The Burning

1981 91 min ★ 6.2 Horror

A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.

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Cast

Brian Matthews

Todd

Leah Ayres

Michelle

Brian Backer

Alfred

Larry Joshua

Glazer

Jason Alexander

Dave

Ned Eisenberg

Eddy

Carrick Glenn

Sally

Carolyn Houlihan

Karen

Fisher Stevens

Woodstock

Lou David

Cropsy

Details

Director

Tony Maylam

Screenplay

Bob Weinstein

Tagline

"A legend of terror isn't a campfire story anymore!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,500,000

Production

Miramax, The Cropsy Venture, Filmways Pictures

Reviews

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Wuchak

August 12, 2018

★ 6/10

Decent “Friday the 13th” knockoff This came out a week after “Friday the 13th Part 2” in 1981 and contains all the staples of that blossoming franchise: disfigured killer, iconic weapon (in this case, garden shears), summer camp, camp counselors, a prank gone wrong, swimming antics, deep woods sexual frolics, death during (or after) sex, a secret hideout for the killer, semi-nekkid or fully ne...

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CinemaSerf

July 21, 2023

★ 5/10

MGM, the Weinstein brothers and none other than Corky Burger have joined forces to bring us this rather weak and derivative attempt at fraternity-horror. "Cropsy", the pretty unpleasant caretaker at a lakeside holiday camp is the victim of a rather cruel prank perpetrated by some spoilt, immature, youth. Scoot on a few years and this now heavily scarred and somewhat narked individual is out for re...