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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
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When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past. |
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Lynn-Holly Johnson | ... |
Jan Curtis
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| Kyle Richards | ... |
Ellie Curtis
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| Carroll Baker | ... |
Helen Curtis
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| David McCallum | ... |
Paul Curtis
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| Benedict Taylor | ... |
Mike Fleming
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Frances Cuka | ... |
Mary Fleming
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Richard Pasco | ... |
Tom Colley
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John Keller
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Katharine Levy | ... |
Karen Aylwood (uncredited in the shortened 1981 release)
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Eleanor Summerfield | ... |
Mrs. Thayer
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Georgina Hale | ... | |
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When a normal American family moves into a beautiful old English house in a wooded area, strange, paranormal appearances befall them in this interesting twist to the well-known haunted-house tale. Their daughter Jan sees, and daughter Ellie hears, the voice of a young teenage girl who mysteriously disappeared during a total solar eclipse decades before... Written by Michael Ducharme <ducharme@escape.ca>
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Something Is Watching. Something Unknown. See more »Parents Guide:
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(Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Az erdei kápolna titka See more »Box Office
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Paul Curtis: How comforting to know we're the "right sort of people."
Ellie Curtis: I've seen the iciest of old ladies melted by your charm.
Mrs. Thayer: I think it was your daughter who did the trick.
Ellie Curtis: Me?
Mrs. Thayer: No, dear, not you.
[to Jan]
Mrs. Thayer: She had a daughter about your age.
Jan Curtis: Had?
Mrs. Thayer: Mm, lost. Many years ago. Perhaps you reminded Mrs. Aylwood of her.
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The house that Mr. Keller lives in also served as Hill House, in the original version of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When the mother gets scared about what is happening to her daughters and decides to flee, you can see a hose behind the car providing the rain just before they drive onto the bridge. See more »Quotes
Ellie Curtis: Boy, Mrs. Aylwood sure is creepy.Paul Curtis: How comforting to know we're the "right sort of people."
Ellie Curtis: I've seen the iciest of old ladies melted by your charm.
Mrs. Thayer: I think it was your daughter who did the trick.
Ellie Curtis: Me?
Mrs. Thayer: No, dear, not you.
[to Jan]
Mrs. Thayer: She had a daughter about your age.
Jan Curtis: Had?
Mrs. Thayer: Mm, lost. Many years ago. Perhaps you reminded Mrs. Aylwood of her.
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