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1976 · Movie · 1h 56m · PG

Burnt Offerings

CriticsCritics: 49
AudienceAudience: 6.2

A family spends the summer caring for a grand country mansion under an unusually cheap rental arrangement. As the house gradually transforms and unsettling incidents strain their relationships, they begin to suspect that its influence may be far more sinister than they imagined.

My take

You’ll enjoy this if you like slow-burning haunted-house stories with mounting dread and psychological tension; Not for you if you prefer fast pacing, frequent shocks, or horror as direct as The 'Burbs.

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Cast

Karen BlackOliver ReedBurgess MeredithBette DavisEileen HeckartLee MontgomeryDub TaylorJoseph Riley

Director

Dan Curtis

If tonight is a Burnt Offerings night…

…these live in the same corner of my head.

Want one picked out for tonight?

Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll do the rest.