The Watchers (PG-13: 2024)
The Watchers. Horror, Fantasy. Rated PG-13, released June 2024. Director: Ishana Shyamalan; Writers: Ishana Shyamalan; A.M. Shine; Starring: Dakota Fanning; Georgina Campbell; Olwen Fouéré; and more. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26736843/.
I’m always fascinated with films that embrace the age-old faerie lore and embed it into current times. This film does just that. Another stunning mysterious tale from the Shyamalan lineage, this time by his daughter … and lives up to the power of the Shyamalan collection. Taking place in the land of legends and fairy lore … western Ireland, a young artist gets stranded in the woods discovering three others who too, are trapped. They have to hide in a bunker every evening and daylight provides little time to find an escape before darkness falls. Strange phenomena cloaks their every move and soon its discovered that the species of Changelings of the Fae imprisoned under the earth has a plot for their escape. True to descriptive nature of changelings and dark fae, this film embraces the most horror filled nightmares surrounding them. It leaves room for a sequel, which I can only hope manifests into reality. Review by Oisin Rhymour, 5 stars out of 5.
