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| United Artists | Release Date: October 18, 1976 |
Starring:
Bette Davis, Burgess Meredith, Dub Taylor, Eileen Heckart, Joseph Riley, Karen Black, Lee Montgomery, Oliver Reed, Orin Cannon, Todd Turquand
Summary:
A family moves into an old, haunted house that regenerates itself by feeding off of the life forces of its injured occupants.
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The current minor boom in American horror films has two notable features: the single-minded concentration on the nuclear family as a point of attack, and the consistent rejection of happy endings. This tale of a family taking a spooky old mansion for the summer would be strictly formula stuff were it not for these elements; but veteran Eugène Lourié's art direction helps.
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The movie merely piles on one special effect after another - none of them too special - and stalls for time. Even the title is a sham: nobody ever so much as lights a match. And nobody - not even the most gullible moviegoer - can expect to receive any present. [08 Nov 1976, p.108]
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