The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods

1980 · 83 min · EN · PG · 5.9 (157 votes)
Dir. John Hough, Vincent McEveety · Starring Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Benedict Taylor

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

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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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A creeping sense of dread permeates this atmospheric tale. It feels like a forgotten fairy tale, tinged with melancholy and the uncanny. The English countryside holds dark secrets, slowly unfurling with a chilling, spectral presence.

eeriemelancholicsuspensefulatmosphericslow-burngothic horrorfolk horror70s/80s horror aestheticgriefsupernaturalchildhood traumathe uncanny
countrysidecountry housesupernaturalsolar eclipsehalloweenhaunted housepastbased on young adult novel