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Maika Monroe Is Being Followed in Short Teaser for ‘V/H/S/94’ Director Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher’

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Ahead of SXSW this weekend, the first teaser footage from Chloe Okuno‘s (V/H/S/94) new horror movie Watcher has arrived, with the teaser trailer coming Tuesday, March 15. Okuno directed the “Storm Drain” segment in our V/H/S/94, and IFC Midnight will be releasing Watcher on June 3, 2022. Watch the teaser for the teaser below, via Fandango. Watcher stars Maika Monroe (The […]

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‘V/H/S/94’ Director Chloe Okuno’s ‘Watcher’ Will Release in June

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The next film from Chloe Okuno, who directed the “Storm Drain” segment in our V/H/S/94, is titled Watcher, and we’ve got a release date from IFC Midnight for you this afternoon. Watcher stars Maika Monroe (The Guest, It Follows) as a young woman who moves into a new apartment with her fiancé and is tormented by […]

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Chloe Okuno’s Sundance Hit ‘Watcher’ Picked Up by IFC Films and Shudder

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One of the best-reviewed horror movies that premiered at last week’s Sundance 2022 was Watcher, which comes from director Chloe Okuno. The film comes in the wake of Okuno directing the popular segment “Storm Drain” from our V/H/S/94, which introduced the world to a new indie horror icon in the form of the sewer-dwelling Raatma. It stars […]

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[Review] ‘Watcher’ Is an Atmospheric and Stylish Paranoid Thriller Starring Maika Monroe

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Director Chloe Okuno (“SLUT”, V/H/S/94’s “Storm Drain”) channels the likes of Roman Polanski and Alfred Hitchcock for her throwback style feature debut. Watcher preys on the paranoid vulnerability of an isolated woman struggling to adapt to a new country, creating a stylish and atmospheric thriller centered around voyeuristic paranoia and claustrophobia. American Julia (Maika Monroe) uproots her life to accompany […]

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Director Chloe Okuno Talks Building a Creeping Sense of Dread With ‘Watcher’ [Sundance Interview]

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Jam-packed with genre fare, the prestigious Sundance Film Festival kicks off tonight. One of the most anticipated is Watcher, a psychological thriller directed by Chloe Okuno, the filmmaker behind many horror fans’ favorite V/H/S/94 segment, “Storm Drain” (hail Raatma!). Watcher stars Maika Monroe (It Follows) as a young woman who moves into a new apartment with […]

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Take a Sneak Peek First Look at ‘V/H/S/94’ Filmmaker Chloe Okuno’s New Horror Movie ‘Watcher’! [Video]

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One of the horror movies premiering at Sundance 2022 next month that we’re particularly excited about is Watcher, which comes from director Chloe Okuno. The film comes in the wake of Okuno directing the popular segment “Storm Drain” from our V/H/S/94, which introduced the world to a new indie horror icon in the form of […]

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The Dreadful Comfort of Slow Burn Horror and ‘It Follows’ [Horror Queers Podcast]

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Bait Bus. We’re deep into September after an August filled with queer dinner parties, bees and flies. After last week’s escape to Germany with Der Samurai, we’re back on US soil and firmly rooted in the suburbs of Detroit with David Robert Mitchell‘s contemporary classic, It Follows. We’re joined by Trace’s hubbie Ari Drew, who helps […]

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