Offerings (film)

Offerings is a 1989 American slasher film written, produced and directed by Christopher Reynolds.

Offerings
Directed byChristopher Reynolds
Produced byChristopher Reynolds
Written byChristopher Reynolds
StarringJay Michael Ferguson
Richard A. Buswell
Tobe Sexton
G. Michael Smith
Music byRussell D. Allen
CinematographyReb Braddock
Edited byChristopher Reynolds
Distributed byArista Films/Southgate Entertainment/Moonstone Pictures
Release date
May 15, 1989
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

John Radley's childhood was not a particularly nice one; his father's abandonment, an abusive mother, bullied by neighborhood kids and his pets had a tendency to die on him. Only his first crush Gretchen ever treated him with kindness.

But this all ended when he was goaded into performing a balancing act, whereupon a malicious prank backfired and Johnny ended up plunging down a dried up well to greet a rock floor. Since then he has been in Oakhurst State mental hospital for over a decade. Left semi-comatose, he has only his now-distorted memories and nightmarish flashbacks for comfort.

One night the continual flood of harsh images is too much for his psyche, and he comes to find himself badly disfigured and severely brain damaged, so much so that he can no longer feel any pain. Who will care for, let alone love, Johnny now? No one, he knows (in what's left of his damaged mind). He suffers a complete psychotic break, and after venting his fury on a nurse, turns his rage towards those responsible for his condition.

Bursting out of his temporary accommodation, he storms off into the night, dead set on disposing of his old childhood tormentors, whose body parts he intends to offer up to the only person in his life who ever gave a damn about him—a certain girl by the name of Gretchen.

Cast
  • Loretta Leigh Bowman as Gretchen
  • Richard A. Buswell as John Radley
  • G. Michael Smith as Sheriff Chism
  • Jerry Brewer as Jim Paxton
  • Elizabeth Greene as Kacy
  • Tobe Sexton as David
  • Jay Michael Ferguson (as Jay Ferguson) as Little David
  • Max Burnett (as J. Max Burnett) as Tim
  • Chase Hampton as Ben Dover
  • Barry Brown as Deputy Buddy
  • Heather Scott as Linda
  • Patrick H. Berry as Greg
  • Josh Coffman as Little John
  • Kerri Bechthold as Little Gretchen
  • Patrick Stratton as Little Tim
  • Soren Myatt as Little Greg
  • Barbie Yocum as Little Linda
  • Amanda Tyner as Little Kacy

Release

Offerings was distributed on home video by Unicorn/Prism in the United Kingdom in September 1989.[1]

Reception

Offerings was considered a late addition to the 80's slasher film genre and received lukewarm reviews. [2][3]

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See also

References
  1. Hayward, Anthony (1990). "Video Releases". Film Review 1990-1. Columbus Books Limited. p. 144. ISBN 0-86369-374-1.
  2. "OFFERINGS". STARBURST Magazine. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
  3. McCarty, John. "The Official Splatter Movie Guide, Volumes: 1963-1992: Hundreds of the Goriest, Grossest, Most Outrageous Films Ever Made". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)



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