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The Burning (1981) Movie Review

1,866 views · Published 11 October 2018 · 19:13 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: ramboraph4life · 2018 · Entertainment

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The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tony Maylam and written by Peter Lawrence and Bob Weinstein. 

It stars Brian Matthews, Brian Backer, Leah Ayres, and Lou David. The plot tells about a summer camp caretaker named Cropsy who is horribly burnt from a prank gone wrong. 

Years later, he is released from the hospital with severe disfigurements, and seeks revenge on those responsible at a nearby summer camp. 

The story is loosely based on the upstate New York urban legend of Cropsey, a tale that became popular at summer camps in the 1960s and 1970s.

Made at the height of the low-budget slasher-film craze fueled by the success of Halloween (1978) and Friday the 13th (1980) in the early 1980s, the film became notable for being the first feature film from Miramax Films and was produced by Harvey Weinstein, who co-wrote the story with Brad Grey and Maylam. 

It also marks the film debut of Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, and Holly Hunter. Tom Savini, who worked on the effects for Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Friday the 13th, severed as the film's make-up artist.

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