Watcher

Okuno's direction and Monroe's performance, together, create a simmering anxiety that never really relents.

There are few genuine surprises, perhaps, but there are distinctive elements here which set the film apart, not least the way lack of fluency in a language creates a sense of siege.

A very solidly engineered Hitchcockian throwback.

Good movie -- solid as a rock!

This is all potentially fodder for a pulp movie, but instead it was extremely well-directed, very evocative, and more like a psychological thriller.

Theme never hijacks tension in Watcher, which is content to let meaning emerge organically from the familiar cat-and-mouse games of its slender genre plot.

A taut story, elegant direction, and a rich, nuanced performance from Maika Monroe make Watcher a tense and unforgettable watch. From the score to the production design, every aspect of the film is infused with a sense of restrained beauty.

Perfectly capturing what it’s like to be adrift in an unfamiliar place

The film maintains such a naturalistic tone that the few scares doled out throughout are effective and the minimal bloodshed is subtle. [Full review in Spanish]

sustained package that delivers on so many fronts that what could have so easily been a formulaic slasher, genuinely pushes the boundaries of its genre, toying with an unusual bleakness that will keep audiences guessing until the end.