![]() As each person’s health alters, so too does the house, absorbing each member’s life force in the process. Over the course of their short tenancy, the behavior of each member of the family changes, through injury, harassment and even death. ![]() The plot of Burnt Offerings centers around Ben (Oliver Reed) and Marian Rolf (Karen Black), their 12 year old son David (Lee Montgomery) and Ben’s Aunt Elizabeth (Bette Davis) taking advantage of a very inexpensive rent deal to secure a large, secluded, yet tired mansion for the summer. That cult classic spawned the television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, which ran from 1974-75 and also enjoys a huge cult following. Curtis had carved a unique niche for himself through his involvement in a large number of low budget but well-made macabre TV films and series including: Dark Shadows from 1967 to 1971 Trilogy of Terror (1975) House of Dark Shadows (1970) Night of Dark Shadows (1971) and The Night Stalker (1972). ![]() The movie was directed by Dan Curtis in 1976 for United Artists, based upon the 1973 novel by Robert Marasco. The angle is refreshingly unique in the haunted house movie genre. In this case, the mansion in this movie IS the restless spirit. ![]() Burnt Offerings (1976) is not a run of the mill creepy movie with weird characters being tormented by restless spirits in a crumbling old mansion. ![]()
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