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This movie does have some good moments. It didn't scare me, at all. I should've known there'd be a goofy police officer. There was also a few predictable scenes of when someone was going to die.

I won't be in denial, but I admit I liked this movie a little bit. It is obvious it isn't an award worthy movie. There are much worse movies and horror movies out there, compared to Offerings.

The one soundtrack song, in this movie, is really from Haloween's theme. There's no doubt about it.



Notice: This is my very first review, on IMDb, so I'm still new to typing reviews. My first one was on Yahoo, years ago.

Pity poor young Johnny and his miserable existence. His abusive, gap-tooth grinding mother ridicules him and gleefully ashes in his scrambled eggs. Dad isn't around and the neighborhood banana bike brigade teases him because he's too shy to talk. What's worse, he becomes disfigured and comatose after being knocked into a well by his prepubescent peers. After spending years in a coma, he awakens, escapes and heads home for revenge, leaving body part "offerings" from his victims to the one girl who was his childhood friend (Loretta Leigh Bowman).

Entertainment value is not hard to find in a cheap, stupid regional concoction like this. You'll be amazed by the bizarre accents mixing twang, valley talk and congested stoner slang spoken to monotone perfection by teenage Oklahoma trailer trash! Or laugh at the brain dead cops on the case, who might remind you of Barney Fife on an especially bad day and seem to have nothing better to do than chew out little boys for hanging out in condemned buildings looking at spank magazines. Or count the endless clichés and head to toe fashion no-nos (including the lovely star tie and stonewashed jean jacket ensemble). Or decide which is more derivative of HALLOWEEN - the characters, plot or music score. And how bout that mysterious pizza with large chunks of a sausage-like topping? This is actually one of the most unintentionally funny ripoffs from the 80s, so it's worth a look if you're a schlock fan.

Score: 3 out of 10.

A young boy gets pushed down a well by some brats, kills his mother, gets sent to an asylum, breaks out as a teen, and returns home to get his revenge on all the kids who tormented him. In the meantime, he leaves little presents for the one girl who was kind to him.

We all love John Carpenter's Halloween, but Offerings loves it a little too much. The music is almost identical, every night time scene is bathed with that same blue light, and some of the story beats are the same, but that's sort of it's charm. If anything, this goes to show you that you can't recreate something no matter how hard you try.

I was on the crew. I worked special effects and mic placement. I was also "tall guy". This film was just an excuse to party. There was nothing serious about it. It was meant to be a bad spoof.And yes, Halloween similarities were discussed. There were a ton of people working on this thing just to have fun. Several crew members are in the classroom scene. I made sure I had something else to do that day. After it went to video, I got a small check. BTW, the director plays the doctor in the asylum.

There were 2 needles. The one that drew fluid wouldn't behave for a close up, so the camera didn't show the forehead. The chunky fluid came in from the top. The sparks on the fence were from a squib box I built. The exploding head shadow was a watermelon with a nose. A push rod gave it the extra splatter. My friend and I drove around all night looking for dead ducks. As the night went on, everything looked like a dead duck. When the sun came up, we just went to a farm and got some chickens. Luckily there was a dead duck at the pond for the shoot. I can't remember what was on the pizza. It was something strange from a meat department. I remember frying it up. I also made the dog food that got sampled.

Working and playing with that crew was one of the best times in my life.

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!

When I first saw OFFERINGS three years ago I absolutely despised it for being a complete rip-off of one of my favorite horror movies Halloween. I recently got bored and decided to rent it from my local video store. I was looking forward to ripping it a new one Mystery Science Theatre 3000 style with my buddies. They all had a good laugh at it (they had never even heard of the damn thing). I was somewhat taken back by it. It is a rip-off movie, yes, but you know what It is a pretty slick rip-off movie. You could do a whole lot worse when it comes to low budget slasher films. I actually have come to appreciate the style it creates in some of its scenes. Don't get me wrong its still packed with laugh out loud bad acting and things of that nature but what the hell? Not even close to being as bad as I once thought it was. I say give Offerings a view. In my book it deserves at least a 4.

Low budget film. Filmed in Oklahoma in the late '80's. I enjoyed this film for what it is, although I was a little put off with the Halloween plagiarism. It's a straightforward slasher. No surprises here, but if you like 80's slashers why wouldn't you like this?

