The Watchers (2024)
Are they living among us now?
Subgenre: Folk Horror | Monster
Underlying Element: mystery | creatures
Director: Ishana Night Shyamalan
Synopsis:
This movie is about a lonely young woman who got lost in a mystical forest where she encountered three others doing strange things to appease the creatures of the night.
Analysis:
The Watchers (2024) is a great movie for fans of Irish myths. This is actually a nice concept that can be further explored.
It starts slow as the film tries to explain who the characters are and the purpose of what they are doing. As the story progresses, the mystery unfolds.
The big reveal with the origin story is the most interesting part, and it pulls the audience back in.
Everything is well-acted, and the backstory is believable. But the questionable part is their length of stay in the forest. Would they be spending the rest of their lives there if the fourth person did not show up?
The creepy final shot definitely calls for a sequel. The quest has just begun to find the others.
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