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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.
However, 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 onto 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 to the point where 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 breakdown, 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.
Offerings was distributed on home video by Unicorn/Prism in the United Kingdom in September 1989.[1]
Reception
From contemporary reviews, "Lor." of Variety reviewed the film on the South Gate Entertainment video cassette on June 14, 1989. [2] "Lor." declared the film to be a "pale imitation of the Halloween series of films, right down to the derivative musical theme" and that the film was "unpleasant rather than scary" and the "Film lacks the usual genre sex and makeup effects visuals."[2]
Retrospective reviews commented that Offerings was considered a late addition to the 80s slasher film genre and received indifferent reviews.[3][4]
↑ McCarty, John. "The Official Splatter Movie Guide, Volumes: 1963-1992: Hundreds of the Goriest, Grossest, Most Outrageous Films Ever Made".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Sources
Lor. (1991). Variety's Film Reviews 1989-1990. Vol.21. R. R. Bowker. There are no page numbers in this book. This entry is found under the header "June 28, 1989". ISBN0-8352-3089-9.
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