Didn't do much for me but I did think it was quite spooky. I read that the original ending was changed and after watching that on YouTube, I do find that ending more interesting.

Oh so very boring.

'The Watcher in the Woods' isn't necessarily a terrible film, but wow did I feel completely uninterested from (almost) start-to-finish. Dully told plot with a plain cast list. I couldn't, unfortunately, tell you anything I actually found good about this.

Lynn-Holly Johnson (Jan), a year prior to her appearance in James Bond, is the standout, but that's only down to a process of elimination to be honest; I found the rest yawnful. They aren't helped by the writing which fails to captivate how supposedly heavy the premise is, it's all basically as it seems - obvious. I should've cared for Mrs. Aylwood (Bette Davis) but I simply didn't feel attached one bit.

It is a weird one due to it not, as noted, doing anything massively negative, it's just the fact that the (short) run time is such a chore to get through. Not one I'd recommend.

Ugh. What. A. Snooze. Honestly...watched the last 25 min at 1.5x speed.

Not the best acting, a very odd storyline which isn't really cleared up by the end. Wouldn't watch again

What can be expected of a Walt Disney "horror movie": Watcher in the Woods is rather a suspenseful drama than a horror movie. In addition it looks quite dated after over 30 years and the at most mediocre acting does not help either. If you want to watch a similar but much better movie I would recommend "The Others", but do yourself a favor and skip Watcher in the Woods!

Still pretty good after all these years