I See You (2019) poster
2019 · horror · thriller · mystery · slasher

I See You

Directed by Adam Randall1h 38m2019
ElsewhereIMDb6.874kRT73%Metacritic65
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • extreme
  • inventive
  • bleak
  • twisty
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, epic, measured, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

How every film is hand-scored →

When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.

Our read · I See You (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller · mystery entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

Where the cast leads
Where to watch
Not on streaming here right now.Check JustWatch Check Letterboxd
More info & search links
Fingerprint

The shape of I See You

Tonight, this looks like

What watching it is actually like.

You want a slow-burn small-town mystery that rewires everything in the final act.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakenbuilds to a gut-punch finalegrips by minute 28attention 4/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upchild perilgraphic violencejump scares

Skip it tonightYou hate late-game tonal whiplash or need steady horror from minute one.

DNA · twelve axes

The reading.

Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
Your take
Rate it
star-clip-1-0star-clip-2-0star-clip-3-0star-clip-4-0star-clip-5-0
React
Discussion

Discussion

cmd enter to post

What does your Movie DNA look like?

Rate a few films you've seen. We map your taste across the same twelve axes and find the films you'll actually want to watch tonight.

Calibrate yourself