Sept. 29, 2023

This Day in Halloween: The evil house movie "Burnt Offerings" -- starring Karen Black -- premieres in New York in 1976. / Illustration by Blanca Dunwoody

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. 

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