Ryan Murphy Bringing The Frightening True Story Of “The Watcher” To Netflix

June 14, 2021

Written by Kelli Marchman McNeely

Kelli Marchman McNeely is the owner of HorrorFuel.com. She is an Executive Producer of "13 Slays Till Christmas" which is out on Digital and DVD and now streaming on Tubi. She has several other films in the works. Kelli is an animal lover and a true horror addict since the age of 9 when she saw Friday the 13th. Email: horrorfuelinfo@gmail.com

Back in 2015, a family was intimidated into leaving their new home after receiving creepy letters from a mysterious stalker only known as “The Watcher”. In 2018, Netflix snagged the rights with the intent of turning the real-life horror story into a feature film.
 
Things have been quiet for a while, but an update has now arrived via Deadline. According to the site, “The Watcher” will now be turned into a limited series from “American Horror Story’s” Ryan Murphy who serves as co-creator along with Ian Brennan (“Glee”). The two will also produce.
 
As for the cast, Naomi Watts (King Kong, “Twin Peaks”) and Bobby Cannavale (Ant-Man, “Mr. Robot”) will lead the cast.

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Deadline states, “The series, which evokes the first season of Murphy’s hit American Horror Story, is inspired by the infamous “Watcher” house in New Jersey. A couple bought the 1905 Dutch colonial revival in 2014 for nearly $1.4 million. They were forced to abandon their new home over chilling letters from “The Watcher” who claimed to have been “watching” the house for decades. “I am the Watcher. Bring me your young blood,” one of the notes read. The family put the house back on the market. It didn’t sell and they rented it out. In 2017, the renter received a sinister letter from “The Watcher” too, threatening their life. The house ultimately sold in 2019 for 959K. The identity of “The Watcher” has remained a mystery.”
 
Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (Catfish) will executive produce for Netflix.

 
 

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