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He's Watching

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He's Watching

2022

1h 35m

Horror

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When happy-go-lucky siblings Iris and Lucas are left alone while their parents recover from an illness, a series of playful pranks they play on each other escalate when they start receiving unsettling images and videos on their phones. As the incoming messages become increasingly nightmarish, Iris and Lucas realize something sinister has taken root in their home.

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Phil Hoad

Guardian

Genuinely interesting and experimental...

Rated: 3/5

Oct 11, 2022

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...if you don’t like murk, phone screens and shaky-cam, stay away, but there’s enough originality on show to make He’s Watching worth pointing out to genre fans…

Rated: 3/5

Oct 17, 2022

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

What Estes, his family, and some game friends have done here is laudable, an achievement of sinister mood in a shiny L.A. house.

Rated: B

Aug 24, 2022

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MontiLee Stormer

MovieReelist.com

Not every frame of He’s Watching works and a lot of the last third feels like a psychedelic trip you didn’t consent to. For the first 80 minutes, I was having a great time with behind-the-shot action and quick cuts designed to keep everyone off balance.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 11, 2022

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Q.V. Hough

Vague Visages

“‘He’s Watching’ is a practical and efficient horror film in the style of Rob Savage’s ‘Host’ (2020), but its brilliance lies in Estes’ subversive funhouse mirror approach.”

Jul 29, 2022

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Andrea Chase

Killer Movie Reviews

A masterfully crafted film that blends the real and the supernatural so seamlessly that a hammer defying gravity is at once reasonable and terrifying.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 28, 2022

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Brett W

The movie had so much potential, but was all over the place. Sometimes the kids are holding the camera, other times it's just there letting the story unfold. Sometimes the director wants you to get into the story by making it like a found footage with added context, yet they play all kinds of music to influence the atmosphere. The director didn't seem to know what he was actually going for. I'd love to see a blended movie of this and Skinamarink though.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

05/30/25

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Mary J

One word....HORRIBLE !!!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

10/09/24

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Jacob E

It’ll be like nothing you ever saw and everything you’ve ever seen. It will mesmerize you and repulse you. It will excite you and bore you. You’ll love it and hate it. You won’t know what to think. Smoke some weed and enjoy it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/12/24

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Soddy P

Loved it! Smarter than it needs to be.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/29/24

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Drift B

The RT critics did it again who knows why they rated this so high 🤬

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/24

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Kaden F

A confused movie with a boring 1st act that leads into an absolutely terrifying 2cd act full of atmosphere, creepy imagery, imagery, and dread, that leads into a confused 3rd act with a twist ending that is clever but somewhat ruins the movie

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/23

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Synopsis

When happy-go-lucky siblings Iris and Lucas are left alone while their parents recover from an illness, a series of playful pranks they play on each other escalate when they start receiving unsettling images and videos on their phones. As the incoming messages become increasingly nightmarish, Iris and Lucas realize something sinister has taken root in their home.

Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
Producer: Iris Serena Estes, Jacob Aaron Estes, Ucas Steel Estes, Gretchen Lieberum
Screenwriter: Jacob Aaron Estes, Iris Serena Estes
Production Co: Made at Home Pictures, 5% Productions
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 21, 2022
Runtime: 1h 35m

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