Kino Lorber have confirmed that they are preparing a Blu-ray release of John Llewellyn Moxey's made for TV film
The House That Would Not Die (1970), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, Michael Anderson Jr., Kitty Winn, and Doreen Lang. The release will be available for purchase on January 8.
Synopsis: Ruth Bennett (Barbara Stanwyck, Witness to Murder, The Lady Eve) has inherited an old house in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Amish country. She moves into the house with her niece, Sara Dunning (Kitty Winn, The Panic in Needle Park, The Exorcist). The house was built before the Revolutionary War and is said to be haunted by the spirits of its original inhabitants. With the help of Pat McDougal (Richard Egan, The 300 Spartans, GOG), a local professor, and one of his students, Stan Whitman (Michael Anderson Jr., The Sons of Katie Elder, Major Dundee), they delve into the history of the house and find a scandal that involves a Revolutionary War general, who was suspected of being a traitor, and his daughter, who had disappeared after eloping with her boyfriend, a young British soldier. The spirits of the general and his daughter take possession of Pat's and Sara's bodies and a dark secret is revealed.
Directed by legendary TV-movie director John Llewellyn Moxey (The Night Stalker, Home for the Holidays) and with a teleplay by the great Henry Farrell (What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM
- Interview with director John Llewellyn Moxey
- Audio Commentary by Film Historian Richard Harland Smith
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature