Midnight Offerings

Midnight Offerings

Credits
Title:	Midnight Offerings
Director:	Rod Holcomb
Writers:	Juanita Bartlett
Producers:	Stephen J. Cannell; Juanita Bartlett; Alex Beaton
Composer:	Walter Scharf
Cinematography:	Hector Figueroa
Editors:	Christopher Nelson
Production
Production company:	Stephen J. Cannell Productions
Distributed by:	American Broadcasting Company
Released:	February 27th, 1981
Rating:	Unrated
Running time:	100 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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Midnight Offerings is an American television movie of the supernatural thriller subgenre of horror, which also involves witchcraft. It was directed by Rod Holcomb with a teleplay written by Juanita Bartlett. It was produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions and first aired on ABC on Friday, February 27th, 1981. The film stars Melissa Sue Anderson as Vivian Sotherland - a witch who covets the affection of a former lover, and will use powers to get everything that she wants.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Melissa Sue Anderson	Vivian Sotherland
Mary Beth McDonough	Robin Prentiss
Patrick Cassidy	David Sterling
Marion Ross	Emily Moore
Gordon Jump	Sherm Sotherland
Cathryn Damon	Diane Sotherland
Ray Giradin	Clausen
Peter MacLean	Charles Prentiss
Jack Garner	Hugh Garvey
Dana Kimmell	Lily
Jeff MacKay	Herb Nemenez
Curt Ayers	Unknown
Jack Bridges	Unknown
Gary Dubin	Unknown
Kym Karath	Monique
Robin Klein	Unknown
Michael Morgan	Frankel
Terry Wagner	Unknown
Wendy Rastattar	Unknown
Dino Shorte	Paramedic
Dean Wein	Unknown
Loren Lester	Unknown
Vanna White	Devona

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline for this film is "If Vivian Sotherland Doesn't Get What She Wants ... You'll Get Yours!"
There are a total of twenty-two credited cast members in this film.
This movie is not to be confused with Burnt Offerings, which is a 1976 horror film directed by Dan Curtis and stars Karen Black.
On the Internet Movie Database, Midnight Offerings has a star rating of 5.8 out of 10 based on 618 votes. 120 voters gave it a score of 10, while conversely, 18 voters gave it a score of 1.
On Letterboxd, Midnight Offerings has weighted average of 2.91 out of 5 based on 215 ratings.
Actress Melissa Sue Anderson is no stranger to witchcraft. Her first work in television was playing a girl in an uncredited appearance on the "Tabitha's First Day at School" episode of Bewitched in 1972. However, Anderson is best known for playing Mary Ingalls on the family period drama Little House on the Prairie from 1974 to 1981. She will go on to play Virginia Wainwright in Happy Birthday to Me later this year.
Actress Dana Kimmell is best known for playing the female lead, Chris Higgins, in Friday the 13th Part 3.
Actress Vanna White would go on to become an infamous tile-turner on the game show Wheel of Fortune beginning in 1982. She would also appear in a television movie called Goddess of Love in 1988, which co-starred Friday the 13th actress Betsy Palmer.
Actress Marion Ross is best known for playing Marion "Mrs. C." Cunningham on the 1970s sitcom series Happy Days.
This film premiered on the same evening that The Munsters' Revenge first aired on NBC.

Recommendations[]

Beyond the Door
Craft, The
Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch
Satan's Slave
To the Devil a Daughter

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