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No sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis headlines and Lynn-Holly Johnson co-stars in this suspenseful take on haunted houses.



The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Runtime: 84 min
Rated: PG
Director: John Hough, Vincent McEveety
Writer(s): Brian Clemens (screenplay), Florence Engel Randall (novel), Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay), Harry Spalding (screenplay)
Actors: Bette Davis, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, Carroll Baker
Awards: 3 nominations.
IMDB Ratings: 6.5



Plot: 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...