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3/10
It Is Pretty Bad
dcarsonhagy27 December 2016
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"It Watches" is a story about a friend, who is recovering from some sort of accident, who is asked to house sit for a friend. The house sits somewhere in the Hollywood Hills and is full of mannequins, parts of mannequins, and has an overall bad vibe to it. Still, it's IN the Hollywood Hills, so had bad can it be? Cameras are everywhere (you don't know why), and Andre always feels like he is being watched, and he has good reason to feel this way. This is all I'll say about the plot.

What follows is...confusion. The movie does a decent job up to a point and then it just falls apart. Those involved with the film seemed to "just want to get it over," so they hurl everything at the audience at one time, introduce characters which do nothing but let you in the on the movie's "secret," and then it ends. Poor execution all the way around.

Rated "R" for brief nudity, language, and violence, this one was pretty bad.
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3/10
So wrong on all levels
kjjames817 December 2016
Okay just watched this or should I say that I just wasted an hour and twenty on this trash, yes it was bad.

Started off week enough, a friend watches a house for a mate over the weekend and the house is meant to be haunted.

Well by the 45th minute you will have worked out the plot without any problem and that my dear reader is the whole problem with this film.

It all goes down hill when a neighbor calls round and then the film had no hope of ever recovering. They should have kept the neighbor out of it, his over acting and swearing spoiled the film totally.

As for the main actor who went from a glasses wearing humble guy who takes a shower and then becomes a swearing, no glasses smooth talking guy, that was another bad decision from the film makers.
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4/10
It had all the right elements, but...
paul_haakonsen11 December 2016
I had no idea what "It Watches" was about prior to sitting down and watching it. However, it was more than enough that it was a horror movie to have me interested. And when reading the synopsis on IMDb, then I will admit that my interest was a bit more peaked.

The story in "It Watches" is about Andre, who is asked to house-sit a big house for a friend. However, he quickly finds that someone or something is in the house with him, as strange sounds and even stranger occurrences take place in the house.

"It Watches" did have all the right ingredients to make for a good suspenseful thriller / horror movie, however, it just turned out to be too generic and predictable; playing it safe on every parameter and giving the audience nothing new that hasn't already been done countless times before in other similar movies.

Director Dave Parker did however manage to set up a good atmosphere and had the movie progress at a nicely paced speed.

And actor Ivan Djurovic really carried the movie tremendously well with his performance. This movie was all his, given his performance, and he really outshone everyone else on the cast list. Now, I can't claim to be familiar with his previous work, although I have watched the 2011 "51" movie, but I can't recall his performance here.

"It Watches" is good enough for a single viewing, however, it offers nothing new to the genre, and chances are that if you are a seasoned veteran to the horror / thriller genre, like I am, then you will not be overly impressed with what you see here. This is the type of movie that you watch once, and then bag and tag it, never to watch it again.

I am rating "It Watches" four out of ten stars. And that below-mediocre rating is solely given because the movie didn't bring any surprises to the genre, nor did it bring anything new to the genre, and it was just too predictable.
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1/10
What a stinker...
kingjoneva11 July 2018
This was such a waste of my time that it made me wish I had a time machine that would enable me to go back 1 hour and twenty minutes to get that part of my life back. The premise of this movie was so promising; a man with no memory house sitting in a creepy home in the Hollywood Hills. But that's pretty much where the accolades must end. From that point on its pretty much downhill. The acting was horrible, the camerawork was shoddy, the sound sucked, and the script went completely off the rails. The plot twist was barely a twist, it wasn't even a slight turn. Save your time and energy for something else.
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2/10
It Watches - A waste of time 😒😤
brownie-839 December 2016
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WARNING.......I HAVE EXPLAINED THE STORY IN THIS REVIEW, some may say it's a spoiler so hence the warning....

Just watched this movie, let's just say I've just wasted over 1 hour and 20 odd minutes with this stupid film. It was bit slow to start off with. It Watches is classed as a thriller....lol....it's nothing of the sort.

It's about a guy called Andre who had an accident recently. He's recovering from concussion and memory loss. Andre decides to help his mate Robert out by doing some house sitting (in a "so called" creepy house) based in LA. The house ends up showing it's insidious ways to Andre due to him hearing odd sounds/noises & strange experiences around the house which makes him believe he is not alone in this house & someone or something is there with him.

