![]() There’s a tunnel discovered under the house. The show adds a barrage of physical threats and tragedies (spoilers ahead.) The Broaddus family pet is murdered. And the additions detract from the true horror. The creative license taken by the programme is overdone and unnecessary almost the entire show is manufactured. Whatever happened, I found it increasingly ridiculous – so much so that I often found it hard to pay attention, too. Maybe the script changed maybe the director’s cuts resulted in the confusing and, at times, hilariously cringey final product. ![]() After finishing the series, I would’ve thought they’d have recognised the show as a mess from the first reading of the script. The Watcher has an all-star cast: Bobby Cannavale, Mia Farrow, Margo Martindale and Naomi Watts. To be honest, I was really surprised – and disappointed. Who was the writer? Why were they writing? Was it a joke? Were they inside? Where were they? Would tonight be the night they put their threats into physical action and harmed the family? That vague, intangible sense of foreboding amounts to psychological torture and constant fear. Two, there was no blood, no jump scares, no concrete threats – just creepy letters talking about “young blood” and “greed” in weird, sinister language. The Watcher seemed to be able to hear and see the Broaddus family at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, New Jersey any sense of privacy or comfort was stripped away. One, at its heart was the fundamental feeling of security craved by everyone everywhere – safety in one’s own home. The tale – about a suburban family receiving a series of threatening letters from a person calling themselves “The Watcher” – resonated as particularly terrifying for three reasons. When The Watcher story first became public in 2018, people around the world devoured it with a seemingly insatiable appetite as conspiracy theories exploded and armchair detectives fell down rabbit holes.
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