 2025

    016 / #100HorrorMoviesin92Days 'Watcher' (2022) Dir. Chloe Okuno A decent film, more thriller than horror, showing how scary, terrifying and lonely real life can be. Living abroad myself this one hit close to home. The ending was unfortunately a bit of a letdown. #Filmsky #Horror #HorrorSky

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  • Rhapsody Angel @rhapsodyangel.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    They did a few live action films which you wouldn't think were Disney. The Watcher In The Woods for instance. No dancing and singing cute animals in that one.

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  • Madeline Ashby @madelineashby.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2024

    WATCHER should have got more attention, I think. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/watc...

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  • Elsa Sjunneson, Order of the Bat @snarkbat.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Watcher in the Woods. I STILL have not finished that movie. JFC.

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  • Esoteric Collector @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    The 1980 Betty Davis Watcher in the Woods movie will change you. Not just sleeping with the lights on but afraid in well lit areas too. I saw it way too young. Betty Davis Eyes song will never be the same either. They did remake it with Anjelica Huston in 2017 but I didn't even bother, just original

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  • Fox Veros, Novelist @verosthewriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    Things I was frightened of when I was a child: 1. Mirrors in dark rooms, thanks to the "Bloody Mary" game in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark plus a spooky movie called Watcher in the Woods 2. Spiders 3. The grinning, wild-eyed giraffe at the local zoo that had fangs and bit my dad's arm off

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  • The SLASH HER Podcast @slashherpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2026

    Today on the podcast we are discussing the 2022 film, WATCHER! We get into the films slower pace, frustrating characters and so much more! Listen wherever you consume your podcasts! allmylinks.com/slash-her-pod

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  • Shanekin Spiced Latte 🎃 @justlikeapill.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2026

    Movie #20: Watcher #100HorrorMoviesin92Days

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  • Ari Drew @thearidrew.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2025

    Watching WATCHER to regulate, and just so grateful for this film. youtu.be/kpebJezzK30?...

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  • Mario Bava's A Jay of Blood @jaycoyle.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 19, 2024

    Good evening! My trailer for #BeyondFriday is for simply one of the worst films I have ever seen, The Watcher. Should have killed the serial killer film dead like Walk Hard tried to do for bio's. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1te...

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  • Ben Pahl Robinson @benpahlrobinson.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2026

    Share a SCARY movie title that begins with the letter “W” 🎥 W is for… ‘The Watcher in the Woods’ (1980) 🖤

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  • Shawn McGuan @smcguan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 20, 2026

    Just realizing Buffy Summers lost both of her Watchers this year. Riehle appears briefly to recruit Buffy in a flashback of the TV series, playing the same Watcher Donald Sutherland played in the movie. www.usatoday.com/story/entert...

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  • The SLASH HER Podcast @slashherpod.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2026

    Tomorrow on the podcast we’re discussing the 2022 film, WATCHER. Starting off our stalker focused month with a 2020’s approach to the idea of isolation and justified paranoia.

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  • Stephen Monteith, World's Greatest Secret Author @stephens.websiteBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    Fav horror film from each year of the 80s: 1980 - The Watcher in the Woods 1981 - Galaxy of Terror 1982 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch 1983 - Sleepaway Camp 1984 - Gremlins 1985 - Return of the Living Dead 1986 - Aliens 1987 - Nightmare on Elm Street 3 1988 - They Live 1989 - Pet Sematary

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  • R-Zoid @rzoid.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 20, 2026

    you ever see Watcher in the Woods? that's another strange disney film.

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  • AidanStar64 🌟🐈‍⬛️🎃🧙‍♀️: 30 Years of 96's Sabrina! @aidanstar64.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 1, 2025

    Interests: * Gaming * Film Viewer *Television Watcher *Music Listener *Collector *Room Decoration

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  • Miss Goddess to You ♐♀️⚢🪻 @moretwinklelights.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 1, 2026

    I'm seeing the subway scene as a precursor to Watcher (2022). SUCH a great movie, Lewton and Hitchcock would be proud! #ValLewton #CatPeople #TCMParty

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  • Rheum Cat @rheumcat.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    The Watcher in the Woods, a movie whose plot I can't clearly recall, but with scenes that haunt me to this day. For some reason, we watched it in school when I was about 6??

