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The Burning

starring: Brian Matthews
directed by: Tony Maylam

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0027616085535
Format: Color, NTSC, Mono, Anamorphic
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 11, 2007
Running Time: 91 minutes
Sales Rank: 14115
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 1981



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Amazon.com:
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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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Good Classic Movie
Great Classic Movie, I never seen it at all in the 80's, the first time I saw is on cable and I decided ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Hot! Hot! Hot!
If only for the "raft" scene and to see Jason Alexander "pre-Seinfeld", you must watch this 80's Horror ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The definition of a good 80's slasher
The Burning is about as good as an 80's slasher film gets. The story is simple but hits the nail on the ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - This is a great slasher movie
Now this is a great slasher movie.They deffinatly dont make them like this anymore.the effects by tom savini ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Kind of like an evil "Meatballs"
Believe it or not this is my first slasher movie, so I don't have the knowledge to give you a doctoral thesis ... Read More

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