Watchers is a 1987 suspense novel by American author Dean Koontz. Along with Strangers, Lightning, and Midnight, Watchers is credited with establishing Koontz's status as a best-selling author.
Adaptations (4)
Watchers has been adapted into 4 films, from 1988 to 1998. The most recent is Watchers Reborn (1998).
Watchers II1990 · film · 101 min · dir. Thierry Notz · IMDb ↗IMDb4.4A genetically re-engineered dog develops a psychic link with a monster created in a lab experiment which goes awry.
Watchers 31994 · film · 84 min · dir. Jeremy Stanford · IMDb ↗IMDb3.6A top-secret experiment spawns two highly intelligent life-forms: Einstein, a golden retriever with an IQ of 175; and The Outsider, a deformed monstrosity that exists to kill... and avenge its creators. When the Outsider escapes into the jungles of South America, the government sends in some ex-military convicts to catch the beast. But what starts out as a high-speed chase ends up in bloody carnage. Only Einstein knows the Outsider's motives, and only the canine can outsmart the creature. Now, it's a battle of beasts as man's best friend confronts man's worst nightmare.
Watchers Reborn1998 · film · 90 min · dir. John Carl Buechler · IMDb ↗IMDb3.8An extra-smart dog and detective team up to stop a DNA enhanced killer.
