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Burnt Offerings

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Burnt Offerings
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R,1hr 56min
Genre:
Horror
Released:
January 1, 1976
Director:
Dan Curtis
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Burgess Meredith  ...more
Synopsis: 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 scene ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
This underrated chiller is worthy of rediscovery by the horror fans who missed it the first time. Those who expect a zippy pace and shocking twists need not apply -- the film's "evil house" plot is pretty archetypal stuff and the one real twist at the end isn't terribly difficult to predict. However, these elements hardly matter in Burnt Offerings: co-writer/director Dan Curtis knows the real horror ... Full Review
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