Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows Shop News Showtimes

Watchers

Play trailer Poster for Watchers R 1988 1h 32m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
0% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 31% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A spirited golden retriever survives an explosion at a secret government lab and makes its way to the suburbs, where it is taken in by Travis (Corey Haim), a lonely teenager. Travis quickly discovers that the dog is highly intelligent and is able to use the English language. A ruthless government agent named Lem (Michael Ironside) is out to retrieve the animal, as well as another mutated beast that was released in the explosion and has since embarked on a murderous rampage.

Critics Reviews

View All (5) Critics Reviews
Mike Massie Gone With The Twins With a consistently serious tone, sudden moments of grisliness, Ironside's nasty villain, and Sandy the dog actor hitting all her cues, it's a routinely competent thriller. Rated: 5/10 Sep 8, 2020 Full Review Steve Newton Georgia Straight Watchers is a real mess, and it's only a couple of steps up from the dismal Maximum Overdrive, the last Stephen King story to be slaughtered on the screen. Rated: 0/5 Feb 10, 2014 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 6, 2005 Full Review Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com We're talking about the only film in the history of celleloid that hopes to entice viewers by placing the name of Corey Haim above the title! Rated: 2/5 May 17, 2004 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Arguably, though, the film is worth it for the sight of Haim getting stabbed in the leg and screaming like Demi Moore: you can't script time capsule stuff like that. Rated: 1/4 Oct 31, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View All (89) audience reviews
Audience Member I think this movie is amazing, the acting is spectacular but the graphics aren't that good but for a 1988 movie its amazing. by far my favorite movie of all time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review tiago d O filme é ótimo, super divertido, com um bom ritmo e personagens carismáticos. Não sei o que tanto reclamam ai em baixo. Hoje em dia as pessoas não conseguem ver nada que não seja super-heróis. É um filme simples, uma aventura de terror que facilmente da para assistir com toda família. Ótimo para assistir em um fim de noite. Desligar a cabeça e se divertir com um filme simples e bem executado. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a rivalry as old as time: a golden retriever with special abilities battling the mutated monster known as the OXCOM (Outside Experimental Combat Mammal). The dog soon makes friends with Travis Cornell (Corey Haim) and his girlfriend Tracey (Lala Sloatman, who was dating Haim; she's also the niece of Frank Zappa and is in Amityville: A New Generation). Of course, the government wants the dog back, so they send NSO agent Johnson (Michael Ironside). This movie kills everyone it comes across, with either OXCOM or Johnson basically wiping out a small town, whether to kill or to keep the murders secret. Amazingly, this was originally written by Paul Haggis, who would go on to write Million Dollar Baby, Crash and yes, create Walker Texas Ranger. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review steve d They mangle the book which was a blast. This is a silly mess. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I like it quite a bit. I read the book too, and although they are very different, I liked them both for different reasons. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member This movie incomparable to the book. However, thanks to Michael Ironside incredible performance this movie still rocks and entertaining no matter how many times I watch as it never gets boring. Thumbs up!? Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews
Watchers

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW

Cast & Crew

Movie Info

Synopsis A spirited golden retriever survives an explosion at a secret government lab and makes its way to the suburbs, where it is taken in by Travis (Corey Haim), a lonely teenager. Travis quickly discovers that the dog is highly intelligent and is able to use the English language. A ruthless government agent named Lem (Michael Ironside) is out to retrieve the animal, as well as another mutated beast that was released in the explosion and has since embarked on a murderous rampage.
Director
Jon Hess
Producer
Damian Lee, David Mitchell
Screenwriter
Bill Freed, Damian Lee
Production Co
Concorde Pictures, Carolco Pictures Inc., Rose & Ruby Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$457.0K
Runtime
1h 32m