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2 December 1988 (USA)
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Secret experiment, Unstoppable monster, Deadly mistake... more
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Based on a novel by Dean Koontz. A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab...
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2 nominations
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(3 articles)
Fangoria Week in Review 08.23.2009
(From Fangoria. 23 August 2009, 2:57 PM, PDT)
Revisiting Dean Koontz’ Watchers (Book Review)
(From Fangoria. 22 August 2009, 10:23 PM, PDT)
(From Fangoria. 23 August 2009, 2:57 PM, PDT)
Revisiting Dean Koontz’ Watchers (Book Review)
(From Fangoria. 22 August 2009, 10:23 PM, PDT)
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If you read the book, seeing this horrible movie might make you cry...
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Ironside | ... | Lem Johnson |
 | Christopher Cary | ... | T.V. Newscaster (as Christopher Carey) |
| Graeme Campbell | ... | Man on Boat |
| Dan O'Dowd | ... | First T.V. Reporter |
 | Lala Sloatman | ... | Tracey (as Lala) |
| Corey Haim | ... | Travis Cornell |
| Dale Wilson | ... | Bill Keeshan |
| Blu Mankuma | ... | Cliff |
| Colleen Winton | ... | Deputy Porter |
 | Duncan Fraser | ... | Sheriff Walt Gaines |
| Barbara Williams | ... | Nora Cornell |
| Lou Bollo | ... | Man by Stream |
 | Jason Priestley | ... | Boy on Bike |
| Matt Hill | ... | Boy on Bike |
| Andrew Morkey | ... | Boy on Bike (as Andrew Markey) |
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91 min | Germany:87 min (DVD version)
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Argentina:18 |
Iceland:16 |
Spain:18 |
Australia:M |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16 (cut) |
West Germany:18
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Paul Haggis wrote the original screenplay. By the time the movie was greenlighted, the Writer's Guild Strike hit and Haggis refused to do any further writing on the movie during the strike. Production was passed to Canadian producer Damien Lee who rewrote the script. Haggis read the script and took his name off it - taking credit instead as "Bill Freed", his WGA pseudonym, and insisted Damien Lee take credit for his work.
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Followed by Watchers Reborn (1998)
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Watchers. An excellent, humorous, and poignant novel. Watchers, the movie. Everything I just said, only opposite. Corey Haim plays Travis, who, in the novel, was a fourty year old man with a horrible curse. The curse is that anyone who seems to get close to him dies. Not only does the movie not touch on this (the major theme of the book), but it downplays all major themes of the novel. It doesn't even come close to anything that made the novel so wonderful, which is why Watchers, the "movie", is one you should miss.