They're Watching Page #7

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Jay Lender, Micah Wright
Production: Best Served Cold Productions
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
39
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
95 min
36 Views


I can't believe you just

went kakanad on me.

I went kakanad.

You frigging prost.

KATE:
I've got a good one.

How do you say

"spoiled brats"?

(SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE)

(WHOOPING AND APPLAUDING)

(KATE YELLING IN

OTHER LANGUAGE)

SARAH:
That is so mean.

How do you say "witch"?

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

(SARAH YELLING IN

OTHER LANGUAGE)

(MUSIC AND CHATTERING STOPS)

Oh, no.

No, no, no, no.

(SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE)

All right, just go, guys.

Come on, come on, come on.

(SPEAKING

OTHER LANGUAGE)

KATE:
So stupid.

Next time, keep your

f***ing mouth shut.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean

to say something like that.

It just...

It's bar, people get drunk,

they fight, it's okay.

KATE:
No, it's

definitely not okay.

Tomorrow, we finish

up at Becky's

and we head straight

to the airport.

Kate, we've all

been there, okay?

Just back off.

KATE:
I didn't come

to this shithole

to get into

a stupid bar fight.

ALEX:
Yeah, why did

we come to this shithole?

Ugh, Greg, are you

still filming?

Turn that f***ing

thing off.

B*tch.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

No, they've been here

since this morning.

You guys didn't hire

them or anything?

They're not, I thought,

maybe extras or something?

SARAH:
Mmm-mmm.

Sarah, do me

a favor, don't point

the camera directly

at them.

SARAH:
Okay, sorry.

Kate, call it, please.

I mean, should we

get in touch

with that constable?

What are we doing?

I have no signal.

ALEX:
Great.

Same.

Maybe I should

just go talk to them.

I'm sure it'll be fine.

ALEX:
No.

No, let's just do our jobs

and get out of here quickly.

Please?

I agree, let's shoot it,

let's, uh, go home.

ALEX:
Oh, f*** me.

We'll be fast, okay?

Fine, fine.

KATE:
Come on.

We can get this done.

Alex, camera.

Let's do it fast and

let's get outta here

before they go all

Deliverance on our asses.

KATE:
Uh, Becky, do you

have a paring knife?

Big knives look

threatening on camera.

Oh, uh, yeah,

of course.

Um...

Perfect.

Jeez. (CHUCKLES)

Yeah.

Let's get a nice

shot of these.

Ooh, that's really creepy.

Make sure to get that.

And there's

a couple of things

I wanted in the bedroom.

GREG:
Drop

your boom, Alex.

ALEX:
Yeah.

So I really couldn't have done

any of this without Goran.

Here we go!

So excited to show you.

GREG:
Oh, that's cool.

BECKY:
Come on down.

SARAH:
I'm sad I

didn't get to meet Goran.

BECKY:
I know,

but his plane doesn't

even get in

until tomorrow.

ALEX:
Holy crap, Becky.

KATE:
Oh, my God.

Wow!

Becky?

Holy sh*t.

GREG:
This is great,

did you paint this?

BECKY:
No, can you believe

anyone ever covered this up?

I sent pictures

to a friend of mine

in Venice

and he dated the floor to

the time of the Roman Empire.

GREG:
Wow.

BECKY:
A national

treasure in my basement.

KATE:
Oh, it's beautiful.

GREG:
I want to get

it from over here.

And what about this

wine-stomping vat,

holy sh*t.

BECKY:
Oh,

I just use that to, uh,

store paint thinner

and stuff, you know,

the smell.

Oh, but here's

the best part

and I wanted to show

you guys all at once.

Ta-da!

ALL:
Wow!

ALEX:
Oh, my God.

KATE:
Crazy.

ALEX:
Vladimir's

story about the witch.

VLADIMIR:
You, uh, are

very good painter, Becky.

BECKY:
Oh, no.

I didn't paint this,

it was here.

They've been using torches

down here for 100 years

so it was covered under

all this soot and smoke.

KATE:
Uh, Greg,

our flight leaves

in seven hours.

