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The Watcher in the Woods

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5.9/10 • 138

1980-04-171h 23m

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

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.

Directors
John Hough
Writters
Gerry Day
Editors
Gerry Day, Geoffrey Foot

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Mrs. Aylwood

  2. Lynn-Holly Johnson

    Lynn-Holly Johnson

    Jan Curtis

  3. Kyle Richards

    Kyle Richards

    Ellie Curtis

  4. Carroll Baker

    Carroll Baker

    Helen Curtis

  5. David McCallum

    David McCallum

    Paul Curtis

  6. Benedict Taylor

    Benedict Taylor

    Mike Fleming

  7. Frances Cuka

    Frances Cuka

    Mary Fleming

  8. Richard Pasco

    Richard Pasco

    Tom Colley

  9. Ian Bannen

    Ian Bannen

    John Keller

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r96sk

Sep 11, 2020

5/10

Oh so very boring. 'The Watcher in the Woods' 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 to a process of elimination to be honest; I found the rest yawnful. They aren't helped by the writing which fails to captivate how supposedly heavy the premise is, it's all basically as it seems - obvious. I should've cared for Mrs. Aylwood (Bette Davis) but I simply didn't feel attached one bit. It is a weird one due to it not, as noted, doing anything massively negative, it's just the fact that the (short) run time is such a chore to get through. Not one I'd recommend.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$9,000,000.00
Revenue
$5,000,000.00
Keywords
countrysidecountry housesupernaturalsolar eclipsehaunted housepastbased on young adult novel