Watch Over 
A furious student is determined to find out who set up a secret spy camera in her bedroom
 - but her quest uncovers even nastier surprises.

Mystery always enriches a story. Twists and turns, even more. Toss in humorous dialogue and scenarios, and that’s just a mix guaranteed to keep audiences riveted to the screen.

With his horror/comedy (and really mystery) Watch Over, J. D. Savage whips up exactly such a recipe.

The single setting: a College Student House rental – populated with the usual mix of colorful assorted characters: Jock Liam, out and proud LGBTQ housemate Jacob, gals Abigail and Ciska too. 

But don’t get it twisted, dear readers – this ain’t no setup for a boilerplate slasher cliché.

As the script opens, we meet Ciska with trusty toilet paper roll in hand – using the hole as a makeshift telescope (get your minds outta the gutter, peeps!). Ciska’s just discovered a spy camera hidden in their smoke alarm. Panic escalating, she runs around alerting her roomies and waking everyone up.

With that, the hunt begins. Who installed that snoopy little bug? For what nefarious ends, and are there… more?

Pretty quickly, suspicion turns to the only resident who’s not currently at home: a Korean housemate by the name of:

CISKA
Zhang! Have you seen how he looks at me?

Paranoia growing, the impromptu Scooby gang break into Zhang’s room and look around. 

CISKA
I always said he was a creep.

On the wall are mounted a bamboo bokken, used as a training sword in Kendo, and a more dangerous looking katana, with a real curved blade. Ciska glares at them.

CISKA 
I mean, why does he collect swords?

JACOB
They’re katanas. He does Kendo.

CISKA
I wouldn’t trust him with Playdoh.

LIAM
He’s harmless enough.
He’s on his laptop all day playing Warcraft.

More snooping uncovers a credit card reader. Ciska attempts to confiscate it as evidence, but Jacob counsels her to wait.

JACOB
Don’t take that. It’s the only time
he gets asked to ‘please insert.’

Liam stifles a laugh but Ciska angrily slams the drawer.

JACOB 
Look, it’ll go straight onto the Cloud. 
Or his phone.

ABIGAIL
You do seem to know a hell of a lot
about spy cameras, Jacob.

And just like that (cue the Jessica Sarah Parker Sex and the City impression) – suspicion and the worm turns.

Maybe it’s NOT Zhang who did the (installation) dirty deed. Is it Jacob? Or the landlord? After all – that guy and his cousin have access to make such repairs. What about Ciska’s boyfriend back home?According to Abigail, “Nathan” seemed terribly possessive. And when he came to help Ciska move in, he was alone in the house... for awhile.

Or if not Nathan.. could it be the students who rented the place previously? 

What’s being recorded, and worse - what are the tapes being used for?!?

As the details of this Who-Dunnit unfurl, ever more suspects surface… and ominous motives (escalating to jump scares) abound.

Will Zhang’s sword collection come in handy? Will our erstwhile college crew survive the night? Chock full of witty dialogue and surprises, Watch Over is a fun filled ride with an ending you won’t expect. Audiences won’t, either. Directors, read this one and find out!