Observance

Observance

They are watching

PG-13 2016 · 90 min · ★ 5.0 · Thriller, Horror, Mystery

In the grip of grief following the death of his young son, his marriage on the rocks and nearing bankruptcy, Parker reluctantly returns to work as a private investigator. Embarking on an unusual assignment to observe a woman from an abandoned apartment, Parker witnesses bizarre happenings surrounding her, unaware that the derelict building that he surveys her from has birthed a dark presence which slowly threatens to consume him.

Directed by Joseph Sims-Dennett · Written by Joseph Sims-Dennett

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Rent or Buy

Cast

Trailers & Videos

Make it a double feature

3h 31m together

Observance

Constantine

A close match in mood and era.

More from Joseph Sims-DennettSee all →

The Banished

The Banished · 2025

Grace has nowhere to turn when she finds herself lost in the wilderness with a dark presence threatening to consume her in this twisted folk horror.

Bad Behaviour

Bad Behaviour · 2010

MovieHorrorThriller

Emma and Peterson encounter their fierce predator Voyte Parker, a cop confronts his son's murderer, and a man finds his wife is cheating on him. Intersecting story lines; murderers, coppers, teachers and teenagers.

More Like This

The Crow

The Crow · 1994

MovieFantasyAction

Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven, watched over by a hypnotic crow, returns from the grave to exact revenge.

Lord of Illusions

Lord of Illusions · 1995

Lord of Illusions

MovieHorrorFantasy

During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.

Hellraiser

Hellraiser · 1987

MovieHorrorThriller

A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.

The Crow: Salvation

The Crow: Salvation · 2000

The Crow: Salvation

MovieActionThriller

Alex Corvis, a man wrongly executed for the murder of his girlfriend, returns from the dead and sets out to find the real killer.

Fallen

MovieCrimeDrama

Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.

Thir13en Ghosts

Thir13en Ghosts · 2001

Thir13en Ghosts

MovieHorrorThriller

Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.

Hellraiser: Hellseeker

Hellraiser: Hellseeker · 2002

Hellraiser: Hellseeker

MovieHorrorThriller

After a car crash, a shady stockbroker suffers from amnesia. This leaves him in a hazy limbo of sex and murder. But, as in a predestined journey, he takes the bait and follows the marked-out clues all the way to Pinhead.

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare · 1991

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

MovieHorrorFantasy

Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Maggie Burroughs, tormented by recurring nightmares, meets a patient with the same horrific dreams. Their quest for answers leads to a certain house on Elm Street -- where the nightmares become reality.

Constantine

Constantine · 2005

MovieFantasyAction

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

The Ring

The Ring · 2002

MovieHorrorMystery

Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring in order to save herself and her son.

It Ends

It Ends · 2026

MovieHorrorMystery

A group of recent grads head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding. Cramped together inside a Jeep Cherokee and with the miles stretching infinitely ahead, they face a choice: embrace their new existence or fight to escape it.

Good Boy

Good Boy · 2025

A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

Dead Birds

Dead Birds · 2005

MovieHorrorThriller

Towards the end of the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.

Suburban Gothic

Suburban Gothic · 2014

Suburban Gothic

MovieHorrorComedy

An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter