The House That Would Not Die (1970)

A woman (Barbara Stanwyck) and her niece (Kitty Winn, THE EXORCIST) inherit an old Colonial house built in the late 1700s. But once they movie in, mysterious things begin to happen. The woman hears voices in the night and her niece undergoes a personality transformation. Will they have enough time to unravel the dark secret of the house or will they become the fatal victims of the haunting? I'm normally a pushover for these possessed house horror movies. The benchmark film in the genre is, of course, the 1963 THE HAUNTING and very few of its brethren are good enough to be mentioned in the same breath. This cheapie is one of the very weakest entries in the genre. It has no tension, no style and no scares. Even the normally indefatigable Stanwyck can't overcome the production's ennui but she looks absolutely great in her Nolan Miller costumes. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey (CITY OF THE DEAD) from a screenplay by Henry Farrell (WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?) by way of the novel AMMIE COME HOME by Barbara Michaels. With Richard Egan, Michael Anderson Jr., Doreen Lang and Mabel Albertson.