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Well, we are apparently in the minority but I am one of those who found it quite a bit of I actually found the staging rather brilliant as well as the interpretation of "Dakota Fleming" and the very beautiful photography. We can notice how much there is a big difference between the tones used for the forest with always dark, dreary colors that accentuate the impression of insecurity, terror and constant danger and those inside the shelter, warm colors, mainly orange, giving an opposite feeling of comfort and protection), Good work that makes us feel different, very contrasting sensations.

And then the filmmaker chooses not to show us the famous lookouts of the forest until the last part, which gives us a feeling of very intense intrigue. We appreciate that the terror used is mainly psychological and that she knows how to play with shadows, sound, elements and the magic of the script rather than with jump scares.

It is also possible that beyond the macabre fairy tale, these characters, who neither eat nor drink throughout the film, are simply a kind of symbolic resource to talk more deeply about the protagonist, her guilt and her trauma and the mythology invoked a metaphor.

This way of seeing the film would explain the apparent inconsistencies... The truth is that with The Watchers we find a product very much made in Shyamalan, a film with touches of psychological horror, thriller and quite a bit of fantasy and of course those final twists so typical of the director. Ishana reminds me of the young "Brandon Cronenberg" who borrows a lot from his father in his works.

A psychological horror film that knows very well how to use Irish folklore to enhance an interesting scenario.

A unique director? Without a doubt. A unique work? Oh yes! An experimental work too, but at the same time not difficult for the audience, in which the physical and the neurological merge.

A fantastic melodrama that is exciting and precise, provided that one is able to watch a work that goes slowly but that if one makes the effort to get into it, one will not forget.

Intelligent and sagacious, "En décalé" moves with the same clarity that it surprises.

In addition, at the same time as a speech on cinema as an echo chamber, the film offers a beautiful study of the main character superbly interpreted by "Marta Nieto".

Of course, for the film to work, very effective work on sound and synchronization was needed... That's good, since that's the case: Goya for Best Sound. Gaudí Award for Best Sound.