Taglines: Kill or be killed.
A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of “Kill, Or Be Killed”. As the night unfolds, the game’s mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING… not knowing if what they’re seeing is real, or staged.
Keep Watching is an American horror film directed by Sean Carter and written by Joseph Dembner. It was produced by Nicolas Chartier, Howard Young, Andrew Rona, Alex Heineman, Craig J. Flores, Joseph Dembner. It stars Bella Thorne, Ioan Gruffudd, Natalie Martinez, Chandler Riggs, Leigh Whannell, Matthew Willig, and Christopher James Baker.
Originally titled Home Invasion, the screenplay was developed by former Silver Pictures executive Alex Heineman with screenwriter Joseph Dembner. In early 2013, Producer Michael Fiore and Director Sean Carter developed and filmed a sequence from Dembner’s script in coordination with the producing team at Silver Pictures and Dembner. That demo secured Sean Carter’s role as director on the feature version.
In April 2013, Voltage Pictures secured the rights to the screenplay. In July 2013, Bella Thorne was the first confirmed name, announced as the lead role, Jamie. In September 2013, Natalie Martinez was also confirmed. Ioan Gruffudd and Chandler Riggs completed the main cast in October. Filming began in Altadena, California, in late November 2013.
About the Story
The film starts with a young girl being attacked. The next morning, news reporters interview people who had seen the murder through their devices, unaware that it was real, and a news reporter says that one of the family members is missing.
Jamie – a teenage girl – and her family return home from a 10-day vacation, unaware that cameras have been set up in every corner of the house. Later that night, her father Adam gets an unexpected visit from his brother Matt, who comes over and asks to spend the night there. Adam agrees, but his new wife Olivia is not happy about it. Matt talks with Jamie and she says that she is not fond of her new stepmother Olivia, thinking that she is trying to replace her real mother, but Matt assures Jamie that she has nothing to worry about.
Jamie Skype calls her boyfriend Josh, intending to tell him she might be pregnant, but backs out and ends the call. When everyone gets ready for bed, Matt goes outside to look for his phone and hears strange noises coming from the backyard. He is attacked with a hook. A man known as The Terror breaks into the house and takes everyone’s phones, then seals all the windows outside, waking up Olivia.
Adam goes downstairs to see what the noise is and finds a flashlight with a bow on it. When he goes into the kitchen, a photo of someone standing behind him is taken, and he is smothered to death with a plastic bag in front of everyone. Jamie, her brother DJ and Olivia barricade themselves in Olivia’s bedroom and they find that the family has been watched for months without anyone knowing, especially Jamie. They learn that their only chance to survive is to kill The Terror. As the remaining family members try to look for a way out, they are attacked by another intruder and they all hide in the basement, where a knife with a bow on it is discovered.
Keep Watching (2017)
Directed by: Sean Carter
Starring: Bella Thorne, Chandler Riggs, Natalie Martinez, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Willig, Leigh Whannell, April McCullough, Savannah Douglas
Screenplay by: Joseph Dembner
Production Design by: Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
Cinematography by: Sharone Meir
Film Editing by: Christopher S. Capp
Set Decoration by: Ann Cummings
Art Direction by: Ann Cummings
MPAA Rating: R for violence, terror, some language and brief drug use.
Studio: Sony ScreenGems
Release Date: March 24, 2017
