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Burnt Offerings

Karen Black (Actor), Oliver Reed (Actor), Dan Curtis (Director) Rated:
PG
Format: DVD
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,216 ratings
Genre Horror
Format Color, NTSC, Dolby, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Multiple Formats
Contributor Bette Davis, Eileen Heckart, Burgess Meredith, Orin Cannon, Karen Black, Anthony James, Dub Taylor, Oliver Reed, Todd Turquand, Lee Montgomery, James T. Myers, Dan Curtis See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 56 minutes

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Evil Has A New Home! Step inside a vacation house of horror in this terrifying thriller that does for summer homes what Jaws did for a dip in the surf. Karen Black (The Pyx), Oliver Reed (The Brood) and Bette Davis (All About Eve), star in this riveting haunted-house chiller that delivers hidden terrors mounting creepily as the film builds to a climax of pulverizing fright. Marian (Black) and Ben (Reed) find it hard to believe that for only $900 they've rented a sprawling country mansion for the entire summer. But as they settle into their isolated estate with their son (Lee Montgomery, Ben) and Ben's aunt (Davis), they find themselves surrounded by an evil, hypnotic living presence that feeds on torture, fear and murder. The stellar cast includes Burgess Meredith (The Sentinel), Eileen Heckart (The Bad Seed), Dub Taylor (Gator) and Anthony James (High Plains Drifter). Co-written, produced and directed by horror legend Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows).

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 1775
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Dan Curtis
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Dolby, Widescreen, Anamorphic, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 56 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 6, 2015
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Kl Studio Classics
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B012BUQQ90
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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~Stay away from this Old Mansion, for it may very well be your last! ~
5 out of 5 stars
~Stay away from this Old Mansion, for it may very well be your last! ~
Whether you grew up in the '70s or not, this is one of those creepy "House" movies that comes along once in awhile and begs the question: Can a House actually do that? To my knowledge, no. At least, I have not lived in one that has been quite like that. Made in the mid 1970s, (1975/6), the movie has a good cast. Karen Black (Airport '75, Trilogy of Terror, Invasion from Mars '86), Burgess Meredith (Rocky, Foul Play, Clash of the Titans '81), Oliver Reed, Bette Davis (Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Nanny, Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte), and that spooky hearse driver, Anthony James, that keeps popping up as a bad guy in virtually every movie he plays in, (Blue Thunder, V: the original TV series, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century). The bumbling maintenance man, Dub Taylor, from (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Bonnie and Clyde, and countless others).When a young unsuspecting couple and their boy decide to rent out a Mansion for the summer away from the city, they get more than they bargained for, literally. Upon seeing it for the first time, they can't believe the owner's asking price for the whole summer, but what they didn't say is the price is far more than money. Bette Davis joins them as the weary Aunt who begins to feel sick and sleepy quite often as time goes by. Oliver Reed, having had nightmarish feelings about death in the family, becomes frozen with fear at times during the stay. Karen Black, who takes charge in "helping the old lady up stairs" locked away from the rest of them, begins to feel as if she is part of the place and allows no one to see her. The boy has numerous incidents happen to him to make him believe that this House is truly Evil.The movie is well done and has this eerie fog like atmosphere throughout the entire picture. If it were redone or remade today, it just wouldn't be the same feeling I got from it and I have seen several pictures similar to this one.This DVD is great. I got it years ago on MGM. It's done in widescreen with good sound and good picture. The image appears clean throughout the movie. The Menu is good with background music to give the watcher a feeling of what to expect.Special Feature is Theatrical Trailer and some Audio Commentary.NOTE: (I did not pay what they are asking for this movie on Amazon.) My advice to you is to search out your local video places or retailers and see if you can find it on DVD there, first. Even check out used book and DVD places at Malls, for instance. You may save some $$.All in All, a Great movie!**** BLU-RAY from KINO LORBER update ****I would really recommend getting the HD Blu-ray from Kino Lorber if you like Karen Black and this movie. It has some wonderful Audio Commentary from her in one of the tracks. Now that she is deceased, I believe as of 2015, it is wonderful to have here.Also, the 3 video Interviews are wonderful as well!** Anthony James, the Hearse Driver, discusses how he did in Hollywood and why he thinks he was a good actor, etc.** Lee Montgomery, the child actor (BEN), discusses his role in the movie and about the other actors on the set during filming.** William F. Nolan talks about how the movie got made, in his interview.The Picture really looks good here upgraded, there is a difference on my UHD 4K TV. Find a good deal and get this one if you are a big fan of Karen Black, Anthony James, like I am.
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  • James Wee Tiongham
    5.0 out of 5 stars Modern gothic horror. Eerie atmosphere. An ending that will remind you of Norman Bates's mother.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2018
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    First review - May 23 2018

    My second review of the movie - July 26 2020 -

    Think twice before you agree to rent a large country house for a very generous price. If it's too good to be true, there's probably something bad in the house. Is there a vampire waiting to suck all your blood or is it the house that does the sucking? Oops.... sounds like a spoiler.
    I just watched the DVD again. Still creepy but the last scenes in the movie are no longer so scary that I had to sleep with the lights on. This is a modern gothic horror having an old house that is owned by an old lady and her creepy children who are themselves in their twilight years. Not everyone will enjoy this movie. One reviewer has said this is a bad movie and a waste of time. This is understandable but I still love the movie. As mentioned in my first review, this is not a movie about a haunted house. You will be disappointed if you want to see ghosts, demons, blood-sucking vampires or monsters who make things go bump in the night. Just a matter of opinion - 'Burnt Offerings' 'out- creeps' the remake of 'The Haunting' even though it lacks CGI.
    This is generally a quiet movie that does not rely on sudden loud noises or abrupt appearances to make our hearts jump. What gives the creeps is the eerie atmosphere without cobwebs and creaking sounds.
    The old house is in well maintained and ‘takes care of itself.’ A couple (Oliver Reed and Karen Black) rents the house for the entire summer season for only $900. The creepy owners, an old man and his old sister (Burgess Meredith and Eileen Hackett), assure the couple that there’s no ‘catch’ in the rent offer. The tenants only have to provide food to their mother who will continue to stay in the house during the rental period. She stays in her bedroom all the time. The house needs no looking after – the house takes care of itself – this is the supernatural element in the story. There is actually a 'catch' behind the generous rental fee but not one that the couple can imagine. Karen Black's behavior changes as she settles down in the house. She is sort of infected. Her keen devotion to the rented house is the price she has to pay for staying in the house - the house needs her love just as Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory needed blood to look young.
    The end of the movie has a scene similar to the scene in Hitchcock's 'Psycho' where Vera Miles gets to enter the bedroom of Norman Bates' mother and meet Mrs. Bates.
    The ending of 'Burnt Offerings' might leave some heads scratching - what the Hell just happened?! What happened to Karen Black? Did she just........??? The answer is hinted at the start of the movie in the conversation between the couple and the house owners. Some won't like the ending or are confused. Others may like it like I do but even so, after seeing the movie for the first time at the cinema, I wanted to know more. I bought the novel of the same title to look for answers . This was something that I had not done before and have not done ever since - this is what makes the movie special to me. Unlike my scream queen sister, I don't read horror novels with eyes wide open and then scream in the cinema auditorium with mouth wide open when suddenly there's a loud sound or sudden appearance.
    Excellent performances by Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Bette Davis and even Burgess Meredith and Eileen Hackett who have only a brief screen time. The only time when I think Burgess Meredith isn't creepy is when he played the Penguin in the campy Batman TV series. Eileen Hackett, in her role in this movie, is another creep factor - her dead serious face, manner of speaking and distinctive voice are hints that she is no angel - something sinister about her. She looked very much and sounded very much like a witchy-looking nurse who examined me in a school medical check-up. I later had a dream that she asked me for blood and scratched my bare chest with her sharp fingernails that made me bleed. 'Blood Offerings'. Yeeks!

    First review below - May 23 2018.

    Saw the movie in or around 1976 - 77. It is one horror movie that is difficult to forget. Creepy man, creepy! The star of the show is the mansion. This movie isn't about a haunting in an old house. There are no fanged blood suckers but something is sucking the family that rented the house. The last few minutes of the movie creeped me out and I went to bed that night with the ceiling lights on. Scared to sleep in the dark.

    Spoiler - Audience who saw Hitchcock's 'Psycho' back in 1960 got a rude shock when the truth about Norman Bates's mother was revealed. Expect a similar type of shock at the end of this movie? Yes but ........yikes!
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  • Joker
    5.0 out of 5 stars Quality haunted house thriller
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2010
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    Burnt Offerings (1976) is one of my favorite haunted house movies of all time. My personal favorites, in order, are The Haunting (1963), The Innocents (1961), The Changeling (1980), The Legend Of Hell House (1973), Burnt Offerings (1976), Rose Red (2002), The Others (2001), House On Haunted Hill (1958), and The Amityville Horror (1979). Burnt Offerings stars Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Lee Montgomery, Burgess Meredith, Eileen Heckart and Anthony James.

    The story is basically this: a family (the Rolf family) rents a Victorian mansion in California for the entire summer for only $900.00 total. The owners of the house, the Allardyce's, ask that in addition to the $900.00 rental fee that the Rolf family provide food to the Allardyce's elderly mother, who still lives in an upstairs room and supposedly wants privacy all the time. Mrs. Rolf (Marian, played by Karen Black) takes on the responsibility of caring for the elderly mother of the Allardyces. At the same time, Marian becomes very intrigued with the mansion and its Victorian contents, such as a music box. Soon an evil force or presence takes over and victimizes the Rolf family. Their aunt Elizabeth (Bette Davis) dies suspiciously. Mr. Rolf (Ben, played by Oliver Reed) does some strange and evil things as his behavior borders on evil. There is something evil about the house itself. This evil is possessing and controlling the Rolf's. At the end of the movie, the house actually kills Ben and their son David (played by Lee Montgomery) while Marian actually turns into the elderly woman in the upstairs of the house. The house sort of rejuvenates itself after any death that occurs. Photos exist of all previous occupants of the house. It's strange, twisted, bizarre and quite entertaining.

    Bob Cobert's musical score is effective. The acting is great. Karen Black is a great actress. She's also very versatile. Her facial expressions are classic not only in this movie, but a lot of her movies. She's perfect for the role of Marian. There's something about Karen Black's looks that gives her a look of wickedness. She's good looking and somewhat scary looking at the same time. Oliver Reed does a great job acting as well. Burgess Meredith plays Arnold Allardyce and is quite creepy in this role. Speaking of creepy, Anthony James will creep you out in his role as the chauffeur.

