Burnt Offerings fucked me up as a kid. Fucked me right up. Nightmares for days.
It's one of those horror movies that's famous for giving people nightmares long after they've seen it.
And Kaylee, what the hell's goin' on in the engine room? Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?
Mal ,'The Train Job'
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DavidS - Aug 11, 2008 9:49:37 am PDT #7573 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha - Aug 11, 2008 9:53:32 am PDT #7574 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Burnt Offerings fucked me up as a kid. Fucked me right up. Nightmares for days.
Unfortunately, it doesn't hold up, at least not for me. That seems to happen with so many movies that scared me as a kid. I was gratified that The Haunting (which pre-Suspiria was my biggest horror-movie-trauma event) still managed to give me the creeps when I saw it.
Oh, and speaking of Suspiria, is this the dumbest idea ever? [link]
Amy - Aug 11, 2008 9:58:17 am PDT #7575 of 10000
Because books.
I always confuse Burnt Offerings with Harvest Home, I think because Bette Davis was in both of them, they both feature young couples, New England villages, etc.
Harvest Home didn't make a *great* TV movie, but man, the book was chilling.
Strega - Aug 11, 2008 10:17:27 am PDT #7576 of 10000
Early 70s horror? The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, people.
Also: The Last House on the Left. Theatre of Blood. And maybe High Plains Drifter; it's certainly more of a horror movie than it is a western.
Laga - Aug 11, 2008 11:03:01 am PDT #7577 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I Spit on Your Grave
Strega - Aug 11, 2008 11:48:10 am PDT #7578 of 10000
I was going to include that, but it was 1978. And Last House on the Left is almost the same movie.
Laga - Aug 11, 2008 11:50:29 am PDT #7579 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
oops I was thinking 70's. I missed the 1975 cutoff.
Theodosia - Aug 11, 2008 11:51:00 am PDT #7580 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Does Jaws count as horror?
megan walker - Aug 11, 2008 11:56:35 am PDT #7581 of 10000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Does Jaws count as horror?
It does to me. I believe that seeing that movie way too young is what put me off horror for life. I thought about it everytime I swam at the lake house growing up. And that's freshwater!
Laga - Aug 11, 2008 11:57:12 am PDT #7582 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yes! Now I need to watch it again.