Watchers

Watchers is a 1988 science fiction horror film directed by Jon Hess and starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams, and Lala Sloatman. Loosely based on the 1987 novel Watchers by Dean R. Koontz, the film revolves around a boy who befriends an unusually intelligent stray dog being hunted by a ruthless government agent and a dangerous mutated creature. It is the first installment in the Watchers film series.