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FRIDAY THE 13th spawned an entire generation of imitators, but few were quite as accomplished as Tony Maylam's THE BURNING. Featuring effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD), the film begins as a group of rambunctious kids plays a prank on the janitor at their summer camp that goes horribly wrong and results in him suffering .. Read more

Starring	Holly Hunter, Brian Matthews, Leah Ayers, Brian Backer
Director	Tony Maylam
Genres	Horror

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- Dire, totally predictable, uninventive low-budget horror.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41
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  Previously butchered by the censors
  
  Story about a camp caretaker who gets burt to a crisp after a prank gone wrong, five years later he gets out of hospital and exats revenge at the camp.
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  - cardiff
  - 27 May 2004 at 18:39
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  Gory horror classic
  
  When it comes to 80s slashers, the focus is always on the Friday the 13ths and Halloweens but one of the best from that era is The Burning. It's got all the... read more »
  
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  - 12 Apr 2012 at 00:42
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  Take's Friday 13th's lead in the genre execllenty!!
  
  Excellent!!
  
  A classic 80's slasher, brings back so many memories as they dont make em like they used to! If your a fan of Friday the 13th you ... read more »
  
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- - Ianp82
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  - Stevenage
  - 23 Feb 2012 at 00:31
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  The sequel that Friday the 13th should have gotten
  
  Tom Savini turned down effects work on Friday the 13th part 2 to make this and rightly so
  
  While the Burning gets knocked for being a rip off of the ... read more »
  
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  - Kusanagiguy
  - 37 reviews
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  - 20 Feb 2012 at 06:07
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  best film ever
  
  probably corky burger's finest piece of work to date and certainly one of the most well acted and perfectly shot films i have ever seen. Great sub plot and ... read more »
  
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  - 10 Jan 2012 at 00:22
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  One of the worst movies ever
  
  I truly resent paying to hire this dreadfull film. Acting, script, plot, direction and the pathetic effects were mindbogglingly bad. One of the worst films I&#... read more »
  
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- - 16mm
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  - 06 Jan 2012 at 20:50
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  borring disapointing
  
  this slasher movie reminds me of a bad version of friday the 13th i love slaher films even low budget films but this one was the most disapointing.
  
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  - 07 Sep 2011 at 13:03
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  Predictable, Dull, Low Budget Slasher Cheese
  
  The Burning may have started the trend in teen slasher films, but that doesn't make it any good, it just means it was responsible for many more awful films ... read more »
  
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- - MissBeetlejuice
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  - Newent, England
  - 12 May 2011 at 15:59
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  Blood and boobs
  
  This is a great Friday the 13th rip-off.
  
  It follows the same 'psycho out for revenge' plot as topless teenagers are butchered in some great ... read more »
  
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  - Peterborough
  - 06 Apr 2011 at 09:09
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  Yawwwwn and a half
  
  Seems that the only difference between slasher movies is in the slasher's costume-change. It doesn't matter if this is supposed to be one of the first, ... read more »
  
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- - a2ed
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  - 30 Mar 2011 at 12:58
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  Enjoyable cheese
  
  Did you know this was loosely based on Hamlet? Of course not! With a title like 'The Burning', you know what you're letting yourself in for so if ... read more »
  
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- - mrreasonable
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- - 21
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  Previously butchered by the censors
  
  Story about a camp caretaker who gets burt to a crisp after a prank gone wrong, five years later he gets out of hospital and exats revenge at the camp.
  read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - cardiff
  - 27 May 2004 at 18:39
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  The Burning
  
  This film when I originally saw it some years ago on video "before it was banned", was very good and more than a little gruesome, However like all ... read more »
  
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- - Sdunn
  - Cleveland
  - 22 Nov 2003 at 11:32
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  YES, THIS IS GOOD ...
  
  YES, THIS IS GOOD STUFF. A CARETAKER GETS ACCIDENTLY BURNED ALIVE AND A FEW YEARS LATER COMES BACK TO GET HIS REVENGE.
  
  A BIT UPSET WITH HAVING HIS ... read more »
  
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  - EAST KILBRIDE
  - 31 Jan 2004 at 16:36
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  brilliant
  
  a true horror classic i actually watched this film before it was banned and it scared the crap out of me a story of a school caretaker who gats burnt and then ... read more »
  
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  - carmarthenshire
  - 30 Dec 2004 at 15:45
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  WAS GOOD 24 YEARS AGO NOW CRAP
  
  Same vain as Friday 13th 2 but worse. Slow in parts, looks dated, boring. Don't bother
  
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  - Warrington
  - 14 Dec 2006 at 20:42
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  Should have stayed banned!
  
  The only reason I bothered with this was because it was banned many years ago & I did hear it was scarry/gory which it was,but I have seen worse though I ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 05 Apr 2005 at 18:07
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  old fashioned fun
  
  Yet again a film we all loved as teenagers. Just to realise how spoilt today’s filmgoers are spoilt in today’s market. Just good old fashoined ham ... read more »
  
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- - graham
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  - 16 May 2006 at 20:37
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  Blood and boobs
  
  This is a great Friday the 13th rip-off.
  
  It follows the same 'psycho out for revenge' plot as topless teenagers are butchered in some great ... read more »
  
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  - Peterborough
  - 06 Apr 2011 at 09:09
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  Scream if I know what you did last Friday the 13th
  
  A carbon copy of Friday the 13th, cliched and predictable to the nth degree. The only thing that saves it from being completly dire is the excellent gore ... read more »
  
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- - Tim Parkes
  - Liverpool
  - 04 Aug 2005 at 16:14
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  above average slasher
  
  For what it is, the burning is an above average slasher pic.
  
  I originally saw the cut version about 10 years ago and was desperate to see it again in... read more »
  
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- - finch7
  - West Glamorgan
  - 11 Apr 2006 at 22:50

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  FRIDAY THE 13th spawned an entire generation of imitators, but few were quite as accomplished as Tony Maylam's THE BURNING. Featuring effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD), the film begins as a group of rambunctious kids plays a prank on the janitor at their summer camp that goes horribly wrong ...