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Burnt Offerings (1976)

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Dan Curtis, director of TV's Dark Shadows series, directed this eerie haunted-house thriller about a house which draws energy from its inhabitants and selects its own "keeper" from the family of Ben and Marian Rolf (Oliver Reed & Karen Black), who rent the strangely-affordable house one fateful summer then find themselves slowly succumbing to its creepy powers. The photography is suitably moody, and many of the standard haunted-house cliches are used to decent effect -- particularly a violent

R, 1 hr. 56 min.

Horror

Directed By: Dan Curtis

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1976 Wide

On DVD: Aug 26, 2003

Cast

Karen Black
Marian
Oliver Reed
Ben
Burgess Meredith
Brother
Eileen Heckart
Roz
Lee Montgomery
David
Dub Taylor
Walker
Bette Davis
Aunt Elizabeth
Anthony James
Chauffeur
Orin Cannon
Minister
Todd Turquand
Young Ben
Joseph Riley
Ben's Father
Jim Myers
Dr. Ross

Critic Reviews for Burnt Offerings

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (3) | Rotten (6) | DVD (5)

Plodding, campy haunted-house chiller.

April 12, 2010 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Haunted house completists should check it out, but don't expect a classic.

April 3, 2005 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

Black e Reed oferecem boas performances, o que � um feito admir�vel em um filme no qual at� mesmo Bette Davis parece perdida - e o inspirado ato final quase salva o projeto.

October 30, 2004 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

A pretty poor excuse for a horror film, Burnt Offerings gets by basically on the weirdness of its ending and some of the performances.

October 11, 2003 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Gil Jawetz

DVDTalk.com

One of those comfortable relics that doesn't scare so much as mildly chill.

September 3, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Tepid old house thriller marginally redeemed by Reed and Bette Davis.

June 16, 2003 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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This felt like a "made for tv" movie, with the exception of the last five minutes of the film (which almost made up for the prior 115 minutes). Staring Karen Black as: Karen Black Oliver Reed as: Oliver Reed and Bette Davis as: Bette Davis No REAL surprises here (with the exception of the last five minutes). Not horrible...just kind of slow.

April 9, 2009

Robert C

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I started to watch Burnt Offerings on TV, but it takes such a long time to come to the point, I left it going in the next room and came to the computer for my entertainment.

March 1, 2009