Sept. 29, 2021

This Day in Halloween: Evil house movie "Burnt Offerings" premieres in New York in 1976. / Illustration by Emily Park

Burnt Offerings premieres in New York in 1976. The evil house movie, based on the novel, starred Bette Davis, Oliver Reed, Karen Black and Burgess Meredith. It was the first film shot at The Dunsmuir House in Oakland, California.