5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Horror, Thriller, Mystery • 1976 • 116 min • Older Kids (7+)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Burnt Offerings (1976)
Overview
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 supernatural horror film in which a family rents a sprawling country estate for the summer, only to find the house feeding on their sanity and their lives. Directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed, it belongs to the haunted-house tradition that treats the family unit as both the thing worth protecting and the thing being destroyed. The Leans Traditional label follows from that framing. The film centers a conventional nuclear family, casts without ideological revision, and treats the horror as an attack on domestic stability rather than a critique of it. No identity or political currents pull against that baseline.
Starring Cast
Karen Black • Oliver Reed • Burgess Meredith
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
5.7
Overview
Burnt Offerings is a 1976 supernatural horror film in which a family rents a sprawling country estate for the summer, only to find the house feeding on their sanity and their lives. Directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black and Oliver Reed, it belongs to the haunted-house tradition that treats the family unit as both the thing worth protecting and the thing being destroyed. The Leans Traditional label follows from that framing. The film centers a conventional nuclear family, casts without ideological revision, and treats the horror as an attack on domestic stability rather than a critique of it. No identity or political currents pull against that baseline.
Starring Cast
Karen Black • Oliver Reed • Burgess Meredith
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: High
The film explores themes of psychological horror and family disintegration through the lens of a malevolent, sentient house. Its narrative focuses on universal fears and the uncanny, without promoting or critiquing specific political ideologies.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: High
The film features traditional casting without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative focuses on its core horror themes, not incorporating critiques of traditional identities or making DEI themes central to the plot.
Secondary
Family Values: Mixed
Confidence: High
Burnt Offerings depicts the horrific dissolution of a nuclear family unit, as supernatural forces systematically destroy their relationships and individual well-being. The narrative focuses on the family's tragic breakdown rather than endorsing or critiquing any particular family structure or set of values.
LGBTQ: N/A
Confidence: High
Burnt Offerings, 1976 does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a family's terrifying experiences in a haunted house, without incorporating elements related to queer identity.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: High
Burnt Offerings, a 1976 supernatural horror film, does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The story centers on a family's terrifying experiences in an old mansion, where the house itself is the primary antagonist, consuming their vitality and sanity. The narrative explores psychological horror and supernatural possession, without engaging with gender identity.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film adapts its source material without altering the established genders of its main characters. All significant roles maintain their original gender portrayals from the novel.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: High
The film "Burnt Offerings" does not feature any instances of race swapping. Characters portrayed in the movie align with their established or implied racial depictions from the original source material, with no significant changes to their race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.4
6.5
Critic Ratings
5.0
4.8
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