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Vinony files it under 1980s slasher films, 1980s teen horror films and 1981 American films.
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6.2A 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.
Cast
- Brian Matthews as Todd
- Leah Ayres as Michelle
- Brian Backer as Alfred
- Larry Joshua as Glazer
- Jason Alexander as Dave
- Ned Eisenberg as Eddy
Themes
- summer camp
- woods
- revenge
- burned alive
- murder
- camp
- slasher
- maniac
- death
- campfire
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
23,235 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
86%
Metacritic
42/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- horror film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- human mating strategy
- Director
- Tony Maylam
- Screenwriter
- Brad Grey
- Composer
- Rick Wakeman
- Producer
- Harvey Weinstein
- Production company
- Miramax
- Narrative location
- New York
- Duration
- 91
- FilmAffinity ID
- 316681
- Performer
- Rick Wakeman
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1981-01-01
- film editor
- Jack Sholder
- title
- The Burning
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- summer camp program
- set in period
- 1980s
- review score
- 83%
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