Their origin is based in real-world folklore.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Ishana Night Shyamalan's directorial debut movie The Watchers centers around a group of strangers beset by mysterious creatures who watch them every night, and as it turns out, the creatures' origin is based in real-world folklore. Based on the A.M. Shine novel of the same name, The Watchers stars Dakota Fanning as a young woman who finds herself lost in an uncharted Irish forest.
Gaelic cultures referred to the collection of afflictions from the Faerie Realm as "Tinneas Sidhe." The list of faerie-induced illnesses included strokes, which were believed to be caused by a "stroke" or blow from a faerie-dart. Why The Changelings Are Trapped In The Forest It's a result of their war against humanity Close Having lost the war against humanity, the changelings were banished from civilization and wound up in the forest, which still bears some of the magic that they lost over the centuries. The visions that the human captives see are echoes of the power of the forest that traps the changelings. The changelings lose their wings as a result of their captivity, further trapping them in the dark forest.
What Powers The Changelings Have In The Watchers Their primary ability is the mimicry of humans First and foremost, the changelings can appropriate the physical appearance of a person, complete with their voice and mannerisms. It clearly takes time and practice to get completely right, as that is the given reason for the changelings' desire to watch humans up close every night: to get better at mimicking people.
Madeline is the centuries-old product of love between a human and a changeling, and as such she is able to perfectly mimic a person and travel outside in daylight. As previously mentioned, she eventually unfurls a functional set of wings, which the full changelings of the forest don't seem to exhibit anymore.
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