The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
"It was just an innocent game until a young girl vanished...for thirty years."
ThumbScore
👍 71%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 52%
(RT: 52%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lynn-Holly Johnson as Jan Curtis
David McCallum as Paul Curtis
Benedict Taylor as Mike Fleming
Frances Cuka as Mary Fleming
Richard Pasco as Tom Colley
Is The Watcher in the Woods good?
Most people think so. 71% audience score, estimated from 157 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 52%.
Overview
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse. Wikipedia ↗
