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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience 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 Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: May 08, 1981 Sales Rank: 9398 MPN: DM108553D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Discount Shopping: 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 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Arts, crafts, rafting and gardening with CropsyThough the economy has since tanked, throwing us into a global recession, in 2007 the prayers of the crazed and few Burning fans were finally answered, when this thing finally got a US DVD release after being released everywhere except its country of origin (naturally). The Burning is a 1980 slasher, part of the crop of 'classics' now being remade (and this will will be remade). It's not dissimilar to Friday the 13th, mega-hit of the same year. Seems that some dastardly kids want to ... Read More Rating:  - Some genuinely creepy moments, but not a lost classic...The IFC Channel, with its twisted sense of humour, decided to show slasher films on Christmas in 2008. They showed this one, and having heard about it for years (it was made/released during the 80's slasher craze), I decided to check it out finally. It wasn't as awful as I thought it would be, but it's not great either. The film takes place in a summer camp, but the location (I'm thinking somwhere in the Northwest) is quite striking and the abandoned mine and the forest really lend itself ... Read More Rating: - Good Classic MovieGreat Classic Movie, I never seen it at all in the 80's, the first time I saw is on cable and I decided to buy it! Rating:  - Hot! Hot! Hot!If only for the "raft" scene and to see Jason Alexander "pre-Seinfeld", you must watch this 80's Horror Classic. This is not "Sophie's Choice" folks. The acting is cheesy, the camera work is cheesier, but the pure joy of 80's low budget Horror is worth the price of purchase/admission!! Rating: - The definition of a good 80's slasherThe Burning is about as good as an 80's slasher film gets. The story is simple but hits the nail on the head, following in the footsteps of films like Black Christmas and Friday the 13th. The caretaker Cropsy is horribly burnt and disfigured in a camp prank gone wrong, and returns after several years and many failed skin grafts to take his burning revenge on the councellors inhabiting the camp. The Burning is not only violent, it's also stylish. The synth-theme makes the film stand out, and ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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