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Burnt Offerings (1976) – D. Curtis
Dan Curtis mostly
directed low budget horror movies for TV (and famously the Dark Shadows movies
and TV series), but this putative haunted house thriller really goes nowhere. Instead, Karen Black and Oliver Reed try to
demonstrate who can act most crazy (and Bette Davis joins in for good
measure). Presumably the actors are
somehow possessed by the house which fixes itself and drapes itself in flowers,
presumably after accepting an “offering”.
But their struggles are rather tiresome and boring and the house doesn’t
actually do anything scary. IMdB says
that this is “one of Stephen King’s favorite horror films” – probably because
he doesn’t like The Shining. But
methinks that quote must be bollocks.
There is nothing to see here.
Maybe I need to check out some of those paranormal activity
sequels.
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