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  • Lurkeylootoo #twinja @lurkeyloo.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    I didn't scare easily as a kid, not that I watched real horror but the first movie that I recall scaring me was "Watcher in the Woods" with Betty Davis.

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  • Scry @scry.blackrosebadger.comBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    The live action Disney movie The Watcher in the Woods. I was terrified of mirrors for what in my memory feels like it was years.

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  • Steed & Peel 23 @steedpeel23.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Watcher is a good, suspenseful movie that should have done better at the box office.

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  • Erick 🦋🖤 @twilightsomnus.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2026

    Watching my 100th film of the year today which was my total for all of last year :) I am a real #watcher

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  • Vasuri 🧐 @vasuri.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2026

    I haven't read the novel, but I enjoyed Maika Monroe in It Follows, Watcher, and Longlegs, so I'll certainly see the film when it releases next month. I'm a bit of an anomaly in the horror community as I've never cared for American Psycho, but perhaps the Victorian version will be more my speed. 🎩

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  • WatcherWiki (fan acct) @watcherwiki.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025 · official account, not scored

    Watcher has reached their 3,000,000 subscriber milestone on their main channel! Congratulations to everyone at @wearewatcher.bsky.social for this achievement! #watcher #watcherentertainment

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  • Final Ghouls Of Horror Podcast @finalghoulspod.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 24, 2025

    The Final Ghouls are back and taking a trip into Disney-made horror with The Watcher In the Woods! How does this '80s gateway horror film hold up? What do we think of the ending? Which of us made Holly sad with their final rating? Find out inside... #Filmsky #WatcherInTheWoods #Disney #Horrorsky

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  • Arsenalroy2k @arsenalroy2k.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    I put on The Watcher tonight and halfway through, the Wikipedia article is yielding more interesting bits than the actual movie.

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  • Zesmerelda @zesmerelda.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    My gateway horror movie was Watcher in the Woods. Scared the bejeezus outta me.

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  • melaniej49.bsky.social @melaniej49.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    DEAN Koontz was a visionary, read his "Watcher" novel, about government genectically engineered dogs. Don't watch the movie, it doesn't follow the book and it stinks. Pick up the book, read the first pages and you won't be able to put the book down.

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  • Sarah Tonin @sweetcheetah.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2026

    I was so frightened of Watcher in the Woods as a kid! It was great to see you at the theater- I see you liked the film as much as I did. I'm going to see it again tonight

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  • Maram @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 18, 2026

    It would be nice if there was more of this stuff for horrors or thrillers. Like when a bad guy is caught or killed at the end, I’d like to see the reactions of everyone else. Or even the good guys or whatever. Like how the families or the world at a whole moved on from the events. If anyone got arrested. Like with Obsession, what happened to the girl at the end?? Did she end up in prison for everyone’s death? Or I recently watched one called The Watcher. What happened with the main…

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  • Caroline T Patti @carolineinmidlife.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    The first movie that ever scared the crap out of me is Walt Disney’s Watcher In the Woods. I’m starting my rewatch now.

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  • One_Neil @oneneil.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Watched Watcher tonight. A well made and beautifully shot thoroughly average movie.

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  • A Hobbyist Bear @thehobbyistbear.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    For me, it was Watcher in The Woods, that old Disney film from the 80s. There's a scene where this blindfolded ghost girl is reaching out of mirrors and screaming. It messed me up as a kid.

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  • JanduSoft - Porting & Publishing worldwide 🌍 @jandusoft.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    🏠🏔 Yellowcreek Stories: The Cabin Watcher is a love letter to classic 80s slashers.🔪📼 You won't just watch a slasher movie... You'll survive inside one. 🎮 #YellowcreekStories

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  • Anna Bagels @anna-bagels.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2026

    I’m the golden retriever from the 1988 movie “Watchers” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watcher...

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  • Jonathan Wakeham @jonathanwakeham.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 9, 2026

    Such a bold, beautiful film. Still amazing that Disney had that brief period of thinking “hmm, what if horror, but for kids?” This, Return To Oz and The Watcher In The Woods haunt a whole generation.

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