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| Burnt Offerings | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Tom Jung | |
| Directed past | Dan Curtis |
| Written by | Dan Curtis William F. Nolan |
| Based on | Burnt Offerings past Robert Marasco |
| Produced by | Dan Curtis Robert Singer |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Jacques R. Marquette |
| Edited by | Dennis Virkler |
| Music by | Bob Cobert |
| Product | Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release appointment |
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| Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English language |
| Budget | $2 million[one] |
| Box office | $1.56 1000000[ii] |
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 American supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black, Oliver Reed and Bette Davis, and Lee H. Montgomery, with Eileen Heckart, Burgess Meredith and Anthony James in smaller roles. Information technology is based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Robert Marasco.[3] The plot follows a family who begins to interpersonally dissolve under supernatural forces in a large estate they take rented for the summer.
While the film received mixed reviews from critics, it won several awards in 1977. Originally set on Long Island, New York, the movie moves the action to California and was the first motion picture to be filmed at Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California.
Plot [edit]
Author Ben Rolf, his married woman Marian, and their 12-yr-old son Davey tour a large, shabby, remote neo-classical 19th-century mansion to rent for the summer. The domicile's eccentric owners, elderly siblings Arnold and Rosalyn Allardyce, offer them a bargain price of $900 for the unabridged summertime, with 1 odd request: Their elderly female parent, who they merits is 85 but could pass for sixty, will continue to live in her upstairs room, and the Rolfs are to provide her with meals during their stay. The old woman is obsessed with privacy and volition not interact with them, so meals are to be left exterior her door.
The family arrives at the house at the beginning of summer along with Ben'southward elderly Aunt Elizabeth. Marian becomes obsessed with caring for the abode, and eventually wears the Victorian era garments she finds in Mrs. Allardyce's suite, while distancing herself from her family unit. Of particular interest to her is Mrs. Allardyce's sitting room, which contains a drove of framed portraits of people from different eras, presumably old occupants of the house. Mrs. Allardyce'southward meals go mostly untouched, according to Marian, who expresses concern. Various unusual circumstances occur during the summer: After Davey falls and hurts his articulatio genus playing in the garden, a dead plant starts to grow again; Ben cuts his paw on a champagne bottle, and a dead lite bulb is mysteriously repaired; while playing in the puddle; Ben is haunted by a vision of an eerie, malevolently grin hearse driver whom Ben start saw at his female parent's funeral years earlier. With each "blow," the house farther restores itself.
Marian is becoming possessed by the spirit of the business firm. When Aunt Elizabeth suddenly becomes ill and dies, Marian does not attend the funeral. Ben angrily confronts Marian almost what her obsession with the house. When she denies it, he reveals his intention to get out the next mean solar day.
Ben later sees old shingles and siding falling abroad, replaced by new ones equally the house rejuvenates itself. He attempts to escape with his son only a tree blocks the road. When Marian drives them back to the house, Ben accuses her of being a part of what is going on, then sees her as the chauffeur, and becomes catatonic. The next day, while Davey is swimming and a notwithstanding catatonic Ben is watching him, the pool water turns into vicious waves, pulling the male child nether as Ben is unable to move. Marian rescues her son, the incident awakening Ben out of his catatonia. Marian agrees that information technology'south time to leave but insists on going back inside to inform Mrs. Allardyce. When Marian fails to render to the car, Ben goes within to find her, only cannot. He decides to face up Mrs. Allardyce, whom he has never seen. He is horrified when he discovers that his wife has now get the old woman in the attic. Ben is thrown from an attic window, landing on the windshield of his auto. In shock, Davey runs toward the house and is killed when one of the chimneys falls on him.
With the firm and grounds now fully rejuvenated, the Allardyce siblings reappear and are heard marveling at the restored dazzler of their home and rejoicing over the render of their "mother". The photo collection now includes photos of Ben, Davey and Aunt Elizabeth, the latest victims.
