The Watchers

The Watchers

Credits
Title:	The Watchers
Director:	Ishana Night Shyamalan
Writers:	Ishana Night Shyamalan
Producers:	Jo Homewood; Stephen Dembitzer; M. Night Shyamalan; Nimitt Mankad; Ashwin Rajan; Grace Winters; Jeff Robinson; Celia Khong; Andrew Lowe; Shuni Chopra Dhar; Ed Guiney
Composer:	Abel Korzeniowski
Cinematography:	Eli Arenson
Editors:	Job ter Burg
Production
Production company:	Blinding Edge Pictures Inimitable Pictures New Line Cinema
Distributed by:	Warner Bros.
Released:	June 7th, 2024
Rating:	PG-13
Running time:	102 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Watchers is an American feature film of the supernatural thriller and creature feature subgenres of horror. It is based on a novel by A.M. Shine. The film was written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan - the daughter of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan in her directorial debut. It was produced by Warner Bros., New Line Cinema, Blinding Edge Pictures and Inimitable Pictures. It premiered in the Philippines on June 5th, 2024. It opened in parts of Europe and South America on June 6th, 2024. The movie opened to wide release in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom on June 7th, 2024. The film stars Dakota Fanning as the central protagonist Mina, along with Georgina Campbell as Ciara, Olwen Fouéré as Madeline, and Oliver Finnegan as Daniel.

Plot[]

A young artist gets stranded in an extensive, immaculate forest in western Ireland, where, after finding shelter, she becomes trapped alongside three strangers, stalked by mysterious creatures each night.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Dakota Fanning	Mina/Lucy
Georgina Campbell	Ciara
Olwen Fouéré	Madeline
Oliver Finnegan	Daniel
Alistair Brammer	John
John Lynch	Rory Kilmartin
Siobhán Hewlett	Mina's mother
Hannah Dargan	Young Mina
Emily Dargan	Young Lucy
Joel Figueroa	Darwin (voice)
Michelle Hlongwane	Newscaster
Anthony Morris	Burke
Shane O'Regan	Collin
Jim Tighe	Bus driver
Zarima McDermott	University student
Morgan Bailey-Rocks	Younger boy
Christian Bailey-Rocks	Older brother
Éabha Connolly	Little girl
Hannah Howland	Chloe
Kya Brame	Georgia
Ffion Haf	Daria
Shannon Antonia	Tanya
Kofi De-Graft Jordan	Bobby
Charles Camfrose	Conor
Charlie Mann	Romeo
Jacob Greenway	Jordan
Andrea Bechis	Dom
Cara Steele	Millie
Séan T. Ó'Meallaigh	Watcher (voice)

Notes & Trivia[]

General Notes[]

The Watchers redirects to this page.
The Watchers is based on the 2021 novel of the same name by author A.M. Shine.
The Watchers is MPA certificate number 54964.
The tagline to this film is "You can't see them, but they see everything."
There are twenty-nine credited cast members in this film. There are twenty-eight on-screen cast members and one voice actor.
This movie was shot on-location in Ireland.
The Watchers earned $7,003,537 over its domestic opening on the June 7th, 2024 weekend, with total domestic earnings of $19,071,404, making up 57.1% of its total gross. It brought in $14,300,000 internationally for a worldwide box office total of $33,371,404. The Watchers came in at #3 at the box office during opening release with screenings in 3,351 theaters. It was beaten out by The Garfield Movie at #2, which was already in its third week. The number 1 slot for June 7th was Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which devastated box office records for its premiere with $21,501,365 on 3,885 theaters, which is only 534 theaters more than The Watchers.

Review Ratings[]

On the Internet Movie Database, The Watchers has a Starmeter score of 5.7 out of 10 based on more than 52,000 user votes. 3.7% of the voting pool gave the film a perfect score of 10, while 2.4% of the voters gave it a 1. The largest number of users, more than 15,000 gave it a 6, making up 28.6% of the total voting pool.
On Metacritic, The Watchers has a Metascore of 46 out of 100 based on 38 critic reviews, indicating average reviews. It has 6 positive reviews, 7 negative reviews, and 25 mixed reviews, which makes up 66% of the total critical vote. The movie has a user score of 5.2 out of 10 based on 108 votes, also indicating average reviews. It has 31 positive votes, 26 negative votes, and 51 mixed reviews, which makes up 51% of the total user score.
On the movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, The Watchers has a Tomatometer score of 33% based on 181 posted critic reviews, including top critics. It has 59 positive reviews and 122 negative reviews, averaging 4.90 out of 10. The movie has an audience score of 47% based on more than 1,000 user ratings, averaging 3.1 out of 5. There is a 14% variance between the Tomatometer score and the audience score.
On Letterboxd, The Watchers has a weight average score of 2.42 out of 5 based on 220,000 user ratings.
On The Movie Database (TMDB), The Watchers has a user score of 65%.

Cast & Crew[]

Director Ishana Shyamalan is credited as Ishana Night Shyamalan in this film.
Actress Siobhan Hewlett, who plays Mina's mother, is credited Siobhán Hewlett in this film.
Actress Thabile Michelle Hlongwane, who portrays a newscaster, is credited as Michelle Hlongwane in this film.
Actress Eabha Connolly, who plays a little girl, is credited as Éabha Connolly in this film.
Actor Kofi De Graft Jordan, who plays Bobby, is credited as Kofi De-Graft Jordan in this film.
Actor Sean T. Ó Meallaigh, who provides the voice for the Watchers, is credited as Séan T. Ó'Meallaigh in this film.
Director and screenwriter Ishana Shyamalan is the youngest daughter of famed filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. She is the younger sister of Saleka Shyamalan, who has also worked on her father's films such as Old and Signs. Saleka also played the role of Lady Raven in M. Night's thriller Trap, which was released the same year as The Watchers.
This is Ishana Night Shyamalan's first feature film as a writer and a director. She also worked on the 2019-2023 psychological thriller series Servant.

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