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The Watcher in the Woods

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

1980 · PG · 1h 23m

Directed by John Hough and Vincent McEveety

5.9

TMDB audience score
157 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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

  • Eleanor Summerfield
    Mrs. Thayer

  • Georgina Hale
    Young Mrs. Aylwood

  • Dominic Guard
    Young John Keller (uncredited)

  • Derek Lyons
    Motorbike Race Spectator (uncredited)

  • Ina Clare
    Motorbike Race Spectator (uncredited)