Cast [edit]
- Karen Black as Marian Rolf
- Oliver Reed as Ben Rolf
- Lee H. Montgomery as Davey Rolf
- Bette Davis equally Elizabeth Rolf
- Burgess Meredith as Arnold Allardyce
- Eileen Heckart every bit Roz Allardyce
- Dub Taylor as Walker
- Anthony James as the Hearse Driver
- Todd Tarquand equally Young Ben
Production [edit]
In a Variety piece published on December 11, 1969, it was announced a project named Burnt Offerings would be directed by Bob Fosse from a screenplay past Robert Marasco; Turman Films and Movie house Heart Films would be producers and Lawrence Turman executive producer.[iv] Although it never materialized, a novel of the aforementioned proper noun by Marasco was published in 1973.[4] The American Flick Found inductively reasoned the volume may have been written based on the united nations-produced screenplay.[iv]
Burnt Offerings was directed past Dan Curtis, most known for television horror works such every bit the Tv set series Nighttime Shadows (1966–1971) and made-for-Telly films like The Night Stalker (1972). Not counting House of Dark Shadows (1970) and Night of Dark Shadows (1971) —theatrically released feature movie adaptations of the Boob tube series— it was the only original theatrical feature he e'er directed.[5] When offered to do the project, he found the novel uninteresting, peculiarly what he called its "nothing" catastrophe, and joked to himself, "I bet some idiot who doesn't know what he's doing volition come up along and make this."[half dozen]
William F. Nolan removed the first third of the volume where the family was in New York City, finding it didn't piece of work, and the chauffeur was conceived by him and unique to the picture show.[5]
Filming took place in August 1975 at the Dunsmuir House located in Oakland, California.[7] Burnt Offerings was the first moving picture to be filmed at the Dunsmuir House. According to a commentary with Dan Curtis, William F. Nolan, and Karen Blackness, Curtis reveals that his rationale for the fog machine was to shoot "motes."[8]
Bette Davis reportedly had conflicts with Karen Black, feeling that Black did not extend to her an appropriate degree of respect and that her behavior on the film set was unprofessional.[9]
Critical reception [edit]
Arizona Commonwealth critic Mike Petryni was creeped out by the film, particularly the smile chauffeur, only felt it was ruined past a accent on constant thrills over subtle horror. He too was confused well-nigh several concepts, such as why Marian was handling Mrs. Allardyce'due south trays.[10] George Anderson of the Pittsburgh Mail service-Gazette criticized the film as dependent on typical horror tropes such as shocks and loud music hits; he also described the tension as "a lot of sinister huffing and puffing to little outcome", noting how most of the runtime is spent on mystery of which characters are the antagonists or protagonists.[11]
While calling Meredith and Heckart the best performers in the picture, Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe argued the textile gave the actors footling to piece of work with; he called Black "particularly inconsistent", Reed "looking similar an eggplant", and stated Davis "tries to create a Bette Davis grapheme without whatever Bette Davis lines to work with, and so all she tin do is puff and snort a lot".[12]
Movie critic Roger Ebert called the picture show "a mystery, all right", last "Burnt Offerings but persists, until it occurs to usa that the characters are the only ones in the theater who don't know what'southward going to happen next."[13] Variety stated "The horror is expressed through sudden murderous impulses felt past Black and Reed, a premise which might have been interesting if manager Dan Curtis hadn't relied strictly on formula treatment."[3]
Awards [edit]
| Award | Subject area | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturn Awards | Best Horror Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Dan Curtis | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Bette Davis | ||
| Sitges Film Festival | Best Managing director | Dan Curtis | |
