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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


with those cards

the entire time?

ALEX:
Read 'em and weep.

KATE:
Wallace is gonna

hit the roof over this.

(SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGE)

This is one of my...

See, I love this guy,

he's great.

Uh, you know, this is...

I lost my virginity

to that guy.

What does that mean,

"Assuming the bridge is okay"?

Um, well,

last spring there was, uh...

It washed out a little bit.

But I think it'll be okay.

It washed out?

Oh, sh*t, I mean it's

not raining that hard

right now, is it?

No, it'll be okay.

Are you laughing at me?

Did that sound kind of

panicked when I said that?

I meant that to be more

of, like, a masculine

kind of, like,

"It's not raining."

You, uh, do this at home?

You have a lady

at home waiting

for you to cook for her?

If I had a lady at home

doing this for me,

I'd have no idea

how to do this.

(LAUGHING)

No, I mean, you know,

I wanna direct

my own stuff, I think.

It'd be nice, not that

it's not super fun

working for Kate.

Who's just really

the nicest lady you

ever wanna meet.

(WHISPERS) She's a b*tch.

That's terrible.

(LAUGHS) She's a b*tch.

Not that I don't like it here.

Not that I don't like it here.

It's just that I

don't like it here.

(LAUGHING)

I think we can add those

peppers now, you ready?

ALEX:
Dude, you're

gonna, like, pay $10,000

to get one from a scalper?

GREG:
No, you just get online.

SARAH:
No, I'll

get you guys tickers.

ALEX:
What is, what was that?

You'll get us tickets?

Mmm-hmm.

You mean Uncle Wallace

will get us tickets?

That's very nice of him.

I should write him

a thank-you note.

BECKY:
Kate, are you

not gonna eat your food?

BECKY:
Pretty cool.

Like this?

Yeah, but don't try

to hold it steady.

It's just gonna make

you shake it more.

Yeah, listen to her,

she went to film school.

GREG:
And they

taught her well.

You taped it,

didn't you?

GREG:
What are

you talkin' about?

You know what

I'm talking about.

You taped it, you lied.

You said the camera was off.

Which one of you

showed her?

GREG:
Kate.

KATE:
Alex.

GREG:
All right.

You know what, Kate,

don't do this,

not now, okay,

not in front of Becky.

BECKY:
Um, maybe

I should just go.

No, Becky, Kate's done.

This is your house.

You don't have to

go anywhere.

Listen, we'll have

all had a rough day.

Let's try to

keep it together.

Vladimir's been gone,

what, two hours?

He's caught a ride into

town, he's gonna be back.

Really, yeah, when?

Soon.

Becky, why don't I teach

you how to pull focus?

BECKY:
Oh, okay.

SARAH:
Put your fingers

like this right here.

I begged Wallace

not to make me

come back here with you.

Manganese granular.

You just put it in the glaze

and then it comes

out like this.

ALEX:
The rain's

definitely letting up.

We should get outta here soon.

GREG:
That suits me.

It's getting stuffy in here.

SARAH:
Becky, those

are really beautiful.

Thanks, I have a lot more.

You wanna see them?

They're in the kiln hut.

SARAH:
Yeah, absolutely.

Let me grab a battery.

There's this really cool

crafts fair in Chisinau.

Once a month, I go there

and I sell my pots.

SARAH:
Yeah? Do you make

a lot of money like that?

Uh, well, not really

because you kinda

have to be there a long

time, but I do sell some

and it's pretty great.

Oh, my God.

SARAH:
What?

Oh, my God.

(GAGGING)

SARAH:
Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh.

(CHOKING)

SARAH:
Are you okay?

GREG:
We're filming

everything from now on.

We can't let these people

get away with this.

It's f***ed up.

We shouldn't have

come back here.

KATE:
What the f***?

Oh, my God!

(GASPS)

SARAH:
Oh, my God.

ALEX:
Oh, Jesus Christ.

KATE:
What the f*** is that?

(FROG CROAKS)

(ALL SCREAMING)

KATE:
Will somebody please

explain to these a**holes

that we are Americans?

GREG:
Becky, help me.

BECKY:
All right, I'm gonna

close the bedroom.

GREG:
I need

the goddamn hammer.

Kate, give me

a hand already! Come on!

I'll get the hammer.

GREG:
Go, go, go, go, go,

that's good, that's good.

KATE:
Okay, is there anything

else you guys can think of

that we can do to, like,

trap ourselves in here?

Look, I would rather be

in here than out there,

all right?

GREG:
We're safe.

Safe? If they want us,

they're gonna come

in here and get us.

Nobody's getting in

here, Kate, don't worry.

And if they can't come in,

they're just gonna

f***ing burn this place down.

We need to head

out to the woods.

The woods?

Yes.

Kate, we don't,

we don't have any gear.

We don't even have a compass.

Where the hell

are we gonna go?

Anywhere but here.

Jesus Christ.

Becky, Goran,

you said Goran's coming

in tomorrow morning.

What time does

his flight land?

What?

Goran. His flight,

when does he land?

Um, 8:
00 a.m.

He said he was

coming straight here.

Okay, 8:
00 a.m.,

okay, right?

It's a two-hour flight, Kate.

ALEX:
Yeah.

He's in his car by 9:00,

he's here by 11:
00,

noon at the latest.

All right, assuming that

he didn't miss his flight.

SARAH:
I'm sure he

didn't miss his flight.

Or the bridge isn't out.

GREG:
Jesus Christ.

Or those f***ing

maniacs out there

didn't cut him up

the way they f***ing

cut up Vladimir!

GREG:
Enough!

(SOBS) I'm sorry.

Sorry.

Oh, that's f***in' great,

Kate, that's f***in' awesome.

Guys, listen, here's the plan.

We're gonna stay here tonight,

we're gonna wait for Goran,

and we're gonna drive

outta here in the morning.

You don't give orders, Greg.

This is my production.

SARAH:
We're not making

a show anymore, Kate.

And yet you're still filming.

That's because we film

everything from here on out.

Everything.

None of you ever liked me.

(SCOFFS)

Do you know how many times

I covered for you guys?

You've all been laughing

at me this whole time.

SARAH:
Sun's going down.

Sh*t!

(SHELVES RATTLE)

Just makin' sure.

We need to

get some sleep.

Yeah, that's great,

who the f*** can sleep?

All right, great, man,

you take the first watch.

Ladies.

You can take this room.

Okay, thanks, Becky.

Listen, Sarah.

I want you to keep

that camera rolling

and then change

the batteries,

all right?

Thank you.

And, um, Sarah, if you're

okay with doubling up,

you can share this

room with me, okay?

See anything?

SARAH:
No.

Have you had

a lot of problems

with these people before?

Well, I don't speak

the language yet.

But, um, I've gotten some

hard stares at the market.

Single woman and all,

living this far out of town.

You know.

And I don't go to church.

So I haven't gone

out of my way to

become part of

their community.

But this is...

I'm really gonna

miss this house.

(SARAH GASPS)

(WHISPERS) Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, what was that?

Oh, my God.

(SARAH GASPS)

(BREATHING RAPIDLY)

(FROG CROAKS)

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Yo.

What are you doin' up?

SARAH:
Can't sleep.

Yeah, I know,

tell me about it.

Kate went to sleep,

like, 10 minutes

after you guys left,

stuck me with all this

f***in' guard duty.

SARAH:
Well,

Greg and I are gonna

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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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