The Watcher in the Woods is a 1980 film best known as an atypical live action Disney movie that has become a cult classic. The film spans numerous genres, including: family, mystery, suspense, thriller, horror, and science fiction. The Watcher in the Woods is also well-known for the notorious rewritings, reshootings, and re-editings of the film's conclusion - as well as the censoring of the original opening credits - after it was pulled from theatres.
The film is also known as Les yeux de la forêt (The Eyes of the Forest) in French, Schreie der Verlorenen (Cries of the Lost) in German, and 숲 속의 눈동자 (Eye Within the Forest) in Korean.
When a normal American family moves into a beautiful old English house in a wooded area, strange, paranormal appearances befall them in this interesting twist to the well-known haunted-house tale. Their daughter Jan sees, and daughter Ellie hears, the voice of a young teenage girl who mysteriously disappeared during a total solar eclipse decades before... Written by Michael Ducharme
