Burnt Offerings (film)
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed, Bette Davis, and Lee H. Montgomery, with Eileen Heckart, Burgess Meredith and Anthony James in supporting roles. It is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Robert Marasco. The plot follows a family who begins to interpersonally dissolve under supernatural forces in a large estate they have rented for the summer.
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| Directed by | Dan Curtis |
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| Based on | Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco |
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| Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
| Edited by | Dennis Virkler |
| Music by | Bob Cobert |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $1.56 million |
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi's Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Burnt Offerings was filmed on location at the historic Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California. It was given a domestic limited theatrical release through United Artists in August 1976, which expanded later that fall. While the film received mixed reviews from critics, it won several awards in 1977. In the years since its release, the film has been analyzed by film scholars as a commentary on materialism and the dissolution of the American family.