The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods (2017)

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.

Date of release
2017-10-21
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (38)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Horror, TV Movie
Director
Melissa Joan Hart

Casting

Interesting facts

The Watcher in the Woods is a 2017 American made-for-television horror film directed by Melissa Joan Hart and starring Anjelica Huston. It is based on the 1976 novel A Watcher in the Woods by Florence Engel Randall, which had previously been adapted into the 1980 film of the same name. It premiered on Lifetime October 21, 2017.

Production

During the early production process the decision was made to eliminate the science-fiction elements present in the novel and the 1980 film in order to "ensure their story was more cohesive" and make it a "more straightforward supernatural story." Anjelica Huston was brought on to portray Mrs. Aylwood and Tallulah Evans the film's protagonist, Jan.

During filming Hart used her iPhone to shoot the underwater scenes. Hart was also unable to film at night, so black magic lenses were used to simulate nighttime.

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