The Burning
by Tony Maylam
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Actor: Brian MatthewsDirector: Tony Maylam
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
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 Burning
Movie Review: It Tastes Like Burning.
Summary: 5 Stars
As 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 Burning
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