---
title: 'The Watcher in the Woods (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Vincent McEveety'
released: '1980-04-17'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Science Fiction'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-watcher-in-the-woods-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081738/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

1980 · 80 min · Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Watcher in the Woods is a 1980 supernatural horror film directed by John Hough and starring Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, and David McCallum. Based on the 1976 novel by Florence Engel Randall, the film tells the story of an American teenage girl and her younger sister who become entangled in a decades-long missing person case involving a girl who disappeared in the woods surrounding their new home in the English countryside.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Vincent McEveety](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-mceveety), [John Hough](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hough)
- **Screenplay:** [Brian Clemens](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-clemens)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Stanley Myers](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-myers)
- **Producer:** [Ron W. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-w-miller), [Tom Leetch](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-leetch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Alan Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hume)
- **Editor:** [Geoffrey Foot](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-foot)

## Cast

- [David McCallum](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-mccallum)
- [Ian Bannen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-bannen)
- [Frances Cuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/frances-cuka)
- [Carroll Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/carroll-baker)
- [Lynn-Holly Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-holly-johnson)
- [Kyle Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyle-richards)
- [Bette Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/bette-davis)
- [Dominic Guard](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-guard)

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