Offerings

Offerings is of course a very blatant ripoff of the core idea of John Carpenter's classic Halloween, almost scene by scene at times. However, it is not without some merit when held on it's own accord.

It's major shortcoming falls with some of the acting performances. Some are really great while others are just really amateurish. This is probably due to the fact that the movie was made in Oklahoma, I think, somewhere in the Midwest anyways. There are two performances in the movie that really stand out as memorable. The cemetery caretaker (or gravedigger was it?) is the first one. A really funny offbeat performance that is meant to be funny and succeeds, and the actor is only in a scene for a minute or less. The 2nd performance was the Deputy Sheriff, which was overacted to the point that it worked perfectly that way. Again, it was a very small performance that lasted only a minute or so. The guy who played the Sheriff also deserves an honorable mention.

Offerings is a pretty fun slasher movie to watch just for a good laugh. It's not really what most people would call scary, but I like it just for the cheese factor.

For those interested, Offerings is now available on a budget DVD from Madacy Entertainment. Very professionally done, it even includes animated menus and the theatrical trailer...wooooo!