Review – Burnt Offerings

The only thing getting burnt around here is the amount of weed you’d have to smoke to make this into an entertaining experience. Oh, and also whatever you spent renting it, money going up in smoke. This isn’t a finest moment for anyone involved. And while “finest moment” for Oliver Reed may be strictly relative, just about everyone else has done better work elsewhere. This is particularly disappointing coming from Dan Curtis. The guy who came up with Trilogy of Terror and the Kolchak series has a much better idea about what’s scary than he shows anywhere in this boring stinker. Honestly, when the biggest shocks in the whole thing are achieved by agitating water in a swimming pool and lighting Reed with an orange spot, you know you’re in for a dull experience. See if desperate