
When an American home improvement TV show visits a remote Eastern European village, the young crew thinks the lack of mocha lattés and free wifi will be the worst of their problems. But after their filming interrupts the superstitious villagers' private religious ritual, the situation takes a turn for the homicidal... and when the blood starts flowing, that's when things get really weird. With THEY'RE WATCHING, noted graphic novelists and animators Micah Wright and Jay Lende... (Full plot summary below)
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When an American home improvement TV show visits a remote Eastern European village, the young crew thinks the lack of mocha lattés and free wifi will be the worst of their problems. But after their filming interrupts the superstitious villagers' private religious ritual, the situation takes a turn for the homicidal... and when the blood starts flowing, that's when things get really weird. With THEY'RE WATCHING, noted graphic novelists and animators Micah Wright and Jay Lender turn a classic horror premise upside down to create a fresh, funny, eye-popping twist on the genre.
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| Fort Worth WeeklyKristian M. LinHere's a 94-minute found-footage horror movie that would have worked better as an 8-minute found-footage Funny or Die comedy sketch. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe movie doesn't do justice to a promising premise. A scarcity of laughs and scares limits this property's curb appeal. |
| HollywoodInToto.comChristian TotoWait, you mean you won't be begging for They're Watching's cast to be sliced and diced? How ... refreshing. |
| Village VoiceRob StaegerWriter-directors Micah Wright and Jay Lender are kids'-cartoon vets and show a facility for comedy on a more human level here — as does the nimble cast, which ably handles the tonal shift from travel nightmare to actual nightmare. |
| The AbstractKellie HaulotteFor those who watch HGTV's House Hunters International will find They're Watching a pretty funny and (sometimes spooky) spoof. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersLender and Wright infuse things with a Sam Raimi-like absurdity that allows the gory mayhem to have a surrealistic spunk that had me giggling madly at almost all the right moments. |
| AV ClubJesse HassengerIt’s not scary, and not goofy enough to be funny. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoViewers looking for the minimal amount of horror in their horror comedies will be appeased with They're Watching, but the focus here is on laughs, not chills - and that won't work for audiences seeking an equal balance between genres. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe movie’s incredibly irritating characters made me remember why I only ever needed to watch “The Blair Witch Project” once, and its hobbling, dopey, drawn-out plotlines and xenophobic thematic threads made me think very, very kind thoughts about Eli Roth’s “Hostel” movies, which at least have ruthless efficiency going for them. |
| VarietyDennis HarveyNeither very plausible nor scary, this found-footage exercise is nonetheless entertaining enough for a spell ... |