FilmSupernatural Ghosts & Haunting Gothic

The Watcher in the Woods2017

Name: The Watcher in the Woods
Genre: Supernatural, Ghosts & Haunting, Gothic, Psychological
Released: 2017-10-21
Rating: 5.4

Directed by Melissa Joan Hart

5.4

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 4.7TMDB 4.2

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Year

2017

Runtime

87 min

The premise

Mrs. Aylwood is a distraught mother since her daughter, Karen, vanished in the English countryside over 20 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 further into the mystery and deeper into danger, but now it might be too late to escape the Watcher in the Woods.

Horror Vault's take

When the Carstairs family settles into a grand English country manor for the summer, teenage Jan quickly senses that something ancient and unseen is watching from the surrounding woods. The estate's reclusive owner, Mrs. Aylwood, carries the weight of a tragedy that the local townspeople have kept buried for decades. As inexplicable phenomena close in on the family, Jan finds herself drawn into a decades-old mystery she may not be able to walk away from. This atmospheric Gothic chiller blends rural unease with a haunting supernatural undercurrent.

Content: Mild Peril, Supernatural Threat, Themes Of Child Disappearance