The Burning

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EN

May, 1981

91 mins

6.3

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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Reviews

Wuchak

6.0

August 12, 2018

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) s...
CinemaSerf

5.0

July 21, 2023

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 ...

Videos

Jack Sholder on editing The Burning
Feb 04, 2017

Behind the Scenes
BLOOD N FIRE MEMORIES Making The Burning with TOM SAVINI
Feb 04, 2017

Behind the Scenes
The Burning (1981) - Official Trailer
May 13, 2013

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