Down at Camp Blackfoot a seemingly harmless teenage prank on the resident groundskeeper turns almost deadly when heís burned severely. Five years later the groundskeeper gets out of the hospital and plots his revenge.
In a time when slasher films were good and didnít depend on CGI to get them screams and gasps The Burning is one of the underrated flicks that finally resurrected from the video graveyard that so many still lay decomposing in.
The movie starts out at Camp Blackfoot where a group of teens decide they want to play a prank on the campís groundskeeper Cropsy, yeah ironic isnít it? Anyways I won't spoil the good fun they have tormenting poor Cropsy but their little prank turns damn near deadly when heís set on fire. Heís one step away from being a crispy critter when he runs out his door and jumps in the lake near the camp.
A week later at St Catherineís Hospital a doctor follows an orderly into the burn unit for a little look at the badly burned Cropsy and after a little smartass talking the orderly gets grabbed by Cropsyís charred hand. DUN DUN DUN!
 
Then off to five years later in the early 80ís Cropsy is let out of the hospital with a clean but melted bill of health, so what does do? He plots his revenge, but not before ordering a hooker then killing her before he even gets to the good part, which is cool with me because the hooker wasīugly with a capital UGH! Sheís the manliest looking hooker Iíve ever seen in my life, though I canít say I know many.
Anyways off to a new camp, Camp Starkweather, we find a group of kids having fun playing softball and having a good time. Little do the kids know that dear old Cropsy is on his way to liven up their camp experience with a little violence and murder.
For the most part the killing really doesnít kick in until the kids go on a canoe trip down the river by the camp but once it does kick in holy hell it doesnít hold back. This movie gives the 10 good ways to kill with gardening sheers and gives us our first opportunity to see Holly Hunter topless and Jason Alexanderís bare ass, which I recommend you turn away from, I was caught off guard and almost blinded by his huge nasty ass.
Though this movie is a lot like the Friday the 13th movies it does have itís own originality, though not by much. With that said I loved this movie, it had exactly what I love in slashers, nudity, fights, sex, and bloody kill scenes headed by none other than the FX king Tom Savini.
The Burning gets a high rating for me as this is the kind of movie that Iíve grown to love and wish there were more of. This movie is highly recommended by yours truly.
Now that The Burning has finally been released on DVD itís easy to get your hands on a copy instead of paying some dude to do a data transfer disk from VHS. If you donít get this movie your missing out on a great flick.
By
Back to Horror Review Archive
|
ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Cropsy
MOVIE YEAR: 1981
DIRECTOR: Tony Maylam
WRITING CREDITS: Harvey Weinstein, Tony Maylam
GENRE: Horror
CAST: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Jason Alexander
COUNTRY: USA, Canada
RUNTIME: 91 min
RATING: 9/10
Burning, The Website/IMDB Click here
Burning, The Trailer
|
