The Burning

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.

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

Carrick Glenn

as Sally

Carolyn Houlihan

as Karen

Fisher Stevens

as Woodstock

Lou David

as Cropsy

Reviews

Wuchak

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 s...

CinemaSerf

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, y...

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