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The Watcher in the Woods

2017 ·1h 27m · ★ 4.2 (38)

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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Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
0
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
33
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
29
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
40
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
0
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
17
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
50
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
0
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
50
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