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The Watcher in the Woods

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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:6

Rotten:7

Average Rating:4.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: In this spooky suspense film, an American family moves into a creepy manor house located within a wooded area in the English countryside. Before long they start to see some odd things, like mirrors... In this spooky suspense film, an American family moves into a creepy 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 (Lynn-Holly Johnson), disappeared nearby. Soon, the supernatural presence starts contacting both sisters. [More]

Starring: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker

Starring: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker, David McCallum, Benedict Taylor, Frances Cuka, Richard Pasco, Ian Bannen

Director: John Hough

Director: John Hough
Screenwriter: Brian Clemens, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Harry Spalding
Producer: Ron Miller
Composer: Stanley Myers

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This tepid ghost story fails to focus on either its story or its target audience.

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10/17/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The acting and writing are barely professional but the art direction, especially Alan Hume's stunning camerawork, gives the pic a gloss.

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10/17/07
Variety Staff
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When it became obvious that the film's mix of cutesy sentiment and vague scariness wasn't working, the company ordered whole sequences to be rewritten, re-shot or re-edited, then imposed a stupid ending that explains precisely nothing.

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01/26/06
Time Out

About as scary as a bagel that's been left out on the counter overnight. Okay, maybe it's a raisin bagel. I'll give you that much.

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09/14/05
Widgett Walls
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Needcoffee.com

No review available.

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08/10/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Creepy later-Bette Davis tale.

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12/28/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Horror-Lite.

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08/03/04
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

No review available.

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04/18/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

No review available.

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03/27/03
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

Decent but unsophisticated ghost story, best suited for young adults.

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

No review available.

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12/12/02
Mark Palermo
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Fans of old-fashioned, atmospheric ghost tales will forgive the film’s obvious faults, but even they will have a hard time generating much enthusiasm for the movie.

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

A movie about how a camera presents a point of view and of how that point of view, if it's not attached to a specific identity, can become menacingly voyeuristic.

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03/10/02
Walter Chaw
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