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Burnt Offerings is a american film of genre Drama directed by Dan Curtis released in USA on 18 october 1976 with Karen Black
Burnt Offerings (1976)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 october 1976
Length 1h56
Directed by Dan Curtis
OriginUSA
Themes Ghost films
Rating64%
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 mystery horror film based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Robert Marasco. Directed by Dan Curtis, the film stars Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, Lee H. Montgomery, Eileen Heckart, and Burgess Meredith. The story concerns a family who moves into an old house that regenerates itself by means of feeding off the life force of whichever occupant is most in sync with the house's energy. Other family members are all killed off, with the survivor awaiting a new family. While the film received mixed reviews from critics, it won several awards in 1977. Originally set on Long Island, the movie moves the action to California and was the first movie to be filmed at Dunsmuir House, Oakland, California.
Synopsis
The Rolf family takes a summer-long vacation at a large, shabby neo-classical 19th-century mansion in the California countryside. The family consists of Marian (Karen Black), her husband Ben (Oliver Reed), their twelve-year-old son Davey (Lee H. Montgomery), and Ben's elderly Aunt Elizabeth (Bette Davis). The owners of the house are the Allardyce siblings, Arnold and Roz (Burgess Meredith and Eileen Heckart); there is also a caretaker called Walker. The Allardyces inform the Rolfs of a particularly odd requirement for their rental: their mother will continue to live in her upstairs room, and the Rolfs are to provide her with meals during their stay. The siblings explain that the old woman is obsessed with privacy and will not interact with them, so meals are to be left outside her door. Marian eagerly accepts this task, having already succumbed to the allure of the ornate house and its period decor. She becomes obsessed with caring for the home, begins to dress as if she is from the Victorian age, and distances herself from her family. Of particular interest to her is a room near the bedroom of Mrs. Allardyce, which contains collections of framed portraits of people from different eras and a music box.Actors
Karen Black
(Marian Rolf)
Oliver Reed
(Ben Rolf)
Bette Davis
(Aunt Elizabeth)
Lee Montgomery
(David 'Davey' Rolf)
Anthony James
(The Chauffeur)
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