I See You is a 2019 American horror film directed by Adam Randall from a screenplay by Devon Graye. The film stars Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, and Judah Lewis.

I See You premiered at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and was released on December 6, 2019, to generally positive reviews.

Plot

Ten-year-old Justin Whitter is abducted while riding his bicycle through a park, one month after another boy, Michael King, went missing. Greg Harper is made lead detective on the case, assisted by Detective Spitzky. A green pocket knife is found at the scene, connecting the crime to a series of previous abductions, committed by a man named Cole Gordon fifteen years prior. Meanwhile, Greg s family life is in ruins after his wife Jackie had an affair. Their only child, Connor remains deeply resentful towards her since he learned of the affair.

Greg and Spitzky are called in by the chief. She informs them that Cole is pushing for a mistrial in light of the new abductions. They go to speak with Braun, one of Cole s two surviving victims, but he becomes hysterical when he sees them. Mysterious events start to occur in the Harper house; silverware goes missing, televisions turn on by themself, pictures are removed from their frames, and a repairman tells Jackie he was let in by her daughter.

Jackie is visited by her former lover, Todd. Intent on continuing the affair later, she hides him in the basement while she takes Connor to school. While in the basement, Todd is attacked by an unknown assailant. Jackie returns home to find him dead. She panics, assuming Connor has killed him. She and Greg bury his body.

Back at home, Connor hears a clanging noise coming from the utility room, and discovers the missing silverware wrapped in clothing in the washing machine. He then receives a bizarre message on his computer as a person wearing a frog mask appears behind him. Greg and Jackie return home to find Connor tied up in the bathtub, with a green pocket knife next to him. Jackie takes Connor to the hospital while Greg searches the house.

The film then jumps back in time and reveals that the mysterious happenings in the house were being caused by two homeless people, Mindy and Alec, who have been phrogging (hiding in houses unbeknownst to the owners) in the Harper home. Mindy is experienced and tries to keep a low profile so that she never gets caught, while Alec decides he wants to make the family believe they are going insane. However, Mindy is accidentally seen by the repairman while exploring the house; she is the girl he believed was Jackie s daughter. Mindy witnessed Greg killing Todd and went to alert Alec, only to see him putting Connor in the bathtub. The couple argue and Alec accidentally pushed her down the stairs, rendering her unconscious. Alec then hides her in Greg s car. After Jackie left to take Connor to the hospital, Greg left with his car, unknowingly taking Mindy with him.

Mindy awakens in the trunk of the car. She searches Greg s bag and finds multiple green pocket knives and Justin s shirt, revealing Greg is the kidnapper. When he parks up in the forest, Mindy sneaks out and tries to call 911 to no avail. She comes across an old trailer where Justin and Michael are trapped in makeshift closets. As she tries to free them, Greg ambushes her and takes her back to his house before shooting her dead. Alec attacks Greg with the axe, disarming him. Greg knocks Alec out then stabs himself to make it seem like he s been attacked.

Alec recovers consciousness and grabs Greg s gun. When Alec steps into the light without a mask, Greg recognizes him. Alec kills Greg before he can explain himself. Spitzky arrives and shoots Alec in the shoulder. Alec says Spitzky s name and Spitzky also recognizes him. Jackie and Connor arrive home to find it swarming with police. Spitzky finds the bag of evidence in Greg s car and the two boys are rescued from the trailer.

Flashbacks show a younger Alec and Braun encountering Greg, implying that Alec was the other surviving child. Present day Alec is carried into an ambulance.

Cast

• Helen Hunt as Jackie Harper
• Jon Tenney as Greg Harper
• Owen Teague as Alec
• Judah Lewis as Connor Harper
• Libe Barer as Mindy
• Gregory Alan Williams as Spitzky
• Erika Alexander as Lieutenant Moriah Davis
• Allison King as Officer Grace Caleb
• Adam Kern as Window Repairman
• Jeremy Gladen as Tommy Braun
• Teri Clark as Mrs. Braun
• Nicole Forester as Mrs. Whitter

Sam Trammell makes an uncredited appearance as Todd.

Production

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Helen Hunt joined the cast in June 2017. Principal photography took place in May 2018 around Chagrin Falls, Cleveland and Lakewood, Ohio.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, in the Midnighters section, on March 13, 2019. It was released in theaters by Saban Films on December 6, 2019, and on VOD by Cinema Epoch Video on December 3, 2019.

Reception

Box office

I See You grossed $1.1 million worldwide, against a production budget of $5 million.

Critical response

The film holds a 79% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 43 reviews, and an average rating of 6.4/10. The site s consensus reads: I See You gets tripped up on its own narrative contortions, but a solid cast and an effective blend of scares and suspense make this slow-building mystery worth watching. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 65 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating generally favorable reviews .

