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The Watcher in the Woods

5.9

Released April 17, 1980Runtime 1h 23min

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.

Genres

Fantasy

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

Production Countries

United Kingdom

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $9,000,000
Revenue: $5,000,000
Profit/Loss: $-4,000,000

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Cast

Bette DavisMrs. Aylwood

Lynn-Holly JohnsonJan Curtis

Kyle RichardsEllie Curtis

Carroll BakerHelen Curtis

David McCallumPaul Curtis

Benedict TaylorMike Fleming

Frances CukaMary Fleming

Richard PascoTom Colley

Ian BannenJohn Keller

Katharine LevyKaren Aylwood

Eleanor SummerfieldMrs. Thayer

Georgina HaleYoung Mrs. Aylwood

Dominic GuardYoung John Keller (uncredited)

Derek LyonsMotorbike Race Spectator (uncredited)

Ina ClareMotorbike Race Spectator (uncredited)

Crew

John HoughDirector

Brian ClemensScreenplay

Gerry DayWriter

Harry SpaldingScreenplay

Florence Engel RandallNovel

Rosemary Anne SissonScreenplay

Maude SpectorCasting

Hugh AttwoollAssociate Producer

Ron MillerProducer

Tom LeetchCo-Producer

Stanley MyersMusic

Geoffrey FootEditor

Emma PorteousCostume Design

Jill CarpenterMakeup Artist

John RichardsonSpecial Effects

Alan HumeCinematography

Ernest GasserMakeup Department Head

Ian WhittakerSet Decoration

Alan CassieArt Direction

Vic ArmstrongStunt Coordinator

Elliot ScottProduction Design

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Reviews

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...

_**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 goi...