| Best Histrion | Burgess Meredith | ||
| All-time Actress | Karen Black |
Retrospective reviews [edit]
Rovi Donald Guarisco of Moving picture Guide called the film "worthy of rediscovery by the horror fans who missed it the first time", final "In the end, Burnt Offerings is probably a bit too methodical in its pacing for viewers accustomed to slam-bang approach of post-'70s horror fare but seasoned horror fans will observe enough to enjoy..."[14] In addition to the slow build, Starburst 'due south Robert Martin spotlighted its cast, particularly the chemistry betwixt Reed and Montgomery, Black's "loving and murderous" combination, and Davis' "uncomfortable" eye assail scene.[15] Nevertheless, he also felt the overall product was held dorsum by its TV film wait, particularly its "apartment cinematography" and visuals that were more "clever" than scary.[15]
Analysis [edit]
Burnt Offerings was role of a tendency in 1970s horror films focused on the supernatural, such as The Omen (1976), Carrie (1976), Audrey Rose (1977), and The Amityville Horror (1979).[16] : 124 It also was one of many horror films in the 1970s and early 1980s, such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Poltergeist (1982), presenting the negative impacts of eye class life, such equally light-headed consumerism; in the film, the family is destroyed past a house they otherwise dreamed of, generic-looking, in the middle of nowhere, and meant for leisure.[17] : 4 In the 1978 book An Introduction to American Movies, Steven C. Earley cited Ben's fall onto a car window as an instance of the loftier presence of violence in films of the 1970s.[18] : 117 Retrospective reviews viewed the story as a criticism on obsession on property ownership[19] and the destruction of the nuclear family unit.[20]
Domicile media [edit]
In 2003, MGM released a region 1 DVD of Burnt Offerings. The original video shape is in wide screen (16:9) and also features an audio commentary with Dan Curtis, Karen Blackness and William F. Nolan. The DVD was poorly received. Reviewers criticized the video quality, which appeared to accept been shot with soft focus,[21] and the Dolby Digital Mono audio that made the voices muddy and indistinct.
A Blu-ray of the pic was released on Oct 6, 2015 by Kino Lorber.
Soundtrack [edit]
| Burnt Offerings | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Robert Cobert | |
| Released | June 28, 2011 |
| Genre | Score |
| Length | ane:05:22 |
| Characterization | Counterpoint |
Like most other Dan Curtis works, the music for Burnt Offerings was composed and conducted by Robert Cobert. In 2011, years subsequently the film'southward release, the original full soundtrack album was released by Counterpoint and was limited to merely 3,000 copies. The album features all of Cobert'south original score, plus alternate tracks not used in the film including two alternate Music Box Themes. The CD booklet is twenty pages long and illustrated with photos taken from the prepare of the flick during production.[22] An original suite of the motion-picture show's soundtrack tin can be establish on the 2000 Robert Cobert collection album The Night Stalker and Other Classic Thrillers.
Track listing [edit]
All tracks are written by Robert Cobert.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| ane. | "Foreboding Evil" | 1:32 |
| 2. | "Memories of a Lifetime" | 2:06 |
| 3. | "17 Shore Route" | two:08 |
| four. | "Mrs. Allardyce'south Room" | 0:53 |
| 5. | "Music Box Theme" | 2:50 |
| half-dozen. | "Danger at the Pool" | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Funeral Dream" | one:28 |
| 8. | "The Pool Subsequently Dark" | 0:32 |
| 9. | "Rendezvous Gone Wrong" | ii:10 |
| 10. | "Aunt Elizabeth Investigates" | 2:06 |
| xi. | "The Chauffeur" | 1:04 |
| 12. | "The Clocks Restart/The Gas Leaks" | 0:50 |
| 13. | "Marian & Aunt Elizabeth's Quarrel" | 2:06 |
| 14. | "Aunt Elizabeth Falls Ill" | 4:42 |
| xv. | "Music Box Theme" | one:29 |
| sixteen. | "Terror Up the Stairs" | 2:19 |
| 17. | "The Greenhouse" | 0:26 |
