Back inside, they find their friend dead. His mother stops him before he can drive away, telling him that they are in it together. Travis, realizing the NSO is after them, sneaks out of the house. He then abruptly murders the sheriff.Ī family friend who is fixing the washing machine mentions that a man stopped by earlier asking if they owned a dog. He explains that it was a scientific project gone wrong and that the OXCOM is chasing the dog, which targets and kills anything it comes across or that has been in contact with the dog. When the sheriff confronts Agent Johnson, he is forced to tell the sheriff the truth regarding the killer but asks that they move to a quieter location away from the press. The now-suspicious sheriff and a policewoman arrive, and she is also killed. The OXCOM then traces the dog to the school, where two staff members are killed. Meanwhile, three of Travis's friends are murdered by the OXCOM in the woods.

Travis is given detention for bringing a pet to school. The dog tracks Travis down at school, where he types 'D ANG ER N S O' on a computer. While bathing the dog, Travis sees GH3 tattooed on its ear, and concludes it is a research dog, which would explain its superior intellect.Īgent Johnson stops by Travis' house to ask questions and the dog hides. She allows him to keep it when Travis shows the level of intelligence that the dog possesses. At home, Travis' mother is displeased about the dog. Travis is puzzled as to why the men were armed. The men claim that she has been transferred to a better location. Travis pushes past them into Tracey's room, only to find it completely empty. Travis and his mother rush to the hospital, but Agent Johnson and his partner will not allow them to see her. The next morning, Travis's mother informs him that there has been an accident and that Tracey is in the hospital. Meanwhile, an NSO agent named Johnson is dispatched by the corporation to retrieve the animals. Travis starts to realize the dog is extraordinary and decides to keep it.

Meanwhile, Travis finds the dog in the back of his car and a military/police force is sweeping the area for the escapees. Tracey discovers the beast and screams, summoning her father who is attacked. Thinking it is her father, Travis leaves. In the barn, Travis Cornell is with his girlfriend Tracey. The dog outruns it and the OXCOM hides in a barn. A mutated monster known as the OXCOM (Outside Experimental Combat Mammal) escapes and chases a golden retriever from the same lab, through the surrounding woods. Koontz.Īn explosion occurs in a classified research laboratory, causing an intense fire. It is loosely based on the 1987 novel Watchers by Dean R. Watchers is a 1988 science fiction horror film directed by Jon Hess and starring Corey Haim, Michael Ironside, Barbara Williams and Lala Sloatman.

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