A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
Directed by Tony Maylam. Runtime 91 minutes. Genres: Horror.
Cast
Brian Matthews as Todd
Leah Ayres as Michelle
Brian Backer as Alfred
Larry Joshua as Glazer
Jason Alexander as Dave
Ned Eisenberg as Eddy
Carrick Glenn as Sally
Carolyn Houlihan as Karen
Rating on Cinema Circle
The Burning (1981) is rated 7.5/10 on Cinema Circle by 1 film club member across 1 community.
Reviews from film clubs
Vermilion45 (The 5 Dollar Bin), 7.5/10: The Burning feels like a bunch more well-done slasher film from the rest. It's filmed well and looks great with beautiful locations all around. And at the top of the pile of what makes this film stick out among the rest is the always exceptional gore effects from Tom Savini. But all that aside and The Burning tends to fall flat most other places. It feels overly long and drags in places. The characters are more of the typical. And although trying to set up a back story for the killer it really doesn't work. What were they trying to accomplish from that prank anyway, it seemed more malicious t…
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