

The Burning
A legend of terror isn't a campfire story anymore!
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- summer camp
- woods
- revenge
- burned alive
- murder
- camp
- slasher
- maniac
- death
- campfire
- psycho killer
- campfire story
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United States of America, Canada
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR8 May 1981
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical5 Nov 1981
- Physical18Blu-ray19 Dec 2016
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+1 Dec 1981
- PhysicalR 18+1 Feb 1984
CanadaCA
- TV18A8 May 1981
FranceFR
- Theatrical1628 Apr 1982
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1823 Sept 1981
IrelandIE
- Digital / OTT1825 Oct 2003
JapanJP
- Theatrical29 Aug 1981
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1923 Jul 1983
Frequently asked questions
The Burning was released on 8 May 1981.
Audience reviews
2- W6/10
Wuchak
8/12/2018
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 secret hideout for the killer, semi-nekkid or fully nekkid teen girls, etc…
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
7/21/2023
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 scarred and somewhat narked individual is out for revenge on those who h…
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