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The Watcher in the Woods( 1980)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bette Davis

      Mrs. Aylwood

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      Lynn-Holly Johnson

      Jan Curtis

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      Kyle Richards

      Ellie Curtis

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      Carroll Baker

      Helen Curtis

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      David McCallum

      Paul Curtis

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      Benedict Taylor

      Mike Fleming

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      Frances Cuka

      Mary Fleming

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      Richard Pasco

      Tom Colley

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      Ian Bannen

      John Keller

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      Katharine Levy

      Karen Aylwood

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      Eleanor Summerfield

      Mrs. Thayer

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      Georgina Hale

      Young Mrs. Aylwood

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      Dominic Guard

      Young John Keller (uncredited)

    14. cast image

      Derek Lyons

      Motorbike Race Spectator (uncredited)

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      Ina Clare

      Motorbike Race Spectator (uncredited)

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    A review by r96sk

    5
    Written by r96sk on Fri Sep 11 2020
    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 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 - obvio...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    9000000.00

    Revenue

    5000000.00

    Keywords

    • countryside
    • country house
    • supernatural
    • solar eclipse
    • haunted house
    • past
    • based on young adult novel