You want to go

get all your gear and get

set up down here?

GREG:
Yeah, yeah,

okay, I got it.

BECKY:
There's more

on this wall.

I was hoping to finish it

before you guys got here

and I ran out of time.

KATE:
This is an

amazing find, Becky,

great work.

Thank you,

I'm really proud of it.

ALEX:
I don't know

if I'd wanna sleep

with this in my basement.

This is kind of creepy,

don't you think?

BECKY:
Oh, no.

I'm not superstitious,

it's not scary.

It's just history.

KATE:
You know,

I have some friends at

the Learning Network.

They might build

an hour-long special

from this.

I mean, they'd pay

you of course, Becky.

It will also make

great tourist attraction.

Uh, bed and breakfast.

People from Netherlands

eat this up with spoon.

Uh, you could get rich.

BECKY:
(LAUGHS) I'm not

interested in money.

I just want

everybody to experience it,

every bit of it.

You know, it's funny,

I moved here

to be an artist,

and here I find

I'm not the first.

Like I'm part of a tradition.

In a weird way, it just

makes me feel connected.

GREG:
Hey, guys, guys!

What the f***?

Wow, so does this

mean we're not getting

our rental deposit back?

How could they have done

this with us right inside?

GREG:
Guys, I think

we need to call the cops.

ALEX:
How are we gonna

call the cops, dude?

We don't have any

cell phone signal.

VLADIMIR:
There's not enough

people out here for tower.

Oh, God, Jesus.

Becky, can we

use your phone?

BECKY:
Um, I, I

don't have a landline.

KATE:
Great.

Can you give us

a ride to the airport?

Sorry, I only have my bike.

Well, so we're

f***ing stuck here.

Should we call a cab or...

Yeah, that's great, Sarah.

Why don't you walk into town,

go hail one,

and bring it back.

Well, good luck with that,

because whoever did this

is still out there.

Oh, God, if they wanted

to start something with us,

they would've.

We were 10 feet away.

This is passive

aggressive bullshit.

I don't know, Kate, it doesn't

look too passive to me.

Yeah, well who's

fault is that?

I told you all to keep

a low profile in town.

GREG:
Kate, how are

we supposed to do that?

We're carrying cameras around.

Start by not filming

funerals, Greg.

ALEX:
Wear it live, sister.

GREG:
Hey, you know what,

at least I didn't get

their dog shot, right?

And this one,

yelling "witch" in

the middle of a bar

full of psycho Euro-hicks.

Way to win over

the locals, Sarah.

Well maybe I should

just f*** them instead!

You little b*tch!

GREG:
Hey, hey, hey, Sarah!

VLADIMIR:
Don't

fight, don't fight, stop.

ALEX:
No, no, no, no, guys.

VLADIMIR:
Stop!

I go, I go to town.

Everyone loves Vladimir.

It will take me a while,

but I will get help.

ALEX:
Are you serious,

you wanna go out there?

Only volunteer

is best volunteer.

There's just a

few things in here.

In case you need 'em.

Thank you.

KATE:
Vladimir,

this is for the car.

I bring back change.

ALEX:
Dude, I

want you to have that

in case of emergencies.

KATE:
Wow.

(SPEAKS OTHER LANGUAGE)

GREG:
Later, brother.

Bye.

Oh.

KATE:
The f***?

My heart attack!

(GROANS)

No, kidding, just kidding!

I kid, I be okay,

don't worry. (VOCALIZES)

Tension relief, fail.

(GREG CHUCKLES)

So it kinda looks like rain.

Anybody want some coffee?

Yes, please.

KATE:
Yeah, that

would be great.

BECKY:
I'll make it.

SARAH:
All in.

ALEX:
All right,

let's dance, lady. I call.

What you got?

SARAH:
Two

pairs, number eight.

ALEX:
You b*tch.

Good hand.

Not as good as five

Vladimirs though.

Yeah, sorry.

SARAH:
Have you been playing

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Micah Wright

Micah Ian Wright (born February 7, 1974 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American author who has worked in film, television, animation, video games and comic books. He is a tribally enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. more…

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