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A woman and her niece move into an ancestral house in the Amish countryside haunted by two ghosts from the Revolutionary War.A woman and her niece move into an ancestral house in the Amish countryside haunted by two ghosts from the Revolutionary War.A woman and her niece move into an ancestral house in the Amish countryside haunted by two ghosts from the Revolutionary War.
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Made for TV supernatural movie starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Egan, and Kitty Winn. Stanwyck and Winn play an elderly woman and her young niece who move into a house in Gettyburg, Pennsylvania, that Stanwyck has just inherited (and which was built around the time of the War of Independence). Before long the two women begin to suspect the house is haunted. Their new neighbour, Egan, introduces them to a woman who claims to be a medium and who wants to hold a seance there. During the seance the niece is seemingly possessed by the spirit of a young woman. Other disturbances in the following days, including doors opening on their own and disembodied voices on the wind, lead them to investigate the tragic history of the house, and uncover a wrong done many years before.
Stanwyck and Egan are both good. Stanwyck actually gets thrown around a fair bit, and - despite being well into her 60s - does all the falls herself (she was already an honorary member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame!). Winn, on the other hand, is really annoying, seriously overplaying her 'emotional' scenes (to the point where it's hard to have any sympathy for her). Unfortunately, the story is also fairly predictable, and the few visual effects do give away the TV budget. But it's got atmosphere, and is an easy watch. 6/10.
Stanwyck and Egan are both good. Stanwyck actually gets thrown around a fair bit, and - despite being well into her 60s - does all the falls herself (she was already an honorary member of the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame!). Winn, on the other hand, is really annoying, seriously overplaying her 'emotional' scenes (to the point where it's hard to have any sympathy for her). Unfortunately, the story is also fairly predictable, and the few visual effects do give away the TV budget. But it's got atmosphere, and is an easy watch. 6/10.
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- TriviaBased on the Novel by Barbara Michaels, Ammie Come Home.
- GoofsWhen Sarah comes in, and the others are already there, she has a break in character, and ultimately faints. She is wearing a short skirt and long socks when she comes in and faints. But when they move her to the couch, she is wearing trousers and no socks.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Elvira's Halloween Movie Schlock-A-Thon (1993)
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