Kino: The Whisperers and House by the River Releases Detailed
HomeKino: The Whisperers and House by the River Releases Detailed
Posted October 29, 2019 05:32 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have detailed two upcoming Blu-ray releases: Fritz Lang's House by the River (1950) and Bryan Forbes' The Whisperers (1967). The two releases will be available for purchase on January 14.
House by the River
Synopsis: Exiled to Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang created House by the River, a shocking and mordant low-budget thriller. Like fellow cinema giants Orson Welles and John Ford, Lang enjoyed a freedom at Republic that allowed him to make a truly unique and personal film. Regarding House by the River, Cahiers du Cinéma declared, "Lang's main erotic obsession is displayed more clearly than in any of his other films."
Victorian ne'er-do-well Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward, And Then There Were None) assaults and accidentally murders his wife's virginal housekeeper. With the reluctant assistance of loyal brother John (Lee Bowman, Bataan), Stephen remorselessly consigns the girl's corpse to the river. But as John's affection for Stephen's wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt, Pitfall), police suspicion about the girl's disappearance, and the depths of Stephen's depravity all escalate, the river itself provokes a horrifying reunion between victim and murderer.
Boasting an ingenious script by The Spiral Staircase scribe Mel Dinelli and evocative photography by seven-time Oscar nominee Edward Cronjager (Heaven Can Wait), House by the River is a criminally underrated American film, both a work of art and a moral nightmare.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Dame Edith Evans won the Best Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle for her performance as a lonely old woman, alone in a slum apartment, whose "voices" tell her that she is plotted against. The "voices" are right - and no one will believe her.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
House by the River
Synopsis: Exiled to Republic Pictures, Fritz Lang created House by the River, a shocking and mordant low-budget thriller. Like fellow cinema giants Orson Welles and John Ford, Lang enjoyed a freedom at Republic that allowed him to make a truly unique and personal film. Regarding House by the River, Cahiers du Cinéma declared, "Lang's main erotic obsession is displayed more clearly than in any of his other films."
Victorian ne'er-do-well Stephen Byrne (Louis Hayward, And Then There Were None) assaults and accidentally murders his wife's virginal housekeeper. With the reluctant assistance of loyal brother John (Lee Bowman, Bataan), Stephen remorselessly consigns the girl's corpse to the river. But as John's affection for Stephen's wife Marjorie (Jane Wyatt, Pitfall), police suspicion about the girl's disappearance, and the depths of Stephen's depravity all escalate, the river itself provokes a horrifying reunion between victim and murderer.
Boasting an ingenious script by The Spiral Staircase scribe Mel Dinelli and evocative photography by seven-time Oscar nominee Edward Cronjager (Heaven Can Wait), House by the River is a criminally underrated American film, both a work of art and a moral nightmare.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio Commentary by Film Historian Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Interview with Celebrated Producer and Historian Pierre Rissient
- Trailers
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Synopsis: Dame Edith Evans won the Best Actress Award from the New York Film Critics Circle for her performance as a lonely old woman, alone in a slum apartment, whose "voices" tell her that she is plotted against. The "voices" are right - and no one will believe her.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER OF THE FILM
- NEW Audio Commentary by critic Kat Ellinger
- Trailers
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature