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Burnt Offerings (1976)

 -  Horror | Mystery  -  18 October 1976 (USA)
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Haunted house chiller from Dan Curtis has Oliver Reed and Karen Black as summer caretakers moving into gothic house with their young son. The catch? The house rejuvenates a part of itself ... See full summary »

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Haunted house chiller from Dan Curtis has Oliver Reed and Karen Black as summer caretakers moving into gothic house with their young son. The catch? The house rejuvenates a part of itself with each death that occurs on its premises. Written by Humberto Amador

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The perfect summer rental for the last vacation you'll ever take. See more »

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Also Known As:

Pesadilla diabólica  »

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The Dunsmuir House, located in Oakland, California would also be featured in The Vineyard, and So I Married an Axe Murderer, as well as in A View to a Kill, True Crime, and even Little Girls Blue. See more »

Goofs

The gray in Marion's hair has completely vanished when she and Ben are out on the porch at night and she has the tea tray. See more »

Quotes

Roz Allardyce: God when it comes alive - tell them, Brother. Tell them what it's like in the summer.
Arnold Allardyce: Well they'd never believe it - it's beyond *anything* that you have you *ever* seen in your life.
Roz Allardyce: There are centuries in this room, Mrs. Rolf... there are years, years in this house.
Arnold Allardyce: Oh yes, and this house will be here long, long after you have departed. You'll believe me.
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Referenced in Ooga Booga (2013) See more »

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"The Pool After Dark"
Written, composed and conducted by Robert Cobert
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Understated and scary -- underrated unjustly
10 October 1999 | by See all my reviews

This movie does not play into the pea-soup vomit game started by "The Exorcist." The chills here are subtle, the effect being cumulative over the sum of the movie as the awful truth is revealed too late. People who think "Carnival of Souls" was cheap and corny will also condemn this pic. But the chauffeur in this movie, a truly frightening presence, has a lineage directly to the earlier film.

Low production values do mar the movie, but if you are disposed toward quiet creepy shudders, give "Burnt Offerings" a look.


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