Dad’s a writer who doesn’t write and soon goes off theĭeep end the son is the one who keeps his bearings. Marion is lost in her housekeeping duties!īurnt Offering’s basic premise resembles The Shining. While her hubby's "rough housing" with their son in the pool, Karen Black's However, Black’s housewife is soon consumed as the house’s caretaker.Īnd writer hubby Reed is overwhelmed with more primal urges, like anger and Marion is only required to leave three trays a day in Mom’s parlor, it’s anĮasy gig. They must care for the owners’ aged mother who never leaves her room. Son David and Ben’s Aunt Elizabeth, they take an offer that they can’t refuse:Ī grand, if somewhat shabby mansion for the summer, for $900. In Burnt Offerings, Oliver Reed and Karenīlack play Ben and Marion Rolf, who are looking for a refresher from city life, House That Would Not Die with Barbara Stanwyck Crowhaven Farm with Hope Lange and Something Evil with Sandy Dennis, for starters.Ī normal family with Karen Black & Oliver Reed as parents? The only thing that would make the "Burnt Offerings" Bunch complete was cast Clint Howard as the son! House" genre was then a staple on TV: The Shining, which Stephen King allegedly admits was inspired by the earlier Burnt Offerings. Horror classics Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist had kept the supernatural genre going when Burnt Offerings was released in ’76.
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