The Burning

A legend of terror isn't a campfire story anymore!

6.219811h 31m
R
Released
Horror

Overview

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.

StatusReleased
Release Date1981-05-08
Runtime1h 31m
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of AmericaCanada
Budget$1,500,000

Videos

3 total
Trailer
The Burning (1981) - Official Trailer

Stream

fuboTV
fuboTV
MGM+ Amazon Channel
MGM+ Amazon Channel
AMC+ Amazon Channel
AMC+ Amazon Channel
YouTube TV
YouTube TV
MGM Plus
MGM Plus
Philo
Philo

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Reviews

2
W

Wuchak

Aug 12, 2018

6/10

Decent “Friday the 13th” knockoff This came out a week after “Friday the 13th Part 2” in 1981 and contains all the staples of that blossoming franchise: disfigured killer, iconic weapon (in this case, garden shears), summer camp, camp counselors, a prank gone wrong, swimming antics, deep woods sexual frolics, death during (or after) sex, a secr

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CinemaSerf

Jul 21, 2023

5/10

MGM, the Weinstein brothers and none other than Corky Burger have joined forces to bring us this rather weak and derivative attempt at fraternity-horror. "Cropsy", the pretty unpleasant caretaker at a lakeside holiday camp is the victim of a rather cruel prank perpetrated by some spoilt, immature, youth. Scoot on a few years and this now heavily sc

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