Basically I wouldn't waste your time or effort in trying to watch this poor movie. Acting wasn't that great and was a bit confusing sometimes (maybe because I just wasn't getting into the film, it bored me).

So if you fancy wasting 1 hour & 20 odd minutes of your life, then please go ahead and watch this.
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5/10
4.5 Stars
Foutainoflife14 February 2019
This film is about a man who, after just recently having an accident that has left him with a foggy memory, choses to help out a friend by house sitting. The house is a bit creepy and after smoking some strong weed and downing some alcohol the house transitions from creepy to scary. What is going on in this house?

Being a horror fan can make a viewer become jaded. We are constantly looking for fresh material but all too often you end up seeing the same story lines with just the locations, actors and maybe some of the circumstances being changed. It really can turn you into a harsh critic and I think this is some of what is happening with this film. It is low budget and it's been done before.

I didn't think it was all that bad. Like I said, it is low budget but I didn't think that the quality, while lacking, was awful. The actors had both good and bad moments and I thought the story was interesting. I want to give credit where credit is due and I think this one deserves a little more respect that it is getting.
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3/10
I Watched... and I Knew Where It Went
tesswysko22 February 2019
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This movie was a train wreck. I'll tell you why- You get involved with Andre the main character, who we are led to believe had an automobile accident, yet later in the movie it was just referred to as an accident. And I will let you figure that one out for yourself. You really like Andre, you think he's this good guy stuck in this strange house, busted hand, no car, phone dying, & all of a sudden bizarre things start happening around this house! His friend brought him here, told him to have a weekend to decompress & hopefully the details from the accident which he has amnesia from will come back to him. The house is filled with alcohol, and there's even a box with a lot of weed in it and very little food. It's like someone wants him to get out of his gourd. But the whole house is this bizarre BDSM nightmare! Every room is either black or purple- and I'm the Queen of Metal and it even made me uncomfortable! But the fact is, much as you really like Andre you can see what's coming from miles away! And you really wish it WOULDN'T happen you really hope that they wrote the script differently because it's the "Same Old Situation" as Motley Crue would say. So there really was no excitement or twist at the denumont. The acting was AMAZING even though the script just plain sucked! The outside of the house was GORGEOUS! I would love to live there- wherever they filmed this at, it looks like some sort of an Asian paradise! But I really just can't find anything nice to say beyond that!
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3/10
Swamp monster? Guy? Killer? Ghost? Mannequin?
luciejaeger9 June 2017
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This movie had it all. And with all I mean ice and a good plot twist. But the rest was... questionable.

The main character first was what seemed to be a nice gay man, wearing his fancy lil glasses and his cast and just being considerate and cute. He was even filming a vlog for his Nana. But as he turned out to be a heterosexual straight after all, I got a little suspicious. I thought to myself "that's not a good sign...". But then he took some of the coolest drugs I had ever seen... He smokes plastic bags? Hardcore af. 10/10. He might be a straight dude, but a straight dude I can respect. Anyway, besides the point. Andre the straight male went into the basement a few times too often and his vlogging abilities are shitty af. He isn't the brightest candle on the cake, but at least he... no, nothing else. He's just not the brightest. Typical Youtube vlogger, I suppose.

All in all I'd give the movie 3/10 stars because of the ice (2 stars)(there was lots of it) and the plot twist (1 star).

Also... my friend didn't like the appearance of Andre, next time maybe get an 8 or 9, please.
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7/10
I watched!
christinaxa30 August 2020
Even though it was low budget, I really enjoyed it! Shows how terrifying and frightening the dark side of mankind can be
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1/10
Do not waste your time
mahmut-1201717 January 2021
Totally stupid and waste of time. I bet you have not seen any film more stupid than this one
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10/10
Entertaining
lawrenceslee25 March 2017
It Watches was a pleasant surprise. Although a bit of a slow burn start, it kept me guessing through out the entire film and had a full filling ending. The director (Dave Parker) succeeded in making something new and interesting. The lead actor (Ivan Djurovic) carried the movie well, looking forward to seeing him in more. All and all was worth a watch.
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1/10
The acting was unbelievably terrible
lopezpatricia-0613918 October 2020
This could have been a really good film if they had employed qualified actors. Low budget or not there no excuse for this level of crapness. But the story was sound and that saddens me more that it could have been great.
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4/10
My name is guy. I am here to help you.
nogodnomasters28 August 2017
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Robert (Rick Irwin) produces reality TV shows where they set a person in a rigged house with cameras with the intent of scaring them. Andre (Ivan Djurovic) is taken by Robert to a home to house sit. Andre has a concussion and sprained wrist from an auto accident. He has memory and paranoia issues. The house has cameras and Andre tours the house with his own camera as the bulk of the film is unnecessarily hand held camera. A murdered girl is reported on the news as well as death row inmates being transferred. The house makes noises and has manikins under sheets. There is also a locked room. With the scene set, Andre's girlfriend Rachel (Sanny van Heteren) arrives, and he doesn't recall what they did last time they were together. Clearly there is someone else in the house...

