That's why I was looking forward to «Burnt Offerings»,
a 70s haunted house film featuring the likes of Oliver Reed, Karen Black, Burgess Meredith and Bette Davis.
Not exact matches
The production design helps greatly with this; Wan and crew pulled out all the stops in making everything from the costumes to period cars scream the exact kind of washed - out 19
70s look the
film needs to match its period and remind us of those great
70s haunted house flicks (The Exorcist, Poltergeist) this
film pays homage to.
After an immensely creepy prelude that reminds us of James Wan's fetish for creepy dolls, an opening text crawl provides us with the context of the
film: The Warrens are «demonologists» who are formally recognized by the Catholic church, and the following is the tale of their most bizarre, harrowing case, involving a cursed
house and a
haunted family, all set against the groovy yet Gothic backdrop of the
70s.