Other Titles • The Watcher in the Woods • Schreie der Verlorenen (1980) • Gli Occhi nel parco (1980)
Synopses for The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
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Ghost story meets paranormal mystery in Disney's PG family spookfest, a rare kid-friendly scary movie that still manages to frighten. American girls Lynn-Holly Johnson (Ice Castles) and little sister Kyle Richards move into a secluded British manor cradled in a mist-shrouded forest, home to a ghostly guardian angel and a decades-old mystery that still haunts the place. Director John Hough (whose Legend of Hell House is a classic of supernatural suspense) delivers all the right shiver-inducing ingredients: flashes of light, whispers in the wind, eerie visions of a blindfolded little girl lost (the long-lost daughter of withered widow Bette Davis) reaching out from mirrors, as if trapped behind them. Though tame by today's bloody standards and a flop on its original release in 1981, this handsome little gothic ghost story has become something of a cult film for its suggestive direction, impressionistic imagery, and spooky sense of the unknown. Ages 9 and up, although more sophisticated younger kids should enjoy this. --Sean Axmaker
(22 votes)
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An American family moves into a spooky manor house located within a wooded area in the English countryside. Before long they start to see some odd things, like mirrors that don't reflect, and the ghost of blindfolded girl. The new tenants learn that 30 years ago, a teenage girl, who bears an uncanny resemblance to their daughter Jan, disappeared nearby. Soon, the supernatural presence starts contacting both sisters.
(19 votes)
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As You've Never Seen It Before!
Mirrors without reflections - Circles of light - Triangles etched in glass. These are the clues like threads weaving a pattern of a 30-year-old mystery that wraps the viewer in a cloth of enigma that is The Watcher in the Woods.
When an American family rents a house from Mrs. Aylwood (Bette Davis), a series of unexplainable phenomena grab hold of sisters, Jan (Lynn-Holly Johnson) and Ellie (Kyle Richards). Together with Mrs. Aylwood, they will unravel the mystery - Experience the suspense - And witness the terrifyingly powerful presence that is The Watcher in the Woods.
This Special DVD Edition allows you to view alternate versions of the film's ending.
(17 votes)
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