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20 feature instances
3 referencing feature instances

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Watcher	label	Watcher
Watcher	page	Watcher
Watcher	comment	A young unsuccessful actress Julia (Maika Monroe) moves with her husband Francis (Karl Glusman) to Bucharest. There, she becomes convinced that their neighbor, Daniel Weber (Burn Gorman) is watching her at all times.This was Chloe Okuno's full-length directorial debut, and she also wrote the script. It premiered at Sundance in January 2022 before being released in June by IFC Midnight and Amazon Studios. Focus Features have the worldwide rights.
Watcher	fetched	2023-10-23T23:16:32Z
Watcher	parsed	2023-10-23T23:16:32Z
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Watcher / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Watcher / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Irina tells Julia that she has a gun in case her Psycho Ex-Boyfriend tries to break in. It doesn't help her, but it allows Julia to kill Daniel when he attacks her.
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Watcher / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
Watcher / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Daniel taunts Julia by revealing that he was indeed hiding in the closet with Irina during the wellness check, and that Julia had inadvertently been looking right at him. She was just steps away from saving her friend and exposing Daniel and didn't even know it.
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Watcher / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Watcher / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Francis may seem uncaring toward Julia's plight but you can't blame him for trying to do his best during the circumstances, especially when Julia isn't exactly being the most reasonable, regardless whether she's telling the truth or not, and is understandably fed up with her by the time she takes it too far.
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Watcher / int_4e4ea654	type	Workaholic
Watcher / int_4e4ea654	comment	Workaholic: Francis typically doesn't get home from his job until well after ten at night, which leaves Julia to spend most days entirely by herself.
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Watcher / int_588d6b3e	type	Vasquez Always Dies
Watcher / int_588d6b3e	comment	Vasquez Always Dies: The only person who's particularly nice to Julia, the tomboyish and tough Irina who tips her off about the gun, is murdered by the Spider.
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Watcher / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
Watcher / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: This isn't the first time Maika Monroe has been followed by someone who is intent on murdering her and anyone else who stands in the way.
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Watcher / int_727a65e0	type	Gaslighting
Watcher / int_727a65e0	comment	Gaslighting: Everybody except Irina is convinced that Julia has to be imagining her stalker.
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Watcher / int_786bf97f	type	Real Life Writes the Plot
Watcher / int_786bf97f	comment	Real Life Writes the Plot: It was originally sent in New York, until the Covid-19 shutdown made filming there impossible. This is also why the streets of Bucharest look so deserted.
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Watcher / int_84f0346f	type	Apartment Complex of Horrors
Watcher / int_84f0346f	comment	Apartment Complex of Horrors: Julia lives in an apartment block in Bucharest, where she's lonely, isolated, and surrounded by unfriendly people who seem to have no interest in even talking to her (though the language barrier doesn't help). She's also being stalked by a serial killer who lives in the apartment building across the street, who sneaks in, squats in her apartment, and murders her Only Friend, Irina.
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Watcher / int_995bbf9c	type	Conveniently Timed Distraction
Watcher / int_995bbf9c	comment	Conveniently Timed Distraction: It's revealed that Daniel was in the middle of murdering Irina when Julia had the landlady open her apartment, and the appearance of a neighbor's cat was a convenient distraction and cover for him.
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Watcher / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Watcher / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Irina is wearing a choker necklace when she first meets Julia, which aligns perfectly with her decapitation later on in the film.
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Watcher / int_9fd7b395	type	MRS Degree
Watcher / int_9fd7b395	comment	MRS Degree: Francis has a high-powered job, while Julia stays at home. She's a trained (but unsuccessful) actress.
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Watcher / int_a56e3cba	type	Language Barrier
Watcher / int_a56e3cba	comment	Language Barrier: The American Julia can't speak Romanian, while everyone else (especially her husband Francis) can. He uses this to hide stuff from her.
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Watcher / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Watcher / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: It's mentioned that Julia's an actress. Her acting skills help her to feign death from the slashed neck Daniel gives her long enough to allow her to grab Irina's gun and shoot him. Julia mentions to Irina that she's secretly learning Romanian because she dreams of surprising Francis by casually speaking it in conversation. Unfortunately, she's only able to show it off when she exposes him for telling a joke at her expense to his coworkers.
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Watcher / int_ad4c74ed	type	Final Girl
Watcher / int_ad4c74ed	comment	Final Girl: Julia survives her run-in with Daniel and kills him, but not before he's killed Irina and many other women.
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Watcher / int_af696bef	type	Fish out of Water
Watcher / int_af696bef	comment	Fish out of Water: Bucharest seems cold, deserted, and strange to Julia, who spends most of her days alone and unable to speak Romanian. When she does get the opportunity to be involved in a group conversation, others tend to speak Romanian and ignore her, increasing her sense of isolation.
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Watcher / int_b04fdcc4	type	Loners Are Freaks
Watcher / int_b04fdcc4	comment	Loners Are Freaks: The unmarried Daniel lives with his father in the apartment across the street, he has no friends or girlfriends, and Julia thinks he's a Serial Killer. She's right.
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Watcher / int_dbca2c99	type	Red Herring
Watcher / int_dbca2c99	comment	Red Herring: There's still twenty minutes of runtime left by the time the police seem to catch the Spider.
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Watcher / int_e12c0ab2	type	"Rear Window" Homage
Watcher / int_e12c0ab2	comment	"Rear Window" Homage: Julia becomes convinced that the man who lives across from her in the apartment building is a Serial Killer due to suspicious things she hears and sees. She embarks on a "Rear Window" Investigation before he can hurt her.
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