The Watcher Page #3

Synopsis: David Allen Griffin is a cool killer- time and time again, he chooses a female victim, studies her for weeks till he knows her routine to the smallest detail, makes meticulous preparations using his forensic knowledge to gain entry when she's quite alone, subdues her and administers a long, torturous death. Joel Campbell got so frustrated by his failure to capture Griffin in Los Angeles, that he quit the FBI, moved to Chicago, and remains in psychiatric therapy, unable to function normally. Then he realizes, when opening his mail very late, that a new murder victim is Griffin's, and the killer sent him pictures of her. Campbell reports this to the police, but is unwilling to join them in the search, suggesting Griffin is too slick and clever; yet he won't get out of it that easily.
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Director(s): Joe Charbanic
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
22
Rotten Tomatoes:
10%
R
Year:
2000
97 min
$28,572,915
1,133 Views


- The photos, Joel.

I'll send you a picture, and you can

have a day to try to find her.

I'll give you till 9:00.

What do you say, Joel?

I say I should have moved

to New jersey, a**hole.

Good night, Joel.

- Are you all right?

- I think so.

Sh*t!

- Who is it?

- Flowers for Joel Campbell.

You didn't answer the phone.

The door downstairs was open,

so I thought I'd just bring-

Put the flowers on the floor.

Thank you.

The photos, Joel.

I'll send you a picture, and you

can have a day to try to find her.

No, I've never seen her.

Is she dead?

I haven't made any reference to homicide.

Why would you hasten to such a conclusion?

- Are you just afraid?

- F***in' right. I'm afraid.

What if the next picture that

arrived was of your daughter?

Really want me to be the one

looking for her?

- Yes.

- I'll send you a picture.

You can have a day

to try to find her.

I got this a half hour ago.

I want the case.

Can you handle it?

I guess we'll find out.

What else did this a**hole say

last night?

That's everything.

We already have a trap and trace on

that line and on your cell phone.

What is that?

Is that, a bird?

This is a poster.

Looks like it was shot inside.

Could be taken anywhere.

It was processed commercially.

See if these numbers are traceable.

If not, get me a list...

of every place in the city

that prints on this Kodak paper.

You got it.

Is that mine?

Thanks.

- I'm sorry. I can't remember your name.

- Mitch Casper.

Mitch, get this in the

computer and blow it up.

Find out what's behind her on

the wall. That thing right there.

Find out what kind of earrings she's

wearing, what kind of blouse that is.

- What's that on her glasses?

- Reflection, yeah.

Find out something

about her. Anything.

Both girls are basically loners,

very little social contact.

The last girl's parents

were deceased.

No close friends as far as we can tell.

Is that his victim profile?

No. I mean, the victims

were always young women,

but he's sending

pictures now.

He's only gonna target loners.

You know, women people don't notice.

He's not gonna send me

a picture of the prom queen.

Yeah. Well, listen.

Before we go any further,

we're gonna have to make a decision as

to whether to go to the press with this.

We gotta make it now.

Look. There's no decision to make. There

is sh*t else we can do for this woman.

Let's get him

in front of the cameras.

They're gonna like him.

All I can tell you

at this time is that...

we have substantial reason to believe

this woman's life is in serious danger.

The Chicago Police Department

and the F.B.I. are working in concert...

to try and locate her, and we're

gonna be grateful for any help...

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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