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The Watcher in the Woods

2017 · 87 min

A slow-burning, atmospheric chiller with a folk-horror edge, trading jump scares for creeping dread and a bittersweet resolution.

Directed by: Melissa Joan Hart
Genres: Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Nicholas Galitzine, Dixie Egerickx

Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Melissa Joan Hart
Genres: Horror, Tv movie
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Nicholas Galitzine, Dixie Egerickx

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
family
grief
isolation
fate
Places: countryside
single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	6
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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