A family with two daughters moves into an English country house. Things start to get weird when both girls are contacted by a presence from the woods. Does it have anything to do with the mysterious disappearance of the homeowner's daughter years before? Well, of course it does! Or there wouldn't be a movie. And as it is, there isn't much of a movie anyway. I tried to be forgiving since it's a Disney pic from the 70s (the studio's creative low point), but there's only so much a girl can bear. Too many plot contrivances, plus the final twist at the end is so ridiculous I won't even try to go into it. And really, HORRIBLE accidents keep nearly befalling my teenage daughter and I'm gonna just stay at the lovely home? Probably not. Bette Davis and most of the cast are okay but Kyle Richards is just screechy and annoying as the little sister. And there's a special place in the annals of bad acting reserved for Lynn-Holly Johnson. Had she not been so terrible, I could have probably enjoyed this one a little more.
Review of The Watcher in the Woods
