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
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... [More]
Starring: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker
Director: John Hough
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Reviews for The Watcher in the Woods
1 - 13 (sorted by critic A-Z)
The acting and writing are barely professional but the art direction, especially Alan Hume's stunning camerawork, gives the pic a gloss.
10/17/07
Top CriticFans 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.
07/25/02
Horror-Lite.
08/03/04
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.
01/26/06
This tepid ghost story fails to focus on either its story or its target audience.
10/17/07
Creepy later-Bette Davis tale.
12/28/04
Decent but unsophisticated ghost story, best suited for young adults.
03/19/03
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.
09/14/05
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08/10/05
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12/12/02
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03/27/03
No review available.
04/18/03
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