You'll know right from the very first minutes of Offerings that the director is a huge Halloween fan. The basic story of a little boy returning home after a stay in a mental hospital and terrorizing young women is Halloween to a T. The music is so similar to John Carpenter's seminal classic that one wonders how the filmmakers of Offerings weren't sued.

There isn't really a scary or suspenseful bone in Offerings' body, but there's tons of downhome charm, quirky performances, and entertaining set pieces to keep it from being an unwatchable rip off. All the girls seem to have some dazed expression on their face for most of the film and a few of them speak in a strange southern meets valley girl accent that's a real hoot.

A few of the murder scenes are fairly well staged and done with a bit of panache as well.

This one won't reinvent the wheel, but it's a fun time killer.

It is dialogue like this which make "Offerings," an otherwise blatant "Halloween" rip-off, a worthy entry into the slasher genre. As far a plot goes, it has been done dozens of times before....a young boy is picked on as a child and a seemingly innocent child-hood prank ends it disaster when he falls into a well, becoming scarred for life. Like on the 15th anniversary of his accident, he escapes from the local mental ward to get revenge on those involved in his accident, and to prove his love for the one girl that was ever really truly nice to him. Apparently he thinks murdering her friends and using them as pizza topping will win her heart. The film is such a blatant "Halloween" rip-off, from everything to the music, to the plot elements, and even some scenes, it is surprising it ever got green-lighted in the first place. That is NOT, however, saying that it is a bad film that does not have it's own unique appeal. What exactly that appeal is is certainly hazey, but it is there. Maybe it is how the killer leaves various body parts on the steps of his lover interest and the main character, Gretchen. And then how the fat, dumpy sheriff shows up with lines like "What's all this I hear about an ear?" and "So now you found a nose?" or even "Let's take this pizza in and have the meat evaluated!" We even have the dedicated doctor who tries to put a stop to his patients murder spree, but unfortunately fails. *GASP* To top it off, "Offerings" also offers us the now abandoned, boarded up childhood home of the killer!! The killer is pretty relentless in his murder spree, killing his victims while their parents are downstairs scarfing down cake. He is a truly creepy looking fellow, and doesn't even need a mask to accomplish it! The ending is actually kinda sad as the heroine realizes that all of the madness throughout the film was because the killer loved her. Poor thing. If nothing else, this film will make you think twice about having an all meat pizza delivered, especially if you haven't heard from your friends for awhile. 5.5 out of 10.

Much of this movie from a genre perspective is slow and un-propelled. The killer is utterly dull as well. But there are incidental sections of it that are worthwhile. There are some fun perverse little moments such as a female feeding her friend dog food or a pizza with human meat. Also a section with the two females watching a horror movie by themselves and commenting on how the female in the movie acts. It predates Scream (1996) and indeed the movie more or less devolves into a parody of itself. There is also a lot of black humour in the dialogue and some of the killings are creative. If the pace had been different this could have been a lot more fun and memorable. Note: the trailer appears to have shots of an alternate version of the last killing.

A young boy called John Radley, who is unable to speak, is persecuted by not just other children but his cruel mother too. One boy pushes him down a well. Fast forward 10 years and John escapes from a mental institution with bloody revenge on the agenda. This bears more than a similarity to Halloween, not just in plot but also the musical score, which sounds John Carpenterish, but I'm not knocking it for that. Offerings is a straight down the middle, average slasher movie, There is an adequate body count though none of the deaths are particularly gory. My favourite has a victim hung from his bedroom window whilst his parents are sat watching TV in the room directly beneath, totally unaware what is happening. John is a plump and facially disfigured maniac, and the fact that he is mute helps make him pretty creepy. If you are a slasher addict - like me - then Offerings is worth checking out, otherwise not much to recommend.

Offerings is a good horror flick that is worth seeing! The film was put together nicely, and scary too! When you first watch Offerings, you notice that it relates to the Halloween film...right down to the story line and even the music. Even though this film practically ripped off the formula from Halloween (metal case escapes, goes to his hometown, seeks revenge), all-in-all, Offerings is a fun, yet cheesy film filled with cheesy killings.

