My mom loved watching westerns, made-for-TV-movies and just about everything else that aired between channels 3 and 12 (those were the only ones on the dial at the time). As her trusted little side kick, I would sit with her and watch too. Even today if I see a movie, I can name the stars in it without hesitation.
It had to have been late 70s when I watched the movie Google helped to lift the cloak of forgetfulness from my cobweb cluttered mind today.
The plot, as far as I could remember, was about a family that went on summer vacation....of all places....to an old Victorian style haunted home. The only other thing I could remember was creepy music, weird crazy scary stuff happening....and the mother/wife turning into the old lady who lived upstairs right before the movie went off.
But thanks to good ole mom....I remembered the actresses name - Karen Black!
So, when my mind began to torment me again today about the name of the movie....I entrusted the help of the mighty Google gods.....All Hail the Mighty Google Gods! And this is the crazy phrase I put in:
Eureka! I found it! Right there before I could remember that I hadn't remembered....the name of the movie I'd been trying to remember for years was staring back at me....BURNT OFFERINGS!!!
If anyone else ever saw this movie....or if you were a kid when you watched it....do you agree that it was one the creepiest, scariest movies you ever saw???
Karen Black was so pretty to me. I hated that she wound up being that ugly old lady in the attic
....and I still do!
