The Burning review
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31st January 2004
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 FACE BURNED OFF THIS EX CARETAKER SLICES AND DICES UNTIL, WELL, THE HERO OF THE FILM OFFS HIM AT THE END.
THIS FILM BREAKS FROM THE NORM BY HAVING QUITE A FEW INTERESTING CHARACTERS AND A FEW SUB PLOTS WHICH ARE ONLY THERE TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE AT LEAST CARE ABOUT THESE CHARACTERS BEFORE THEY ARE BRUTALLY KILLED.
WHY DO THESE PSYCHO KILLERS ALWAYS REACT SO BADLY TO THE ACCIDENTS THEY HAVE?
JASON, FREDDY, MICHAEL MYERS ALL COME BACK FOR "REVENGE" WHEN REALLY THERE IS NO NEED. WHY NOT TALK ABOUT IT OVER A CUP OF COFFEE, COME TO SOME NEUTRAL AGREEMENT INSTEAD OF PICKING UP, BASICALLY ANYTHING HANGING AROUND AND STICKING IT THROUGH PEOPLE WHO WERENT EVEN THERE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT?
THE BURNING IS ABOVE AVERAGE, ALTHOUGH ONLY FOR HORROR FANS.
DO TEENAGERS IN AMERICA REALLY GO TO THESE SUMMER CAMPS? ID BE TERRIFIED, I MEAN, WHAT IF SOMEONE TEN YEARS EARLIER GOT THEIR PET RABBIT KILLED AND THEN JUST DECIDED TO COME BACK AND TAKE IT OUT ON YOU BY STICKING A PAIR OF GARDEN SHEARS THROUGH YOU?
THE BURNING BREAKS NEW GROUND BY HAVING OUTDOOR SHOWERS AND LUXURIOUS CABINS, RATHER THAN THE TYPICAL BUNK BEDS AND CRAMPED LIFESTYLE WE COME TO EXPECT IN THESE MOVIES.
BEST BIT: THE BURNED CARETAKER GETTING OUT OF HOSPITAL AND THE DOCTORS WORD OF ADVICE: "IT WONT BE EASY FOR YOU"
WHEN YOUR WHOLE BODY IS FRYED AND YOUR FACE MAKES FREDDY KRUGERS LOOK GOOD, I WONDER WHY NOT?