--If you have friends over while watching this film, make sure your not eating pizza or at least give a quick glance at the toppings.

--Like many slasher films, this one has only one cop dedicated to the case, and he is so nerdy and dumbfounded, it makes it all the more hilarious. A funny scene is when he apprehends a kid from trespassing and the kid says his name is "Ben Dover." It takes the cop 2 minutes to finally realize the punchline. Lines like "What's all this I hear about an ear?" adds to his gumpy character.

--Only thing that was annoying about the film was that the two lead girls always stayed in the house even though body parts were showing up around the house for a few days. It was like they were confined into the house. The ending could have had more explanation too. It even makes you feel sorry for the killer (in a funny sort of way).

--Overall, Offerings is not that bad of a film, it's definetely worth your while.

6/10

This somewhat obscure 1989 slasher movie shamelessly rips off John Carpenter's 1978 classic "Halloween" that he should have gotten a screen writers credit, but a lot of slashers that came out during the 80's has borrowed elements from that movie. 'Offerings' is probably the most blatant I've ever seen with similar characters, plot points and even the music score. This is what 'Halloween' might have looked like if someone with a fraction of John Carpenter's budget or talent.

Yet there is something rather charming about, despite not having a single original idea in it, but its so ridiculously earnest that I kinda like it anyway, it has a certain camp quality to it, despite the poor production quality, horrendous acting and sluggish pace.

The movie works better when it does its own thing and there are a few fun moments to be had and a decent body, but despite the inventive deaths, they're not shown which could have made this more enjoyable. Only seek this out if you're a fan of 80's slashers, other than that there's just not enough here to enjoy.

"Offerings" by Christopher Reynolds tells the story of mute serial killer John Radley who after killing nurse and escaping from mental asylum stalk and kill all those that tormented him when he was a kid.His bloody rampage is obviously Michael Myers influenced.John is no ordinary killer for example he killed and ate his own sadistic mother.He has only one friend from childhood:blonde girl named Gretchen."Offerings" is a blatant and unapologetic "Halloween" rip-off.Even its musical score clearly reminds John Carpenter's famous music.Black humor sprinkled death scenes are quite inventive but mostly goreless.Still fans of cheesy slasher movies will enjoy this low-budget horror.6 body parts out of 10.

A *very* blatant ripoff of John Carpenter's Halloween. Childhood bullying, a dare, and a prank result in seven year old John Radley falling down a well on the edge of town. Since then he's been lying semi-comatose in Oakhurst State Mental Hospital. One night 10 years later he regains consciousness and has a rush of mental images of what happened to him. Killing his nurse as she's about to give him an injection (no prizes for guessing how) he breaks out and heads to his home town to wreak revenge on those responsible for what happened.

The budget on this was obviously miniscule. The entire cast are unknowns (for 99% of them this is their only screen credit), as was director Christopher Reynolds, (who went on to direct just one more movie), whilst most of the crew doubled as extras. The synth score (by Russell D. Allen) is an outrageous copy of Carpenter's - in some places note-for-note - and the main beats of the story are just as heavily 'inspired'. Yet - miraculously - it still fails to deliver on two things... This is a slasher made in 1989; tropes and expectations were well-established, and the major franchises were underway. The two main things people watched slashers for were gore and boobs; this has little of the first (the kills are lacklustre, some even happening offscreen), and none of the second - it's really not hard to guess why the film is pretty much forgotten.

Credit for the cinematography (night-time shots of the hospital exteriors during John's escape look particularly good), a cute female lead, and a cast who whilst lacking talent, at least seem to be giving it a good go. 4/10.

'Remember him before he dismembers you!'