| 18. | "Rejuvenation and Attempted Escape" | 2:44 |
| 19. | "The Ride Dorsum" | 1:32 |
| 20. | "Swimming Pool" | 4:52 |
| 21. | "Ben Confronts Terror" | 1:43 |
| 22. | "The Final Horror" | 1:29 |
| 23. | "A House Reborn/Terminate Championship" | 3:08 |
| 24. | "Marian Rolfe" | 0:32 |
| 25. | "House Eternal" | 1:42 |
| 26. | "Family in Danger" | ane:35 |
| 27. | "Chief Title (Outtake)" | 3:18 |
| 28. | "Music Box Theme (Piano Version 1)" | 2:51 |
| 29. | "Alternate Music Box Theme #ane (Celesta Version)" | 1:06 |
| xxx. | "Alternating Music Box Theme #2 (Piano Version 2)" | 2:21 |
| 31. | "Music Box Theme (shorter version)" | ii:37 |
| 32. | "Master Title (Reprise-Outtake)" | 0:45 |
| Full length: | 01:05:22 | |
References [edit]
- ^ Excitement--and waiting: That's how life is for actors and coiffure on location with the big-upkeep thriller 'Burnt Offerings' In Dunsmuir House Old fashion is done with By David Sterritt. The Christian Science Monitor 13 Sep 1976: 23.
- ^ Richard Nowell, Blood Coin: A History of the Start Teen Slasher Movie Bike, Continuum, 2011, pg. 256
- ^ a b Variety film review; August 25, 1976, page 20.
- ^ a b c "Burnt Offerings". American Motion picture Institute. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ a b Morton, Lisa (May 2015). "Interview: William F. Nolan". Nightmare Magazine . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Beck, Marilyn (July 29, 1976). "Why is Dan Curtis then pleased?". The Courier-Journal. p. 19. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Jeff (2009). The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis: Nighttime Shadows, the Night Stalker and Other Productions, 1966–2006 . McFarland. p. 154. ISBN978-0-7864-5337-v.
- ^ Burnt Offerings: Commentary (Media notes). Dan Curtis. MGM/DVD. 2003 [1976].
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ Spada, James (1993). More than Than a Woman. Little, Brown and Visitor; ISBN 0-316-90880-0, folio 414; accessed July 31, 2013.
- ^ Petryni, Mike (September 24, 1976). "'Burnt Offerings' is spooky". Arizona Republic. p. 71. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Anderson, George (October xiii, 1976). "Burnt Offerings Mild Thriller at Warner". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 18. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ^ Dyer, Richard (Oct 5, 1976). "'Burnt Offerings' difficult to eat". The Boston Globe. p. 24. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ Ebert, Roger (October 23, 2004). "Burnt Offerings: Movie Review". rogerebert.com. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ Donald Guarisco, Rovi. "Burnt Offerings: movie review". Movie Guide. Retrieved Dec thirteen, 2011.
- ^ a b Martin, Robert (October 18, 2016). "Burnt Offerings". Starburst . Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- ^ King, Claire Sisco (April 2007). "Acting Out and Sounding Off: Sacrifice and Performativity in Alice, Sweet Alice" (PDF). Text and Operation Quarterly. 27 (2): 124–142. doi:x.1080/10462930701251199. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Snyder, Stephen (Fall 1982). "Family Life and Leisure Culture in 'The Shining'". Flick Criticism. 7 (i): 4–13. JSTOR 44018714. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Earley, Steven C. (1978). An Introduction to American Movies. New American Library. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Berriman, Ian (December 2016). "Burnt Offerings". SFX. No. 28. p. 109. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Blackford, James (February 2017). "Burnt Offerings". Sight & Audio. 27 (2): 96. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Jawetz, Gil (Baronial 26, 2003). "Burnt Offerings: DVD Review". DVD Talk. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ Garbarini, Todd (June 29, 2011). "SOUNDTRACK REVIEW: "Burnt Offerings – a Hell of a Great Score"". Cinema Retro. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
External links [edit]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnt_Offerings_%28film%29
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