# Help me identify this 1970's (?) horror film or show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926 "2004-10-24T19:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/1 "2004-10-24T19:08:58Z")
Accurate or not, here’s what I remember: A family is staying in this big old house in the forest. Strange things happen that I can’t remember, but it was scary. At one point, the father and son go for a drive in the forest. At the end, the son is sitting in the car outside the house. The father is inside the house, upstairs, and encounters some strange old woman in a chair. The father somehow falls or jumps from the second story window and does a face-plant on the car windshield with the kid inside. I remember it being the scariest thing I had ever seen, but I was just a kid. I wonder if I would laugh if I saw it today. That’s it. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/2 "2004-10-24T19:33:43Z")
**Burnt Offerings** maybe. It’s been so long since I’ve seen it, I can’t be sure. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/3 "2004-10-24T20:26:23Z")
Post your question to the “I Need to Know” [message board](http://us.imdb.com/boards/) at the Internet Movie Database. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/4 "2004-10-24T22:33:00Z")
_Burnt Offerings_ was also the first movie that came to mind for me. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/5 "2004-10-24T23:56:41Z")
I think it is Burnt Offerings. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![MidnightRadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@MidnightRadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MidnightRadio)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/6 "2004-10-25T01:05:24Z")
It’s definitely _Burnt Offerings_. I’ve always wondered about the book. Anyone here ever read it? Is it any good? Better than the movie or not as good? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-1970s-horror-film-or-show/270926/7 "2004-10-25T01:12:49Z")
I’ve read it. Very spooky book, but all the dumb shit about the Door was a distraction. Not enough to dissuade me from recommending it, though, especially since you can probably find used copies for next to nothing. Never seen the movie.