With surprising frequency those time-obscured horror films glibly dismissed by so many 'movie experts' usually prove to be the ones that I cherish the most dearly and writer/director Christopher Reynolds boisterously plasmatic, low budget, late 80s slasher 'Offerings' (1989) is sordidly slathered with all the adrenalizing abundance of cheerily cheap-jack, chunk-blowing, B-Horror carnage to satiate all serious splatter-movie misfits to gruesome excess! Right from the terrifically 'Tromatizing' scenes of our mute, chisel-eyed protagonist's uncomfortably brutal, brain-warpingly loveless childhood, relentlessly suffering the vile torments from his odiously malevolent mother and then being so cruelly set upon by goading, name-calling neighbourhood bullies, poor little David (Jay Ferguson) gruesomely earned his fast track diploma to Mike Myers Murder High and was summarily incarcerated for his myriad cannibal crimes most extreme. After coldly dispatching a psychiatric nurse in a splendidly skin-creeping manner, our fiendishly strong, super-resilient Goliath, David, (Tobe Sexton) returns to his far from beloved hometown in order to righteously wreak his entertainingly wrong-headed, supremely stomach churning revenge. Make no mistake the cranium-popping, enthusiastically eviscerating David is much more of a twisted, over-sized, aggressively autistic freak-master than Myers/Voorhees, since his deeply distressing, diabolically grisly modus operandi includes an additionally disturbing, carnivorously cannibalizing, gift-wrapped approach to his deliriously demented, appendage-lopping killing spree! While 'Offerings' offers penurious production values which are borderline B-Movie basic, the delightfully enthusiastic 'acting' has a pleasingly odoriferous quality of the ripest, unpasteurized cheese, but 'Offerings' true joy is the distinctly sinister synth score by 'Blood Lake' composer Russell D. Allen, invoking a eerily spare, angst-inducing, John Carpenter-esque, doomy delight! 'Offerings' is highly commendable late night fright-flick for gore-loving goblins of all ages and is certainly no less of a cut-price, slice n' dice creepy cult classic than the howlingly mad 'Microwave Massacre' or equally slash-happy 'Splatter University' and is a morbidly moreish, B-Movie gift that keeps on giving!

As everyone has said, this is a Halloween rip-off. The killer is a guy who makes the same robotic gestures as Michael Myers and has a similar eerie glow to his face. The scene at the end shows this the most. Don't let the "Halloween rip-off" thing put you off. Personally I don't care that it rips off Halloween, if anything I see it more as a tribute.

The concept is good - a mute young boy is pushed into a well by local bullies, kills his abusive mom when he gets out, and ends up in mental hospital (he must have put a lot of weight on while in hospital, I might add). He escapes, and then the film descends into a stalk-and-slash formula. There isn't much gore, but we get several body parts (a finger, an ear, a nose, etc). The killer is giving these "offerings" to the now grown up girl who was kind to him as a kid. In the last scene before he dies, he utters his one and only word: "love". Which is sweet in a way.

This is a decent slasher film that has its own unique charm, I recommend all slasher fans give it at least the once over.

As a youngster, mute animal-torturing weirdo John Radley (Josh Coffman) is bullied by most of the other neighbourhood children, his only friend being pretty blonde girl Gretchen (Kerri Bechthold). After the local bullies cause him to fall down a well, disfiguring his face and damaging his brain in the process, John kills and eats his mother, resulting in his incarceration in a high security hospital, where he is heavily sedated. Ten years later, John (now played by Richard A. Buswell) escapes, intent on wreaking revenge on those responsible for his accident, making grisly offerings to the girl who was once his friend.

Over a decade after the success of seminal slasher Halloween, most aspiring horror film-makers had stopped looking to the seasonal classic for inspiration. Not so with director Christopher Reynolds: for Offerings (1989), his first movie, Reynolds does very little to disguise the fact that he is blatantly ripping off John Carpenter's '78 box office smash, the story, the characters, the events, and the music closely mimicking Halloween. The only (big) difference is that, where Carpenter's film is a flawless exercise in nerve-jangling terror, Offerings is a total mess, with uninspired direction, lousy performances and terrible dialogue.

Reynold's doesn't even do the decent thing and try to compensate for the lack of originality with an excess of gore or gratuitous nudity, his kill scenes being frustratingly free of splatter, and the actresses remaining full clothed throughout (a shame, because Loretta Leigh Bowman as the grown up Gretchen is a hottie, and her friend Kacy, played by Elizabeth Greene, ain't too bad either!). All in all, this is a largely forgettable Halloween clone, the only elements likely to stick in the mind being the morbidly obese town sheriff (G. Michael Smith), who struggles to squeeze behind the wheel of his police car, and the fact that the girls and their boyfriends unwittingly eat a pizza topped with human flesh instead of sausage (although quite how the killer managed to prepare such a dish is never adequately explained).