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The Burning
1981
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 |
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| Director | Tony Maylam |
| Genres | Horror |
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A highly derivative FRIDAY tHE 13TH clone that found itself on the infamous video nasty list and accompanying furore in the early eighties. A horribly-burned summer camp caretaker returns with scissors and shears to take bloody vengeance on the promiscuous teens responsible for the joke-gone-wrong that caused his fiery scars. Despite the viciously effective gore, inept direction by Tony Maylam and a predictable script causes boredom to set in very early on. Future stars Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter make early screen appearances, Alexander went on to find fame in the very different Seinfeld TV series.
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Dire, totally predictable, uninventive low-budget horror.
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
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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9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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 ... more -
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
TYPICAL 80'S LOW BUDGET HORROR
80'S HORROR ABOUT A CAMP WARDEN WHO SUFFERS 100% BURNS AT THE HANDS OF A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHEN A PRANK THEY PLAY ON HIM GOES WRONG.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
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.
more -
9 out of 11 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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 ... more -
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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 ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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 ... more
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
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... more -
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
TYPICAL 80'S LOW BUDGET HORROR
80'S HORROR ABOUT A CAMP WARDEN WHO SUFFERS 100% BURNS AT THE HANDS OF A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHEN A PRANK THEY PLAY ON HIM GOES WRONG.
... more
Critics' reviews (2)
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A highly derivative FRIDAY tHE 13TH clone that found itself on the infamous video nasty list and accompanying furore in the early eighties. A horribly-burned summer camp caretaker returns with scissors and shears to take bloody vengeance on the promiscuous teens responsible for the joke-gone-wrong that caused his fiery scars. Despite the viciously effective gore, inept direction by Tony Maylam and a predictable script causes boredom to set in very early on. Future stars Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter make early screen appearances, Alexander went on to find fame in the very different Seinfeld TV series.
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Dire, totally predictable, uninventive low-budget horror.
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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 ... -
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