Tag: Watcher
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‘Ghost Files’ Returning to the Winchester Mystery House For Special Episode
Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej are two of the most popular ghost hunters around. After years of hosting Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural, the pair of zany investigators created a new haunting series Ghost Files on their Watcher YouTube channel late last year. The series was another spooky success and Season 2 was quickly greenlit. Season 2’s…
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‘Watcher’ Ending Explained: How Does This Stalker Thriller End?
When Maika Monroe’s acting career took off in 2014 with the hit horror film It Follows, it looked like the actress was on her way to superstardom. Instead, she chose a different path, building an impressive resume with some superb smaller films such as Villains and Significant Other. Perhaps the best thing she’s done in…
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‘Mystery Files’: Ryan Bergara & Shane Madej Announce New Series
If you’re into anything paranormal or mystery related it’s a safe bet you were a fan of the Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej-hosted YouTube series BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime. That series ran for eight seasons from 2016 to 2021, but now the pair of humorous investigators, have announced their latest BuzzFeed Unsolved spiritual successor Mystery…
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Under The Radar: Watcher, Mad God, And More Blockbuster Counter-Programming From June
(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention … but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: Maika Monroe shines as a very different final girl in “Watcher,” VFX guru Phil Tippett unleashes “Mad God” upon us,…
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The Other Shoe Is Dangling In Episode 4 Of Star Trek: Picard Season 2
Watching the second season of “Star Trek: Picard” has become a fraught experience. Although the first three episodes have been relatively solid in setting up a clear, singular goal for the cast to achieve rather than bog the audience in oblique, senseless mystery, one may still find themselves with jaw still clenched, waiting for the…
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Sundance Sale: IFC Films, Shudder Buys Chloe Okuno’s Thriller ‘Watcher’
IFC Films and the AMC Network-owned digital platform Shudder purchased North American rights to “Watcher,” an eerie thriller that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.IFC Midnight, the company’s genre division, plans to release the film in theaters and on VOD (beginning with the horror-centric streamer Shudder) in 2022. The exact date has not been…
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‘Watcher’ Review: Maika Monroe Makes a Fine Modern Everywoman in an Eerie Throwback Thriller
If the camera lingered just a little more lasciviously on the opening sex scene, or if we got to ogle the bondage-clad ladies writhing in their glass booths in the underground strip club sequence longer, Chloe Okuno’s smart little feature debut might be said to herald the longed-for return of the lost, lamented erotic thriller.…