1976 · haunted-house · gothic · cult
Burnt Offerings
Directed by Dan Curtis1h 56m1976
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Our read: Burnt Offerings (1976) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive haunted-house · gothic · cult entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured haunted-house / gothic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
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