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The Burning by Tony Maylam
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Brian Matthews Director: Tony Maylam Brand: MATTHEWS,BRIAN DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled) Format: Anamorphic, Color, Mono, NTSC Picture Format: 1.85:1 Running Time: 91 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of The BurningMovie Review: It Tastes Like Burning. Summary: 5 StarsAs part of Sid's October Horrorgreatsuccess, we came upon The Burning Ondemand. Hmm, a horror film from 1981 raised an eyebrow and we were on the fence until we saw Jason Alexander listed as one of the stars. A young possibly thin, possibly unbald Costanza? We were in. And its a good thing we jumped into this one because the would have only been one thing to say about the World's Foremost B Reviewers missing a B horror classic: "Ma, it's a sin."
The Burning is a straight early 80's slasher flick. Its killer is Cropsy(give them a mulligan on that one, it was 1981), a former summer camp groundskeeper who is the victim of a prank gone wrong. He gets badly burned and disfigured. Five years later he gets out of the hospital. So of course, he heads back to the summer camp to pick off some campers. There were some future stars in this group including Costanza and Van Damme's woman in the incomparable Bloodsport. In the heart of the flick, there was the perfect ammount of unintentional comedy to make this one B as well as great horror. There was Cropsy's weapon of choice, hedgeclippers. Just funny for some reason. Then there was Costanza. We have no idea if he came off as cool in 81 but watching this now was awesome. He was a wisecracking little dork who thought he was cool, tough, and all-knowing about the ladies. It was all hilarious and frankly, pushed the film to another level.
If you're a horror fan and more specifically a fan of slasher flicks, this one is an absolute must. We can't heap enough praise on this one. We would have absolutely loved it as a young Elf as we did today.In fact how's this for praise?
4 fingers lopped off by Cropsy's hedge clippers
1 iconic scene. "The Raft Scene." Horror at its best.
48 Costanza jokes
5 grizzly killings
2 occurances of someone walking around on fire
5 breasts
and 1 ax in the head.
Summary of The BurningNo Description Available. Genre: Horror Rating: NR Release Date: 11-SEP-2007 Media Type: DVD Oh, those crazy days of slasher films, when every summer camp became a potential slaughterhouse. The Burning was one of the flood of movies that followed the success of Friday the 13th, and it's more notable today for an unexpected roster of talent than for its success as a horror movie. You will note that the opening titles feature the unusual credit of "Created and Produced by Harvey Weinstein," and sure enough, this is the first feature film bearing the name of the future Hollywood mogul. Let's acknowledge that Weinstein's instincts were shrewd, since this junky thing fit right into the kill-the-teenagers trend after Friday the 13th, and thus a safe way to get a return on investment. We're at Camp Blackstone, where a disfigured loony, still sizzling after getting burned by unhappy campers years earlier, exacts his revenge on the empty-headed current crop. Among the campers are future Seinfeld star Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, and (in a smaller part) Holly Hunter. There's a vintage early-'80s synthesizer score by Rick Wakeman, but the real star of the movie is effects whiz Tom Savini (Dawn of the Dead), who does his bloody best with the murders. We don't care much about the teenagers, but students of gore will savor the throat-cuttings and the finger-loppings. --Robert Horton
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