The Burning

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Nasty.png

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.
Newsletter
  • Grindhouse Database Newsletter
  • Exploitation books
  • Kung fu movies
  • Giallo BluRay