The Watcher

THE WATCHER
CREEPY VOYEUR SPIES ON YOUNG COUPLE AND FOLLOWS THEM HOME

SCENE opens on an establishing shot of a broken-down shed. It is early morning. Cut to inside. A homeless man’s legs stick out from underneath a tarp as he lays huddled on the dirt floor, surrounded by garbage and old food containers. From a dirty POV, we watch him lift off the tarp and sit up to see the sunlight streaming through the cracks in the door. His face is hidden by his hooded sweatshirt, but he is a tall, intimidating figure. He rummages through his garbage before picking up an old tattered porno mag and, with a groan, opening its sticky pages.

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Several hours later. The man, still shrouded in his hoodie, leans up against a curb begging for money. People him by without any notice.

JUMP CUT to a close-up of the man’s dirty shoes as he staggers down the roadside, panning up to reveal him holding a tall can wrapped in a brown bag. He comes upon the entrance of a park. From a dirty POV, we watch him look around before deciding to venture inside.

JUMP CUT to the man walking through a secluded, woody area at the back of the park. He has come here to drink and look through more of his magazine. As he settles down by the parameter fence, he hears a woman laughing and pauses. From a dirty POV, we watch as he cautiously stands back up and creeps towards the sound of the woman. Through the clearing, A couple have laid out a blanket underneath some trees and are making out. Jenny, the woman, giggles and play fights with Paul, her boyfriend, who is trying to affectionately get her clothes off. The man watches and listens, as their small talk reveals the pair are a recent couple out on a date. They are both college students. Paul wants to have sex while Jenny is nervous. She doesn’t want to do it in public and get caught. He tells her to chill out, no one ever comes to the back of the park. ‘Besides, we are both over twenty-one,’ he adds. ‘And it would only be a misdemeanor … so isn’t it worth the risk?!’ She laughs and tells him he’s a terrible influence, as they keep kissing. The camera jumps between a wide shot of the couple, with the man shrouded in the background, and a dirty POV of him watching. Finally, caving to the pressure, Paul suggests they go back to his place to fuck instead … and Jenny eagerly agrees. They gather up their things and leave, while the man still watches.

JUMP CUT to a dirty POV of the man watching Paul and Jenny as they enter his house, leaving the door slightly ajar by mistake. Cautiously, the man creeps up and quietly steps through it after them. He can hear their voices on the other side of the house. Breathing heavily, he walks through the main floor and towards the bedroom. He peeks inside and watches as the couple make out in bed. Paul is removing Jenny’s top as they kiss ionately, and she undoes his belt. She begins to give him a hand job, as the camera cuts back and forth between inside the room with them and the man’s dirty POV. Paul begs Jenny to suck his dick, but she keeps laughing and pulling twigs out from his dirty shorts. ‘Let’s just take a quick shower first,’ she teases. ‘And then you can do whatever the fuck you want to me!’ Paul groans and nods, ushering Jenny off the bed and out of the room, as they strip off their clothes and narrowly miss the man who has darted around the corner. From a dirty POV, he hears the shower come on and then creeps into the bedroom, so he can find himself a better view. He decides to hide inside the closet.

A few moments later, the couple come back into the room naked and ready to have sex. The closet door stays in the frame as they begin to go at it, completely unaware that they are being watched.