The Watcher in the Woods

1980 83 min ★ 5.9 Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.

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Cast

Bette Davis

Mrs. Aylwood

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Jan Curtis

Kyle Richards

Ellie Curtis

Carroll Baker

Helen Curtis

David McCallum

Paul Curtis

Benedict Taylor

Mike Fleming

Frances Cuka

Mary Fleming

Richard Pasco

Tom Colley

Ian Bannen

John Keller

Katharine Levy

Karen Aylwood

Details

Director

John Hough

Screenplay

Brian Clemens

Tagline

"It was just an innocent game until a young girl vanished...for thirty years."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$5,000,000

Production

Walt Disney Productions

Reviews

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r96sk

September 11, 2020

★ 5/10

Oh so very boring. <em>'The Watcher in the Woods'</em> isn't necessarily a terrible film, but wow did I feel completely uninterested from (almost) start-to-finish. Dully told plot with a plain cast list. I couldn't, unfortunately, tell you anything I actually found good about this. Lynn-Holly Johnson (Jan), a year prior to her appearance in James Bond, is the standout, but that's only down t...

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Wuchak

February 27, 2022

★ 7/10

_**This ain’t no conventional Disney flick; it’s genuinely eerie**_ An American family moves into an English country manor for the summer while the mysterious owner, Mrs. Aylwood (Bette Davis), lives in the guest house. The teen daughter, Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson), discerns something weird is going on, which is linked to Mrs. Aylwood's missing daughter, Karen (Katharine Levy), from decades earli...