Maika Monroe as Julia in Watcher
The Big Picture Maika Monroe has become one of Hollywood's leading scream queens in the past decade. This started in 2014 with the double punch of The Guest and her lead role in It Followsbefore carrying on to other films such as Villains and this summer's Longlegs, co-starring Nicholas Cage. Just a few years ago, back in 2022, she showed off her horror chops again in a smaller film, Chloe Okuno's Watcher.
Julia then starts getting stalked by a man who lives across the street. He watches her from his window and is brazen enough to follow her inside a store. Julia, in a refreshingly smart choice from a horror movie character, immediately goes to the police and her husband for help. There isn't enough evidence to do anything about this man, and Francis dismisses it as the exaggerated reaction of a stressed woman in a foreign land.
He tries to chat with Julia, but again, he can't look at her. For a man who loves to watch, he is unable to look a woman in the eyes. Daniel comes up with an excuse for following Julia, saying he just likes to watch people go about their day, calling it a "sad hobby." We know it's all bullshit, but he is the man and she is the woman, so Daniel thinks the truth is whatever he says it is. It's then though that we begin to notice that bag beside him, and Julia does too.
Writer and director Chloe Okuno could have let this scene play out in a few different ways. She could have taken a traditional, more slasher approach with Daniel giving Julia a creepy smile and flashing a knife, or even talking in a threatening manner, confessing his crimes and his motive for them. Instead, he is calm and barely moves a muscle.
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