The Burning
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Movie Reviews of The Burning
Movie Review: A grisly 80's slasher classic now on DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars
Five years ago at Camp Blackfoot, a much hated janitor named Cropsy (Lou David) has been burned severely due to a very cruel prank that went awry. Leaving him badly burned and scarred permenately, Cropsy vows revenge as he heads back to the camp with a pair of huge scissors to terminate campers.
An outstanding and exciting slasher horror thriller inspired by a campfire legend is one of the 80's most underrated terror treasures. The film contains early acting by Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter, it contains a good storyline and brutal graphic violence which pushes some of the limits of violence in that time. Tom Savini's make-up and gore effects are really effective even in these times of compuer animation, the acting is alright but the music score by Rick Wakeman is excellent and chilling at the same time.
This DVD contains great picture and nice sound quality with the uncut version of the film with some violence that was cut to avoid an "X" rating originally and some good extras like audio commentary, theatrical trailer, a "Blood 'n' fire memories" featurette and Photo Gallery. This is one of the most criminally underrated horror movies ever and is a true must own for horror fans but not for the weak stomached.
Also recommended: "Friday The 13th Series", "Sleepaway Camp Series", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Maniac (1980)", "Nightmare (1981)", "Sweet Sixteen (1981)", "Happy Birthday to Me", "April Fool's Day", "Scream Trilogy", "Hostel 1 & 2", "Tourist Trap", "Black Christmas (1974)", "Funny Games", "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer", "Perfect Blue", "Terror Train", "Psycho (1960)", "Psycho II", "Psycho III", "A Blade in The Dark", "Ichi The Killer", "Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky", "Battle Royale", "Bride of Chucky", "Urban Legend", "The Prowler", "Tenebre", "Phenomena (a.k.a. Creepers)", "Re-Animator", "The Devil's Rejects", "High Tension", "American Psycho" and "Jeepers Creepers".
Movie Review: Shear Delight...
Summary: 5 Stars
Cropsy the caretaker (Lou David) was not very well liked by the kids at camp Blackfoot. In fact, they hated Cropsy and wanted to play an evil trick on him. So, a group of boys crept out of their cabin one night and went to the caretaker's shed. Finding Cropsy inside, passed out in a drunken stupor, one boy entered and left the "gift" for Cropsy. Well, things didn't quite go as planned. Cropsy woke up, saw the hideous "joke", panicked, and somehow ended up on fire! Not good. Now, long after the failed skin-grafts, after the hospital released him without being able to help him, Cropsy is back. The kids are back too, back at camp for the summer. THE BURNING is a surprisingly effective tale of revenge and bloodletting, where the killer is actually pretty frightening. Cropsy is dark and silent, like a deadly shadow. He is vengeance incarnate, with no reason to live other than to destroy those who have destroyed him. He gave my flesh a nice crawl! The raft scene is legend! Tom Savini's make-up and gore fx are very realistic. Also, the kids aren't all that annoying. I actually cared whether they lived or died! I even wanted some of them to escape their fate! As much as I love FRIDAY THE 13th 1 and 2, HALLOWEEN 1 and 2, or any other maniac-on-the-loose movies, I only get the shudders when watching Cropsy do his thing! This was Holly Hunter's (as Sophie) first movie. Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld") is in it too! Watch THE BURNING before going on a camping trip for added fun! This belongs on every horror-hound's shriek-shelf...Movie Review: HAVE ANY MARSHMELLOWS???????
Summary: 5 Stars
The Burning is a very good gore bath! And alot better
then the PROM NIGHTS,TERROR TRAINS,GRADUATION DAY,HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO ME,HOSPITAL MASSACRE,HUMONGOUS,APRIL FOOL'S DAY,MY BLOODY VALENTINE
KILLER PARTY,MOTHER'S DAY,RETURN TO HORROR HIGH,SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
SORORITY HOUSE MASSACRE,TRICK OR TREAT,TRICK OR TREATS,FADE TO BLACK
VISITING HOURS,CAMPFIRE TALE,CAMPSITE MASSACRE,CHEERLEADER CAMP,DEATH SPA
CHOPPING MALL,CLASS REUNION MASSACRE,BLOODY BIRTHDAY,BLOOD RAGE,THE
ABOMINATION,ALONE IN THE DARK,THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY,THE MAJORETTES
MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH,MOVIE HOUSE MASSACRE,and last but not least
how can we forget THE MOUNTAINTOP HILL MASSACRE(whew! alot of CRE there)
Well The Burning my friends is not the above! This takes place at a
summer camp(NO! WAIT! It's good!)A FIRE KILLER named CROPSY(love that name)stalks a cast of WELL KNOWNS now with the LONGEST pair of scissors
you have ever seen(hee-hee) Great Tom Savini effects and music score
by YES and Black Sabbath's SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH album keyboardist
Rick Wakeman and you'll have a ROASTING(sic)goodtime. I was recommended
this by my Horror bud HORRORMAN and GOREHOUND M.MORIARTY has ordered it
so you know it's a BURNING HOT FILM(cheesy Clint..cheesy)
Movie Review: Relase your life (or in this case, unburnt skin) and take your place inside the fire...
Summary: 5 Stars
Honestly, I was quite impressed with this movie. After the terrible sleaze-fest known as "Sleepaway Camp", I was wondering if another "at camp" slasher was a bad idea. Also having seen the raft massacre scene before viewing this movie, a scene I saw coming ten miles away, I was a little suspicious.
PHEW! Was I ever wrong! "The Burning" is a suspenseful but entertaining, gory but exciting, shocking but fun movie. It has everything you could probably think of in an '80s slasher movie. Great special effects, buckets of gore, gratuitous amounts of nudity, exciting chase scenes and a happy ending. It's also got quite a realistic atmosphere, save the whole concept of a guy getting a body burn and then becoming inhumanly threatening.
There's also a good deal of character development and humor to boot. The comedy doesn't necessarily speed along the plot, but it DOES add to the entertainment. Believe it or not, we have a younger Jason Alexander (George Costanza on the wonderful "Seinfeld") as one of the camp counselors. Everything about this movie is great!
So if you want another classic slasher film for a night of thrills, chills and female body parts exposed in the shower, strike a match for this one! Thanks for the time, and peace.
Movie Review: Probably the best Standalone Slasher Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Other than slasher film classics like "Halloween","Friday the 13th",and "Nightmare on Elm Street" that each went on to have many sequels this is definately one of the best and a standout in the genre. The plot first comes across as just another F13 ripoff but ends up being more than just that. Something this movie has that most of the F13 sequels don't have is somewhat likeable characters. This film actually has some decent character devlopment and you start to actually care about some of them. Also the buildup in the film at the summer camp doesn't come across as chessy filler like many of the f13 sequels that are only there to fill up time before the killing starts. The killer in this movie was a former janitor at the summer camp that was severely burned in a prank gone wrong and is now coming back for revenge. This film features some good kill scenes and gore effects by the legendary Tom Savini. Probably the most memorable part of this movie is the raft scene where in a montage type sequence the killer stabs five campers to death with a pair of hedge shears. Overall this is a great slasher film that standouts from many of the other generic slashers that came out in the 80's and even rivals some of the more well known slasher classics.