The Burning
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Burning (1981, USA) is a Slasher film directed by Tony Maylam.
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- Included in: The Lucky 13: Slasher Film Classics | GCDb Top 20 Horror Classics
- Featured in: Trailer Trauma 3: 80s Horrorthon (BluRay) | Drive In Delirium: Maximum 80s Overdrive (BluRay) | Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide
- Featured on: IFC Grindhouse
Main Details
- Released in 1981
- Color
- Running Time: 91 min | Australia:89 min
- Production Co: Filmways Pictures | The Cropsy Venture
- Distribution Co: Filmways Pictures (1981) (USA) (theatrical) | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) | Filmways Australasian Distributors (Australia)
- Directed by Tony Maylam
- Written by Harvey Weinstein, Tony Maylam, Brad Grey, Peter Lawrence
- Starring Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer
- Produced by Michael Cohl, André Djaoui, Dany Ubaud, Jean Ubaud, Harvey Weinstein
- Original Music by Rick Wakeman
- Cinematography by Harvey Harrison
- Film Editing by Jack Sholder
Plot Summary
- A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
Also Known As
- Brännmärkt (Finland) (informal title) (Swedish title) / Sweden
- Brennende Rache (Germany)
- Carnage (France)
- Chamas da Morte (Brazil)
- Cropsy (USA) (reissue title)
- Koston liekit (Finland) (video title)
- O Maniakos me tin psalida (Greece)
- Poparzenie (Poland)
Taglines
- It will take you further than fear.
- Gather Around the Campfire to Die!
- A legend of terror isn't a campfire story anymore!
- Don't look, he'll see you. Don't breathe, he'll hear you. Don't move... you're dead!
- A brutal horrific act made him kill and kill and kill
- Today is not Friday the 13th. But if you see this movie alone... you'll never be the same again!
- Come Face To Face With The Creation of Evil!
- The most frightening of all maniac films.