After narrowly escaping an armed robbery, Travis Wilkes invites the drifter who saved him back to the isolated home where he and his girlfriend reside, not realizing that he's opened the door to a night of terror and brutal revenge.
Acting
Mark Patton's unhinged drifter steals every scene
Practical Effects
Gooey, visceral effects over CGI any day
Direction
Holt squeezes claustrophobia from one location
Director
L.C. Holt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mark Patton, horror's first male scream queen (A Nightmare on Elm Street 2), returns to the genre after 30+ years.
The title 'Watchdog' inverts the protector role—Robert guards nothing, he hunts.
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