tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post839900924713608259..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: Burnt Offerings (1976)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-5152050363215688142023-04-19T19:46:18.437-07:002023-04-19T19:46:18.437-07:00It scared the crap out of me too and I will not re...It scared the crap out of me too and I will not rewatch it as an adult! 😂Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-12582517272914618422014-10-26T16:15:23.585-07:002014-10-26T16:15:23.585-07:00Ditto to both posts! Scared the living daylights r...Ditto to both posts! Scared the living daylights right out of me.....cindyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-17577832264632672522013-02-27T21:13:49.619-08:002013-02-27T21:13:49.619-08:00I just read this response to your reply regarding ...I just read this response to your reply regarding Burnt Offerings. I realize it's now 2013! ;) Anyways, the reason I was looking at this review was because I was just defending this movie to my husband. We own the movie, he actually got it for me as a gift, romantic, huh?! I told him this movie scared me to death as a kid, and he had never seen it, so he surprised me with it. I am 39, and he is 34. So now that we own it, and we have for awhile now, he always makes fun of me for watching it. He doesn't get it. He says "it's not scary", "it's slow"... So this is why I appreciated your reply so much....you nailed it, and I did read it outloud to him!<br />So if this email finds it way to you, thank you, fellow child of the 70's! :) <br /><br />Stephanie<br />P.S. I still close my eyes when the chauffeur parts come up...chills!! picturemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00560796004867446713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-5870151526863482112011-12-04T08:28:20.860-08:002011-12-04T08:28:20.860-08:00@ Anon
Name calling is dumb just because someone ...@ Anon<br /><br />Name calling is dumb just because someone don't agree with you. This movie IS slow and boring.<br /><br />I know of other horror movies that have little to no gore that is scarier that this movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-89735156831295556042011-10-29T14:35:51.777-07:002011-10-29T14:35:51.777-07:00Just watched this last night on Netflix and while ...Just watched this last night on Netflix and while I can certainly see where you're coming from, you seem to be predicated on your expectations as a modern horror movie watcher. To appreciate this I think you need to consider the time it was made. Now, I won't claim this is a great film, and much of your criticism holds, but I don't think it is as generally terrible as you seem to be writing it off as. <br /><br />Keep in mind this is two years before the first Halloween forever changed the landscape of popular horror movies. Stuff like Chainsaw and Last House was to the general population of kids and teens mostly the stuff of legend, truly underground. And the notion of 'twists' was not the convention that it is in our post-Sixth Sense world.<br /><br />This has more in common with The Haunting or The Innocents, slow burning dread, the question as to whether there is really something terrible happening or whether the leads are just going mad. In these terms I think the movie more succeeded than not.<br /><br />So, yeah, a lot of not-much-happening. And some weirdness that doesn't make much sense. But Black, Reed, Davis and Meredith competing to see who can eat more scenery is campy fun. There is a lot of genuine creepiness, and it doesn't mitigate the darkness in the name of good taste, i.e. bad shit happens to everyone including the kid. Sure I saw where it was going pretty quickly but was still fairly impressed with how they pulled it off.<br /><br />I wouldn't say this is a classic of the genre but it definitely deserves not to be forgotten.C. Pufferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02476978217346435356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-1629144192347785702010-08-08T15:51:19.746-07:002010-08-08T15:51:19.746-07:00Obviously, you're not a big fan of subtle horr...Obviously, you're not a big fan of subtle horror... it's blood n' guts = excitement, eh?<br /><br />Fucking moron...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-74563960910786590442010-05-27T16:15:15.937-07:002010-05-27T16:15:15.937-07:00The one scene that stands out from when I first sa...The one scene that stands out from when I first saw the movie when I was a kid on TV was the chauffeur coming up the driveway and Ben sitting drinking a beer. You could just feel him crapping his pants at that moment when the chauffeur looks and smiles at him. Freaky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-84333494595483520642009-06-21T03:55:38.165-07:002009-06-21T03:55:38.165-07:00This movie definitely had some chilling moments. I...This movie definitely had some chilling moments. I read a lot of comments on how scary the chauffeur was and I even saw a picture of him smiling, which I didn't think looked that scary. When I finally saw the movie, the chauffeur freakin creeped me out. It's so strange how something that isn't very supernatural or bloody can be so scary.