™
Watchers
From Canadian Entertainment Investors No. 2 and Company · Universal Pictures · Rose & Ruby Productions
It started as a secret experiment... It ended up as a new breed of terror.
Create a free account to see where Watchers is streaming, with prices and your services first.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in US
🔔 Notify me when it’s streamingSynopsis
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that it's an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unbeknownst to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature that's not quite so friendly.
Themes
Cast & crew
Directed by Jon Hess
Corey HaimTravis Cornell
Michael IronsideLem Johnson
Barbara WilliamsNora Cornell
Lala SloatmanTracey
Dale WilsonBill Keeshan
Blu MankumaCliff
Duncan FraserSheriff Walt Gaines
Colleen WintonDeputy Porter
Christopher CaryTV Newscaster
Don S. DavisVeterinarianGraeme CampbellMan On BoatDan O'DowdFirst TV ReporterVideos
Trailers
Images · 14
In this series · Watchers
Similar titles
Reviews · from TMDB members
WuchakMay 21, 2026
**_A boy & his dog… and the savage creature chasing them_** This was loosely based on Dean Koontz’ 1987 novel. As usual, readers complain about the changes and how the book is vastly superior. So, what else is new? How much more so if the book’s 512 pages and the movie runs only 1h 31m? It’s an adventure/sci-fi/horror in the tradition of “Terminator” and “Predator,” just with a teenage boy protagonist, played by Corey Haim as Travis. Interestingly, Travis is a 36 years-… Read more
old former Delta Force operator in the book; and Nora is his romantic interest. Here, Nora is his mother, played by Barbara Williams, with blonde Lala Sloatman as the teenage girlfriend. Lala is very beautiful and I wish her role was bigger. She and Corey dated for a year or two afterward. Michael Ironside is also on hand as a dubious govt agent, a mixture of two characters in the novel, Lem and Vince. Disregarding the changes from the book, the movie worked for me. It’s creative late 80s’ entertainment. No, it’s not great like “Terminator,” or the later “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” but I’d watch it any day over “Predator.” Three sequels followed in 1990, 1994 and 1998. It was shot in May-June 1988 in Vancouver, British Columbia. GRADE: B/B-