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The Watcher in the Woods

  • TV Movie
  • 20172017
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
635
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Anjelica Huston, Tallulah Evans, and Dixie Egerickx in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
  • Horror
Mrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the Welsh countryside 30 years ago. When the Carstairs family move into the Aylwood manor for the summer., strange ... Read allMrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the Welsh countryside 30 years ago. When the Carstairs family move into the Aylwood manor for the summer., strange occurrences begin to unnerve the family and Jan begins to suspect that they are linked to ... Read allMrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the Welsh countryside 30 years ago. When the Carstairs family move into the Aylwood manor for the summer., strange occurrences begin to unnerve the family and Jan begins to suspect that they are linked to Karen's disappearance. As Jan unravels the dark past hidden by the townspeople, she delves... Read all
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
635
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Melissa Joan Hart
  • Writers
    • Scott Abbott(teleplay)
    • Florence Engel Randall(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Anjelica Huston
    • Tallulah Evans
    • Nicholas Galitzine
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  • Director
    • Melissa Joan Hart
  • Writers
    • Scott Abbott(teleplay)
    • Florence Engel Randall(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Anjelica Huston
    • Tallulah Evans
    • Nicholas Galitzine
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    • 16User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Anjelica Huston in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
    Tallulah Evans and Nicholas Galitzine in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
    Anjelica Huston, Tallulah Evans, and Dixie Egerickx in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
    Dixie Egerickx and Tallulah Evans in a still from THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS, Hartbreak Fims.
    Dixie Egerickx in a still from THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS, Hartbreak Films.
    Dixie Egerickx andTallulah Evans in a still from THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS.
    Dixie Egerickx with Tallulah Evans and director Melissa Joan Hart during filming of THE WATCHER IN THE WOODS, August 2016.
    Melissa Joan Hart in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
    Paula Hart in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
    Anjelica Huston, Melissa Joan Hart, and Tallulah Evans in The Watcher in the Woods (2017)
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    Melissa Joan Hart at an event for The Watcher in the Woods (2017)

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    Anjelica Huston
    Anjelica Huston
    • Mrs. Aylwoodas Mrs. Aylwood
    Tallulah Evans
    Tallulah Evans
    • Jan Carstairsas Jan Carstairs
    Nicholas Galitzine
    Nicholas Galitzine
    • Mark Flemingas Mark Fleming
    Dixie Egerickx
    Dixie Egerickx
    • Ellie Carstairsas Ellie Carstairs
    Rufus Wright
    Rufus Wright
    • Paul Carstairsas Paul Carstairs
    Melanie Gutteridge
    Melanie Gutteridge
    • Kate Carstairsas Kate Carstairs
    Melanie Walters
    Melanie Walters
    • Helen Tayloras Helen Taylor
    Rebecca Acock
    • Karen Aylwoodas Karen Aylwood
    • (as Rebecca Aycock)
    Ioan Hefin
    Ioan Hefin
    • Tom Colleyas Tom Colley
    Benedict Taylor
    Benedict Taylor
    • John Kelleras John Keller
    Crisian Emanuel
    • Mrs. Flemingas Mrs. Fleming
    Di Botcher
    Di Botcher
    • Mrs. Thayeras Mrs. Thayer
    Steven Elliot
    Steven Elliot
    • The Watcheras The Watcher
    John Cording
    John Cording
    • Old Gentas Old Gent
    Pal Aron
    • Constableas Constable
    Jason May
    Jason May
    • Driveras Driver
    Huw Novelli
    Huw Novelli
    • Clerkas Clerk
    Amelia Jefford
    • Young Helen Tayloras Young Helen Taylor
    • Director
      • Melissa Joan Hart
    • Writers
      • Scott Abbott(teleplay)
      • Florence Engel Randall(based on the novel by)
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    • Trivia
      Executive producer Paula Hart began trying to secure the rights to the book nearly 20 years earlier, originally conceiving it as a starring vehicle for daughter Melissa Joan Hart, who ultimately ended up directing the film.
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      Version of The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

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    7/10
    Rather engaging and enjoyable adaptation
    Moving to a house in England, a family finds their daughters becoming involved in trying to solve a local urban legend of a young woman's disappearance from the area and set out with a friend to finally put an end to the ghost stories plaguing the town.

    This proved to be a surprisingly enjoyable effort. One of the more enjoyable aspects here is the way this one manages to generate the feeling of superstition around the town. The small-town community which features the urban legend of the central disappearance that sets the plot in motion gives this a strong enough start, and the investigation that ensues offers plenty of thrilling material to coincide with those traditions and customs. That gives the scenes of the family arriving in the area and getting subjected to the hauntings in the house a rather fun atmosphere here with a much more thrilling concept than expected so that the tie-in with the backstory allows for a stronger horror aesthetic with the notion of the plague into the towns' history. Those few scenes, from the different breaking objects around the house which signal the start of the whole affair to the two daughters going after the woman in the woods and the flashback to what happened to her daughter, manages to give this a solid series of scenes that really move this one forward into some thriller categories. The big ceremony at the end, where it uses a much darker setup than expected to offer up a rather chilling set-piece which brings the town history and their own rituals into play rather nicely that generates some thrilling action in how they go about dealing with the ghost and ends this on a rather nice note. Alongside some creepy atmosphere out in the woods throughout here, these manage to give this one enough to like that it holds up nicely over the few flaws. One of the minor issues here is the rather troublesome storyline here as this one goes back- and-forth between the different needs of the ghost. At first, this one features the story about the witch haunting the woods before moving on to the setup about the lost girl and then brings in the historical connection within the woods which does make some sense but ends up feeling way too scattershot to really be of much use overall. The other small issue to be had with this one was the films' obvious tameness of the haunting material, where it's quite obvious how this was made for its TV audience. There's never any real danger posed by the ghost due to not really appearing all that often, the scares aren't all that intense and the whole thing feels incredibly tame in this aspect which does tend to lower this one slightly. Otherwise, it's certainly enjoyable enough despite these flaws.

    Rated Unrated/PG: Mild Violence and Language.
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    • Release date
      • October 21, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Los ojos del bosque
    • Filming locations
      • Wales, UK
    • Production company
      • Hartbreak Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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