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The Watcher in the Woods

When a family moves to a country home, the young girls experience strange happenings that have a link to an occult event years past.

Director

John Hough, Vincent McEveety

Year

Genre

family, horror, mystery

Box Office

$5,000,000

Production

N/A

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations

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Mrs. Aylwood

Jan Curtis

Lynn-Holly Johnson

Ellie Curtis

Helen Curtis

Paul Curtis

Mike Fleming

Benedict Taylor

Mary Fleming

Tom Colley

John Keller

Karen Aylwood

Mrs. Thayer

Eleanor Summerfield

Young Mrs. Aylwood

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Mrs. Aylwood Jan Curtis Paul Curtis Ellie Curtis Mrs. Thayer Helen Curtis Tom Colley John Keller

I think this house
will be exactly right for you. - The Watcher in the Woods

I think this house will be exactly right for you.

If we live here, I'm gonna climb this
and go exploring in those woods. - The Watcher in the Woods

If we live here, I'm gonna climb this and go exploring ...

How long before lunch? - The Watcher in the Woods

How long before lunch?

When you said opera,
I thought he was a serious musician. - The Watcher in the Woods

When you said opera, I thought he was a serious musician.

I want that room. It's really neat,
and you can look right out at the woods. - The Watcher in the Woods

I want that room. It's really neat, and you can look ri...

Did you hurt yourself - The Watcher in the Woods

Did you hurt yourself

Something awful happened here - The Watcher in the Woods

Something awful happened here

Boy Mrs Aylwood sure is creepy - The Watcher in the Woods

Boy Mrs Aylwood sure is creepy

She's going to stay here - The Watcher in the Woods

She's going to stay here

Let's see. Gooseneck lamp
up here with the rest of my writing things, - The Watcher in the Woods

Let's see. Gooseneck lamp up here with the rest of my w...

You know how old mirrors are - The Watcher in the Woods

You know how old mirrors are

Boo! - The Watcher in the Woods

- Goodnight.
- 'Night. - The Watcher in the Woods

- Goodnight. - 'Night.

Well, you're the only one here.
Who else could it have been? - The Watcher in the Woods

Well, you're the only one here. Who else could it have ...

Jan, can I come into bed with you? - The Watcher in the Woods

Jan, can I come into bed with you?

Mike, you were right. - The Watcher in the Woods

Mike, you were right.

Come on, Nerak! Come on. - The Watcher in the Woods

Come on, Nerak! Come on.

Come on, Nerak! Come on. - The Watcher in the Woods

Come on, Nerak! Come on.

Ellie? - The Watcher in the Woods

Ellie? - The Watcher in the Woods

Ellie, why didn't you answer
when I called you? - The Watcher in the Woods

Ellie, why didn't you answer when I called you?

Isn't this a pretty place? - The Watcher in the Woods

Isn't this a pretty place?

Yes, it is. - The Watcher in the Woods

- We should head back.
- Tell that to Nerak. - The Watcher in the Woods

- We should head back. - Tell that to Nerak.

- No!
- Let go of me! - The Watcher in the Woods

- No! - Let go of me!

She had to push you down - The Watcher in the Woods

She had to push you down

What is it? What's wrong? - The Watcher in the Woods

What is it? What's wrong?

Karen wasn't in her room. - The Watcher in the Woods

Karen wasn't in her room.

Mary! John! - The Watcher in the Woods

Karen! - The Watcher in the Woods

They searched the ruins...
but there was no sign of Karen. - The Watcher in the Woods

They searched the ruins... but there was no sign of Karen.

- I'll catch you later. I want to watch Mike.
- OK. - The Watcher in the Woods

- I'll catch you later. I want to watch Mike. - OK.

Come on! - The Watcher in the Woods

- Hi, guys!
- Hi. - The Watcher in the Woods

- Hi, guys! - Hi.

Jan! Come quick! - The Watcher in the Woods

Jan! Come quick!

Wow! Did you see that? - The Watcher in the Woods

Wow! Did you see that?

