The Burning(1981)
"A legend of terror isn't a campfire story anymore!"
Overview
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.
Tony Maylam
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Tony Maylam
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Harvey Weinstein
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Brad Grey
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Bob Weinstein
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Peter Lawrence
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Harvey Weinstein
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The Burning (1981) - Official Trailer
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Jack Sholder on editing The Burning
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BLOOD N FIRE MEMORIES Making The Burning with TOM SAVINI
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Written on August 12, 2018
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 nekkid teen girls, etc.
“The Burning” is held in high esteem mostly for its infamous raft sequence, but that only involves about 30 seconds and it’s not THAT phenomenal. At best, the movie might be as good as some of the “Friday” sequels, although the girls are subpar by comparison, albeit okay. Nonetheless, “Burning” has its points of interest, like Brian Backer from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and, especially, a young Jason Alexander from Seinfeld with a full-head of hair. Production-wise, it’s low-budget but superior to, say, “Sleepaway Camp.”
The film was shot in and around existing summer camps outside Buffalo in Western New York, as well as North Tonawanda.
GRADE: B-/C+