Dennis Harvey in Variety described the film as an eerie suspense exercise that starts out looking like a supernatural tale — one of several viewer presumptions this cleverly engineered narrative eventually pulls the rug out from under. Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter stated, I See You is such a finely crafted exercise in slow-burn suspense that its loopy plot contortions only seem absurd in retrospect, and elaborated, actor turned first-time screenwriter Devon Graye s tricksy script keeps audiences on their toes with all this multi-viewpoint misdirection, so much so that most will be caught off-guard by further major reveals.

Year	2019
ReleaseDate	2019-12-10
RuntimeMins	98
RuntimeStr	1h 38min
Plot	Strange occurrences plague a small town detective and his family as he investigates the disappearance of a young boy.
Awards	Awards, 1 win & 1 nomination
Directors	Adam Randall
Writers	Devon Graye
Stars	Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague
Produced by	James Atherton,Jordan Bayer,Eric Fischer,David Gendron,Sean Gowrie,Mark Andrew Hamer,Tom Harberd,Ben Hecht,Phil Hunt,Matt Leipzig,Jan Pace,Compton Ross,Elliot Ross,Fenella Ross,Robert Ruggeri,Chris Sablan,Jason Salzman,Bill Schultz,Matt Waldeck,Viviana Zarragoitia
Music by	William Arcane
Cinematography by	Philipp Blaubach
Film Editing by	Jeff Castelluccio
Casting By	Nancy Nayor
Production Design by	Carmen Navis
Art Direction by	Geza Kassai
Set Decoration by	Grace Smith
Costume Design by	Nancy Collini
Makeup Department	Sandra S. Orsolyak,Dustin Osborne,Darrell Redleaf-Fielder,Holly Sago,Maxi Spisak,Alan Tuskes
Production Management	Sean Gowrie
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Jesse Bellis,Lynn K. D’Angona
Art Department	Jeffrey Lange,Ron Martin,Alex Mooney,Andriy Pereklita,Monica Plunkett,Brandon Rife,Chris Singleton
Sound Department	Lorita de la Cerna,Demetri Evdoxiadis,K. Joshua Fernberg,Steve Guercio,Jacob Ortiz,Raymond Park,Henri Rapp,Michael Toji
Special Effects by	Chad Ball,Schuyler White
Visual Effects by	Mark Andrew Hamer
Stunts	Jason Cekanski,Matthew Divis,Richard Fike,Jami Kinton,Kitt Lashley,Dean Allen Ross,Kevin Sheridan,John Sundquist,Klint Tomlinson,Paul Turner
Camera and Electrical Department	Grant Adams,Dumaine Babcock,Vince Calabrese,Alex Dubois,Nick Giomuso,Daniel M. Henterly,Kevin Hines,Jay B. Johnson,Chris Owen Jones,Timothy James Kane,Ryan Keeper,Donnie Schneider,Rick Stern,John Turk,Briget Wolfe,Zac Popik
Casting Department	Phoebe Benya,Angela Boehm,Frank Ferendo,Jessica Gee-George,Grant George,Dawn Hyde,Kristina Randjelovic,Elizabeth Vitale
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Jaclyn Laravie,Natalia Piazza,Eric Robinson,Alyssa Tull,Jasmine Woolfork
Editorial Department	Hunter Clancey,Patrick Clancey,Jason Dougherty,Eric Fernandez,Jason Hanel,Jon Mendenhall,Stephen Regnier,Alexis Ross
Location Management	Kathy Ruggeri
Music Department	James Mcmillen,Will Quiney
Script and Continuity Department	Sherry Gunderman
Transportation Department	Rob Combest,Ron Hulec
Additional Crew	Jenny Armstrong,Dylan Bartolovich,Joel Timothy Bible,Sara Bonakdar,Andy Caley,Natalie Coleman,Sarah Cundall,Elizabeth Flood,Ami Francis,Bryan Geary,Edward E. Giddens,Michael Graf,Ryan Harvie,Mick R. Jones,Kimberly Leitch,Joe Loszack,Alastair Mavor,Dominic Pace,Matt Preuer,Teresa E. Purtiman,Damon Rahz,Brent Reichert,Magdalene Serpa,Joe Sorzano,Sam Tatton-Brown,Anthony J. Taylor
Thanks	Joseph Fedrl,Travis Killian,Cayla Koslen,Kevin Lehane,David Mott
Genres	Crime, Drama, Horror
Companies	Head Gear Films, Kreo Films FZ, Metrol Technology
Countries	USA
Languages	English
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.8
ImDbRatingVotes	49184
MetacriticRating	65
Keywords	phrogging,kidnapping,infidelity,home invasion,murder