Inspiration for both Stephen King & son Joe Hill (NOS4A2, The Wraith)?

It's common knowledge that both the novel and film version of BURNT OFFERINGS inspired several elements in Stephen King's THE SHINING, but I'm guessing that he must have shown the film to his son as well (who now writes under the pen name of Joe Hill) because the metaphysically maniacal killer chauffeur character of Charlie Manx and his central totem turn-of-the-century antique black limousine in both Hill's novel NOS4A2 and its comic book prequel THE WRAITH are clearly the directly inspired results of creatively reimagining and repurposing the mysterious and creepy chauffeur and his dark, deathly vehicle from BURNT OFFERINGS. My guess is that Stephen King showed BURNT OFFERINGS to his son in the 70's when he was a child which surely must have impressed creepy ideas into his young psyche about a mysteriously menacing evil chauffeur character and his inseparably devilish car, ideas and images which later manifested themselves in Hill's novel and comic. Just take a look at the cover image of Issue #1 of THE WRAITH on Amazon, or Google images of "wraith comic" or "charlie manx" and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. It's the spitting image graphic re-representation of BURNT OFFERINGS' gothic grim creeper/reaper chauffeur and his dark death-mobile.

Yes sir, BURNT OFFERINGS must certainly be a family favorite in the King household. Anyone else notice this connection? By the way, I only recently saw this film for the first time a few months ago and it didn't impress me at all. I love atmospheric, conceptual and cinematic haunted house movies, but BURNT OFFERINGS seemed fairly pedestrian to me. It was flat and unimaginatively executed and mostly dull on the whole, which is how I feel about most Dan Curtis movies, which is also why I think his career was regulated to working mostly in television directing soap opera-esq filler. The much talked about chauffeur scenes however did seem to accidently transcend their basic construction (unremarkable camera composition, average daylight exposure, TV-like flashback filters, etc.) to take on a certain feverishly ominous and hauntingly nightmarish visceral and preternatural flavor. Clearly the mysterious appearances of the instantly iconic and creepy chauffeur and his limo were the best and most memorable aspects of the film.