<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $5 million </Td> </Tr> <P> The Watcher in the Woods is a 1980 British - American horror film directed by John Hough and Vincent McEveety, and starring Bette Davis, Carroll Baker, Lynn - Holly Johnson, Kyle Richards, and David McCallum . Based on the 1976 novel of the same name by Florence Engel Randall, the film tells the story of a teenage girl and her little sister who become encompassed in a supernatural mystery regarding a missing girl in the woods surrounding their new home in the English countryside . </P> <P> Filmed at Pinewood Studios and the surrounding areas in Buckinghamshire, England, The Watcher in the Woods was one of several live - action films produced by Walt Disney Productions in the 1980s, when the studio was targeting young adult audiences . The film suffered from various production problems and was pulled from theatres after its initial release in 1980 . It was re-released in 1981 after being re-edited and a revised ending added . </P> <P> Americans Helen and Paul Curtis and their daughters Jan and Ellie, move into a manor in rural England . Mrs. Aylwood, the owner of the residence who now lives in the guest house next door, notices that Jan bears a striking resemblance to her daughter, Karen, who disappeared inside an abandoned chapel in the woods thirty years earlier . </P>

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