TV Show Review - The Watcher (Mini Series)

Season: Mini Series
Genre: Thriller/ Horror/ Mystery
Number of episodes: 7
Year: 2022
Starring: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher McDonald, Mia Farrow, Noma Dumezweni, Margo Martindale, Richard Kind, Luke David Blumm, Isabel Gravitt

Description: A married couple (Bobby Cannavale, Naomi Watts) moving into their dream home is being threatened by terrifying letters from a stalker, signed “The Watcher”.  

Review: Halloween is just around the corner and Netflix know damn well how to get you ready for that. Just in: “The Watcher”. A series, based on true events, about a married coupe and their two kids who buy their dream house.

Nora and Dean Brannock can’t believe how lucky they are, moving away from the big city, into to this beautiful house. Until they start receiving ominous letters, signed by someone killing themselves “The Watcher”. With that, the Brannocks’ neighbors are very strange and there seems to be a hidden history about the house.

The show started off super strong. The first two episode were really creepy, terrifying at times, where you just want to double check if you have locked every door and window in your house. The tension doesn’t stay consistent, but the mystery does.

Like the couple, you are constantly trying to figure out who is writing those letters and why this person keeps such close tabs on the Brannocks. It is loosely based on true events, which makes the thought of everything even scarier.

The ending might leave you a bit unsatisfied, but it makes sense, since that’s what really happened. A series easy to binge, perfect for Halloween.