#burnt offerings

[very-tired-child]

getting really obsessed with houses that are characters

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[stillinstarshollow]

burnt offerings (1976)

[weirdlookindog]

Burnt Offerings (1976)

[knightotoc]

One fun thing about watching a fuckton of movies all the time is I'll be watching some random old thing and slowly realize a classic movie took heavy inspiration from it. These are the ones I've stumbled across:

Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) -> American Psycho (2000)

Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) -> Wizard of Oz (1939)

Burnt Offerings (1976) -> The Shining (1980)

It would be cool if these older films were actually better than their famous descendants, like how books are usually better than their film adaptations, and original movies are usually better than their remakes, but this is not the case. At least for these three examples, the classics deserve the hype and the older films are elevated by the association.

It is a cool experience to identify some visual or conceptual similarity, and then see more and more similarities as you go, especially if the themes and ideas behind these images are very different. For example, the dream in PLRG is visually similar but much scarier than the dream in Wizard of Oz, because you're aware that she's in great danger from poisoning. It is a more melodramatic situation, told in a less ambiguous style (this is very much the case for all 3 originals).

I love comparing how different actors treat the same role, especially if I can get a contrarian opinion out of it (Ricardo Cortez' Sam Spade > Bogie's). It is especially striking to compare Oliver Reed to Jack Nicholson in the role of "scary dad." Nicholson is much creepier, but Reed is arguably scarier as he is so physically imposing and goes in and out of self-control. Certainly his death is scarier.

I suppose the main thing I'm trying to get my head around is this idea that classic movies are incredibly influential, but they themselves are not original sources, just better ones.

[horrororman]

Burnt Offerings was released on October 18, 1976(US).

#horror

[jazznoisehere]

Bette Davis and Karen Black in the horror classic BURNT OFFERINGS - United Artists, 1976.

[spectacularizm]

Definitely my worst hear me out Character...

The Creepy Chauffeur from "Burnt Offerings", a psychological horror film from 1976. He is literally the embodiment of Trauma.. but idc.

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

Laws for Burnt Offerings

You are to slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and then Aaron’s sons the priests shall bring the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar at the entrance to the tent of meeting. — Leviticus 1:5 | New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Cross References: Exodus 29:11; Exodus 29:16; Leviticus 1:11; Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 3:8; Hebrews 12:24; 1 Peter 1:2

[discotitsposts]

yes i’m watching barbie after burnt offerings what abt it???

[cinemajunkie70]

The happiest of birthdays in the afterlife to the ultimate hellraiser, Oliver Reed!

[motionpicturelover]

"Burnt Offerings" (1976) - Dan Curtis

Films I've watched in 2022 (164/210)

Full movie:

[stillinstarshollow]

details in burnt offerings (1976)

[calmandjoyful]

Burnt Offerings (1976)

[chaoticdesertdweller]

[horrororman]

Burnt Offerings was released on September 29, 1976(NYC, NY).

#horror #thriller #mystery