Title: The Watcher in the Woods
Original Title: The Watcher in the Woods
Year: 1980
Info
- Country: USA UK
- Length: 80 Minutes (1 hour 20 min)
- Genre: Horror Fantasy
- Studios: Walt Disney Pictures
- Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Release Dates
- UK: August 26 1981
- United States: April 17 1980
Plot
The Curtis family looks for a house to rent in England while their patriarch Paul, a music composer, conducts an opera. The family is shown a secluded manor house owned by the eccentric Mrs. Aylwood, who lives in a small cottage on the property, set on the edge of a forest. While investigating the manor, youngest daughter Ellie Curtis is drawn to a bedroom overlooking the woods. Jan, the eldest daughter, looks out a window in the adjoining bedroom, and sees a blue glow in the forest as the window shatters. Mrs. Aylwood believes Jan is "sensitive" to signs, and decides to rent to the family. Ellie starts to listen, and Jan starts to see, a young teenage girl who mysteriously disappeared during a total solar eclipse decades before...
Cast
Director:
Sra. Aylwood
Jan Curtis
Ellie Curtis
Helen Curtis
Paul Curtis
Videos
'The Watcher in the Woods' Trailer
August 2 2018
Photos
Trivia
The Hand of Disney
Director John Hough said that Brian Clemens wrote the version of the screenplay he was most interested in directing but the Disney Studios decided that this version was much too dark and hired Rosemary Anne Sisson to lighten it up in a re-write.
The Anniversary of a Legend
Star Bette Davis celebrated her 50th Anniversary year in the motion picture business at the world premiere of this film.
TV Remake
The film has a new version in a TV movie that was released in 2017. Anjelica Huston played Bette Davis' role.
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