The Cry of the Owl

The Cry of the Owl

What would you do if someone was watching you?

2009101 min5.7 / 10

A slow-burn psychological thriller about obsession and paranoia that blurs the line between watcher and watched, trapping a fragile man in a web of suspicion and mental instability.

Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.

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