I've never been back to that place again. - The Watcher in the Woods

I've never been back to that place again.

Look what Daddy made me
to watch the eclipse on Saturday. - The Watcher in the Woods

Look what Daddy made me to watch the eclipse on Saturday.

- Mom said she'd only be a minute.
- That means ten. - The Watcher in the Woods

- Mom said she'd only be a minute. - That means ten.

Mom said she'd only be a minute - The Watcher in the Woods

Mom said she'd only be a minute

Good riding, Ellie. Ride ahead
and make sure the path's clear of Indians. - The Watcher in the Woods

Good riding, Ellie. Ride ahead and make sure the path's...

Come on, you guys. Hurry up! - The Watcher in the Woods

Come on, you guys. Hurry up!

Cocoa! Help! - The Watcher in the Woods

Anybody there? - The Watcher in the Woods

Are you OK? - The Watcher in the Woods

What made the windows break? - The Watcher in the Woods

What made the windows break?

Overlapping circles. What does it mean? - The Watcher in the Woods

Overlapping circles. What does it mean?

- Can't we go now, Jan?
- Sure we can, Ellie. Come on, Jan. - The Watcher in the Woods

- Can't we go now, Jan? - Sure we can, Ellie. Come on, ...

What was it I seen, then? - The Watcher in the Woods

What was it I seen, then?

We should bring Ellie.
It might curb her appetite. - The Watcher in the Woods

We should bring Ellie. It might curb her appetite.

Mr Keller I had to see you - The Watcher in the Woods

Mr Keller I had to see you

Tom Colley? - The Watcher in the Woods

Please, don't be angry.
I didn't mean to come inside. - The Watcher in the Woods

Please, don't be angry. I didn't mean to come insi...

- You ain't no ghost.
- I'm the girl you saw in the chapel. - The Watcher in the Woods

- You ain't no ghost. - I'm the girl you saw in th...

Here Hold - The Watcher in the Woods

This belonged to my daughter. - The Watcher in the Woods

This belonged to my daughter.

- What's happening?
- I don't know. - The Watcher in the Woods

- What's happening? - I don't know.

- We must go back.
- Don't be ridiculous. - The Watcher in the Woods

- We must go back. - Don't be ridiculous.

- If we go back, they'll start again!
- Jan, stop it. Just stop it! - The Watcher in the Woods

- If we go back, they'll start again! - Jan, stop it. J...

- What are you doing?
- We have to get off the bridge! - The Watcher in the Woods

- What are you doing? - We have to get off the bridge!

- Enough of this hysteria! Give me the keys!
- I can't! - The Watcher in the Woods

- Enough of this hysteria! Give me the keys! - I can't!

Not Karen! - The Watcher in the Woods

Nearly too late. - The Watcher in the Woods

Nearly too late.

Ellie, you said it hardly ever happens.
What does it mean? - The Watcher in the Woods

Ellie, you said it hardly ever happens. What does it mean?

I don't know, Jan. - The Watcher in the Woods

I don't know, Jan.

What time does it start? - The Watcher in the Woods

What time does it start?

- Hello?
- You gotta do something for me! - The Watcher in the Woods

- Hello? - You gotta do something for me!

- They should have been here by now.
- They won't come. Not back to this place. - The Watcher in the Woods

- They should have been here by now. - They won't come....

Nerak, get over here! - The Watcher in the Woods

Nerak, get over here!

Don't do it. When Karen did it, something
went wrong. She was never seen again. - The Watcher in the Woods

Don't do it. When Karen did it, something went wrong. S...

Break the ring! Break it! - The Watcher in the Woods

Break the ring! Break it!

It's Karen. - The Watcher in the Woods

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: John Hough, Vincent McEveety

Writer: Brian Clemens, Harry Spalding, Rosemary Anne Sisson

Production: N/A

Genre: family, horror, mystery

Year: 1980

MetaScore: 52/100

ImdbRating: 6.1

BoxOffice: $5,000,000

Released: 09 Oct 1981

Awards: 1 win & 4 nominations

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