We see things happen throughout the house. Andre gets high as the director Dave Parker gets to use the fish-eye lens he got for Christmas, no sense letting it go to waste. Things happen that don't make sense until the end, which you may or may not have figured out. I thought Andre's long trip of house discovery to be more annoying than entertaining. The plot was a little better than most hand held type films, but the execution fell short.

Guide: F-word. Groping. No sex or nudity. Woman in bra and panties.

Note: It is not safe to back out on a busy street with a blind curve. Pull up along side of the road. Back into the driveway.
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1/10
It doesn't watch, it sucks!
tmccull529 March 2022
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Let's see. I'm all alone in a strange house that I find to be creepy and unsettling. I inadvertently video-record a few odd occurrences. I invite my girlfriend over for dinner, and during our date night, some stranger claiming to be a neighbor knocks at the door. This stranger offers some cock-and-bull story about a group of escaped convicts roaming the neighborhood. I go to check the house, leaving this stranger with my girlfriend. When I come back, she's gone. According to this stranger, my girlfriend just up and left, after complaining to him that I had a very small punishment. I throw the stranger out. What do I do next?

I get high as a kite! Because yeah, that's pretty much what anyone would do under those circumstances, right?

"It Watches". Do yourself a favor. Don't watch. This rancid turd of a film doesn't even merit one star.
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2/10
Spoilers!!! Show explained ... maybe
kimdkus12 September 2023
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From what I can gather, a killer is out in the public and he has killed a woman found in a trunk of a car.

Our main character Andre has a memory loss and is staying at a house to recover and to help his friend out who was suppose to stay in the house but couldn't.

Strange things begin to happen: sheet covered mannequins begin to move, there are cameras everywhere, strange noises. His girlfriend comes over but they are interrupted by Guy who tells them convicts are near. Andre goes to inspect the house leaving GF alone. Guy tries to attack her but she disappears. Strange things happen. Andre hears sounds in the house, finds a secret room w photos of GF and himself, and pictures ic other women. He finds videos of him being watched, etc.

My interpretation: Andre is the killer of these women. His memory loss is his 'good' side wanting to stop all of these murders. The house is actually bad Andre's house and the cameras are to video tape murders done in the house but good Andre doesn't recognize the house. The stalking people are 'bad' Andre wanting take back control and get rid of good Andre. The people in the woods chasing him are cops. Somehow Melissa got away and told the police what happened. I think Guy was actually bad Andre trying to hurt her as at the end she mets him at the door looking at him in a frightened way as the cops were taking him out.

I think a better end less confusing ending would have been the cops discussing the crime and Melissa crying as she told her version. It could have been a great film if the writing had been better. But as it stands it's very confusing. Again, directors, it helps to let us in on the story line.
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4/10
It lost me
headstrong-5273126 November 2023
It seemed like a good movie initially until it shows the plot twist which really lost me as there's nothing that seemed to lead up to the how/why of it. Guy loses his memory in accident, house sits in a creepy house alone, date comes over & appears to disappear bc neighbor isn't who/what he claims but then everything just gets too weird to follow.

The movie left me very confused as to what exactly I had watched. It appeared to be a horror/ suspense genre but left me thinking it was a psychological drama instead...It left me with alot of questions as to what exactly happened & who did what..still not sure.
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9/10
Cinematographer goes Director with a Sound Genius at his side
skyklan47-105-9831024 March 2019
What KJ James doesn't know.. is that it was made for potheads.. it's funny to me the way reefer madness is funny to me.. especially when he finally gets talked down off the cliff by his friend and starts to chill out in front of the TV with his tornado rip. he starts to trip out on the sound of the tap dripping. the next part was probably the most genuine comedic pothead relief ive seen in a while..
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