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FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD
Watcher - Directed by Chloe Okuno; Written by Chloe Okuno and Zack Ford
Ahead of "Watcher's" world premiere at Sundance, writer-director Chloe Okuno told us that she's "always admired true psychological thrillers that are dedicated to getting us as much as possible into the head of our protagonist – making us feel everything that they are feeling." Her tension-filled directorial debut successfully gets us into the head of its protagonist, and it's a terrifying, maddening place to be. "Watcher" tells the story of Julia (Maika Monroe), an American who moves to Bucharest with her boyfriend, Francis (Karl Glusman). Like her breakout role in 2014 horror pic "It Follows," Monroe is playing a woman who is being pursued by an unseen, unidentifiable tormentor -- at least at first. A serial killer is on the loose, and Julia becomes convinced that she's being watched by a neighbor across the street. She becomes increasingly worried that she could be the murderer's next target, a fear that's minimized, mocked, and ignored by almost everyone, including her boyfriend. (Laura Berger)
Read our interview with Chloe Okuno.
“Watcher” is now in theaters.