The Watchers 2024 Review. The premise of 'the watchers' promises an eerie, minimalist horror flick, but the execution in the second and third acts is nothing short of a cinematic crime against humanity, wreaking havoc. Shine, “the watchers” is ishana night shyamalan’s directorial debut, a fabled narrative that seesaws between fantastical whimsy and proposed.

With “the watchers”, shyamalan weaves psychological and folk horror together into a movie that seems to draw from a number of inspirations. ‘the watchers’ is good folk horror and better theater horror.