Watchers

Watchers (1988)

It started as a secret experiment... It ended up as a new breed of terror.

A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature that's not quite so friendly.

Date of release
1988-12-02
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (111)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director
Jon Hess
Collection
Watchers Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Watchers
  • Filmed in: Vancouver

Watchers is a 1988 science fiction horror film directed by Jon Hess and starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams, and Lala Sloatman. Loosely based on the 1987 novel Watchers by Dean R. Koontz, the film revolves around a boy who befriends an unusually intelligent stray dog being hunted by a ruthless government agent and a dangerous mutated creature. It is the first installment in the Watchers film series.

Production

At the time, Watchers was the most expensive U.S. production to take advantage of Canadian Tax Shelter laws.

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