    This movie is very good overall. It has some flaws, such as plot holes, etc., but the creepiness kind of makes up for it. I highly recommend this movie if you like haunted house thrillers.
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  • Cayetano Rockboy
    3.0 out of 5 stars EDICION BLURAY 20 MIN. MUTILADA
    Reviewed in Spain on March 7, 2018
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    Esta edición en blu ray de Llamentol y nada oficial, se trata de un disco BD-R no prensado regrabable. Lo que es peor y parece mentira, es que en la información de la película se ponga que su duración es de 116 min. cuando no es así, siendo una versión mutilada de 97 min. Ésto siempre debe ser preciso y no engañar al comprador porque la versión original verdaderamente dura casi dos horas e incluye entre otras escenas, una nocturna en la piscina de la casa donde la actriz Karen Black sale desnuda aunque no vista explícitamente. Por otra parte el sonido es un 2.0 en castellano e inglés y región libre. La imagen es bastante correcta pero por lo dicho anteriormente es una compra un tanto decepcionante e imperdonable. El film en sí, aunque ya con años a sus espaldas siendo una producción de 1976, es todo un clásico del género de casas encantadas y básico para los amantes del mismo. A remarcar que esta edición bluray de Llamentol está ya descatalogada hace un tiempo y por lo visto no parece que haya otra en España que respete el metraje original. Saludos de Cayetano y gracias por vuestro tiempo en leer mis comentarios.
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  • angele
    5.0 out of 5 stars les fantômes
    Reviewed in France on March 27, 2018
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    Un des meilleurs films d'horreur sans véritable horreur; Il faut l'avoir vu et l'on peut le revoir sans s'en lasser jamais. Dommage qu'il n'y ait pas de sous-titrage.
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  • David Law
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great ending, worth waiting for
    Reviewed in Canada on June 28, 2016
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    I've been watching horror movies even since I was a kid, I love them, I introduce myself as a horrible man. I never heard of this movie, as I am somewhat young to know of it, there is always so much to chase, this movie I know through the reputation of Dan Curtis and his Night Stalker/ Night Strangler, Kolchak show. Even though the DVD was somewhat expensive, well for me I'm not rich so just about everything is expensive, I had to give it a chance for the people that are involved in the production of this film. The movie is a slow burn, I must say that it was very interesting with great acting and a good premise, so many movies or TV show have used this movie as a big influence to what they have done. The movie's suspense builds well and has a climax that actually gave me the chills, which I don't get often as I am a veteran of horror movies, I would recommend this movie to anyone that wants to see a movie that has good plot, great acting and a ending that will leave you at the edge of your seat, please whatever you do, don't watch the trailer that it gives you too much of what happens in the film.
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  • Jochen A.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Der pure HORROR !!!
    Reviewed in Germany on June 30, 2005
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    Nun gut, ich muss zunächst einmal anmerken, dass ich schon in jungen Jahren angefangen habe, Horrorfilme zu schauen und zu lieben. Ich glaube, mitlerweile ein einigermaßen umfangreiches Repertoir des Genres zu kennen und irgendwann kommt jeder Horror-Maniac zu dem Punkt an dem er sich eine wichtige Frage stellt: "Welcher Horrorfilm war eigentlich am unheimlichsten?". Viele Leute können sich dann überhaupt nicht entscheiden. Ich dagegen habe definitiv 2 absolute Favoriten und alles andere war zwar ab und zu unheimlich, vielleicht auch Gänsehaut-zaubernd aber letztendlich nicht so markerschütternd wie die 2 besten. Die Nummer eins ist definitiv "Das Grauen kommt um 10" (OT: When a stranger calls) und die Nummer 2 ist "Das Landhaus der toten Seelen" (OT: burnt offerings). Diese Filme haben mich als Jungendlichen schon nächtelang wachgehalten und jagen mir jetzt schon bei der Erinnerung daran Schauer über den Rücken.
    In Diesem Film gibt es keine schreienden Teenies, kiffende Hippies, abgetrennte Köpfe oder Hannibal lector's hinter Panzerglas. Das hier ist ein Vertreter der ursprünglichen Kunst des Horrorfilms. In diesem Film kommt das Entsetzen auf leisen Sohlen, von hinten und wirft einen dann plötzlich vom Sessel. Die Schauspieler brillieren. Man kauft jedem seine Rolle sofort ab. Selbst der Schauspieler des Kindes wirkt in keiner einzigen Szene wie ein Anfänger. Und wer denkt, er würde die unheimlichsten Darsteller-Gesichter der Horrorwelt kennen, wird bei diesem Film wahrscheinlich dazu lernen, der Limousinenfahrer verfolgt mich heute noch...
    Das ist kein Film für lustige Pyjama-Partys. Dieser Film ist etwas für Horror-Fans, die sich in die Handlung einbeziehen lassen wollen, denen längere Dialoge eher willkommen sind und die nicht auf ein paar nackte Brüste hoffen. All diejenigen werden noch lange Zeit von diesem Film erzählen und ihn weiterempfehlen. Der Film ist bedrückend, düster und faszinierend zugleich. Man sollte nur bitte daran denken, dass dieser Film ein Klassiker ist und deshalb damals originelle und überraschende Ideen heutzutage möglicherweise etwas abgenutzt sind.
    Da der Film in Deutschland extrem unbekannt ist, lohnt sich der Kauf der englischen DVD bestimmt. Ausserdem gibt es die Möglichkeit, bei Gesprächen über gute Horrorfilme dann den absoluten Geheim-Tipp geben zu können ;-)
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  • Vivian .M.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good DVD
    Reviewed in Canada on June 18, 2022
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    I have seen this on tv but they don’t play it anymore so I bought the DVD good quality! I will enjoy this for years love the movie.
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