They're Watching (2016) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Becky orchestrated the murders as revenge for the betrayals she suffered. Vladimir was killed because he brought the crew to her home, while Kate was targeted because she had been sleeping with Becky's boyfriend Goran. Becky had been secretly watching everything through hidden cameras and knew about all their transgressions.

Foreshadowing: Becky's knowledge of their affairs was foreshadowed when Sarah noticed Goran's car nearby and realized Becky had been watching them all along.

• becky
• vladimir
• kate
• revenge
• murder
• betrayal

The elderly woman entered Sarah's hotel room to deliver a grave blessing, a traditional ritual meant to ward off evil. This was an ominous foreshadowing of the supernatural danger lurking in the village, as the locals knew about Becky's dark powers and were trying to protect the crew from the fate that awaited them.

• elderly woman
• blessing
• warning
• sarah
• village

Becky had installed hidden cameras throughout her home and property, allowing her to monitor everything the crew did. She discovered the affair between her boyfriend Goran and producer Kate six months prior when the house was first acquired, and she used this knowledge to orchestrate her elaborate revenge plot.

Foreshadowing: The crew realized too late that Becky had been watching when Sarah noticed Goran's vehicle parked nearby during their search for Kate.

• becky
• affair
• goran
• kate
• hidden cameras
• watching

The mural depicted the village's dark history, a mysterious plague that had afflicted the town, and how the villagers scapegoated a reclusive woman. This artwork revealed Becky as the descendant or reincarnation of that persecuted woman, now wielding supernatural powers. The mural also eerily foreshadowed the crew's own tragic fate, showing them trapped in the same historical cycle of violence and sacrifice.

Foreshadowing: When the crew retreats to the basement, Sarah discovers a dark mural that reflects their own impending deaths.

• mural
• cellar
• village history
• plague
• becky

The villagers were incited by Becky, who manipulated them into a violent mob. Using her supernatural powers, she turned the local community against the crew, framing them as outsiders who had desecrated the village. The villagers attacked because Becky had orchestrated their anger, painting the crew as culprits deserving of the village's ancient justice.

Foreshadowing: Vladimir's tale about the village's history of scapegoating warned of how the community turns on outsiders during times of crisis.

• villagers
• attack
• mob
• becky
• manipulated

Greg revealed a traumatic past experience in Afghanistan where he witnessed a Taliban attack on an all-girls school. This haunting memory explained his psychological fragility and emotional distance throughout the trip. The trauma also drove his connection with Sarah, as sharing his painful past brought them closer during their final night of terror.

• greg
• afghanistan
• trauma
• backstory
• taliban

Sarah was killed by the police officer when the crew was cornered by the angry mob. After Greg was murdered by Becky, Sarah and Alex fled into the wilderness but were quickly overtaken by the villagers. The police officer delivered the fatal blow to Sarah, leaving Alex as the sole survivor to witness Becky's massacre of the villagers.

• sarah
• death
• police officer
• killed
• ending

Becky was revealed to be a sorceress or witch with ancient supernatural powers, descended from a woman who was scapegoated during a historical plague in the village. She could manipulate events, control the villagers, and performed rituals involving blood consumption from a ghastly vat. Her artistic retreat was actually a front for her dark practices, and she used her powers to orchestrate the elaborate revenge against those who betrayed her.

Foreshadowing: The elderly woman's grave blessing and Vladimir's chilling tale about the scapegoated woman foreshadowed Becky's true nature as a vengeful supernatural force.

• becky
• witch
• sorceress
• supernatural
• powers
• magic

The police officer was manipulated by Becky and joined the mob that attacked the crew. After Becky revealed her supernatural powers and began massacring the villagers, the officer turned his violence against Sarah as the crew tried to escape. He delivered a fatal blow to her, part of the chaotic violence Becky orchestrated that consumed both outsiders and locals alike.

• police officer
• sarah
• killed
• mob
• violence

Alex became the sole survivor and was forced by Becky to record her supernatural massacre of the villagers. At the film's end, drenched in blood and traumatized, Alex grappled with how to convey the unfathomable horror to his boss. The ambiguous ending suggests he may spread the footage, potentially bringing Becky's evil to the outside world or becoming trapped in his own traumatic memories of the night.

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• ending
• survivor
• footage
• recording
• horror