<br /><br />Yeah, much of the movie can be considered slow, but I found myself liking it a lot more than The Changeling, which is considered by many to be a classic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-28632111200844757932009-06-08T10:19:11.948-07:002009-06-08T10:19:11.948-07:00I saw this movie when it came out back in 1976 and...I saw this movie when it came out back in 1976 and the movie really scared me. I was an adult then . I saw the movie again a few days ago and it still creeps me out. The chauffeur guy is what really freaked me out and still does. That limo coming up the driveway--- really scares me. It might have been a little boring but in all, I thought it delivered on the horror, especially the ending.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-91792061572786814292008-06-29T23:01:00.000-07:002008-06-29T23:01:00.000-07:00This movie scared me for years from the time I was...This movie scared me for years from the time I was 8 years old till almost 13 (At least it felt that long). I must have set a record for the most repetitive nightmare. For years I was chased around by Karen Black's ghastly white face from the end of the movie. <BR/>I just watched it again tonight (6/29/08). She still creeps me out!<BR/>My 6 year old almost came downstairs in the middle of it. I told him maybe in a couple years he can see it. Or do I want him too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-79640369739000810172008-03-25T08:22:00.000-07:002008-03-25T08:22:00.000-07:00I read the Robert Marasco novel, and it is exactly...I read the Robert Marasco novel, and it is exactly as boring and tepid as the movie, save the Reed decap at the climax. This is what mainstream '70s horror was until Stephen King, I suppose. Another similar slow-but-sorta-creepy-at-times movie from the same era is THE OTHER.Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-41249385960612325372008-03-21T08:30:00.000-07:002008-03-21T08:30:00.000-07:00Ann-Marie, Chauffeur guy is definitely one of the ...Ann-Marie,<BR/><BR/> Chauffeur guy is definitely one of the film's few highlights... as for the timing, I've mentioned in a couple other reviews: I really hate that I've seen these movies out of "order", because while I didn't care much for Offerings, I probably liked a few films that came along after that were probably inspired by this film. So it's not "fair" in a way. :( And I know exactly how you feel; I hear kids today talk about how Rob Zombie's Halloween is scary while the original is "boring", and its all I can do to not throttle them!BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-25644340016949583112008-03-21T06:17:00.000-07:002008-03-21T06:17:00.000-07:00From what I hear of Karen Black, she always comes ...From what I hear of Karen Black, she always comes off as full of herself, probably because in fact she IS. She's also famous for opening disparaging her horror film appearances, as if they are somehow beneath her amazing talents--never mind the fact that they're the only thing anybody remembers her for. (Well, that and maybe Airport 1975, as "the stewardess [who is] flying the plane!") I see on imdb she was in Easy Rider too, but despite my having seen that I don't remember her.<BR/><BR/>But regardless, it all comes off as very condescending and ungrateful to her fans, imo.<BR/><BR/>As for this movie, I hear it praised to hell and back, but like you I found it very boring. The finale is awesome, but would have been even more so had the movie been more tightly paced.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and Oliver Reed gets more irresistible the drunker he gets. This is a scientific fact.The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-84751005342460200692008-03-21T04:45:00.000-07:002008-03-21T04:45:00.000-07:00It is funny to read a review talking about how bor...It is funny to read a review talking about how boring a movie is that scared the utter crap out of me as a kid - even funnier cause you made no mention of the part that scarred me for years!! That creepy ass chaufer messed me up, I was afraid he would just pop up like he did in the car with Oliver Reed well into my teens (and thought he would just show up in my back seat) once I started driving! He still creeps me out actually, and I am in my forties now! I guess it is all in the timing of when you see a movie, even if it is total crap!!Ann-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15540491478279902932noreply@blogger.com