Burnt Offerings (1976) - Newspaper Ad

San Francisco Examiner - October 13, 1976

I remember watching Burnt Offerings on television, but I do not remember recognizing the house as being the very same building that was used in Phantasm. Then again, I also have no memory of ever watching Phantasm and thinking, "Hey, isn't that the house from Burnt Offerings?" 

But I am pretty sure that I did recognize the Dunsmuir House from both Phantasm and Burnt Offerings when it showed up in Roger Moore's final outing as James Bond, A View to A Kill.

The only thing I know for sure, one's memory is very weird and very unreliable.

I do remember how the movie freaked me out, providing some memorable shocks and jolts. At some point in 1982 or '83 I checked Robert Marasco's source novel out from the library and gave it a read. To my pleasant surprise, the film was actually quite faithful to the book, albeit with some necessary deviations at the end for visual clarity and emotional heft.

Both are well worth a look.