A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
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- TriviaThe concept of the film (originally scripted as "The Cropsy Maniac") is based on a campfire story told at summer camps in and around New Jersey and upstate New York. The story is still in circulation and is also the basis for the documentary Cropsey (2009), though this film is not referenced in the documentary.
- GoofsWhen Cropsy is set on fire at the beginning of the film, it is possible to see his crash helmet.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Camp Counselor: They never found his body, but they say his spirit lives in the forest. This forest. A maniac, a thing no longer human. They say he lives on whatever he can catch. Eats them raw, alive maybe. And every year he picks on a summer camp and seeks his revenge for the terrible things those kids did to him. Every year he kills. Right now he's out there. Watching. Waiting. So don't look; he'll see you. Don't breathe; he'll hear you. Don't move; you're dead!
- Alternate versionsThe version of the film shown on the MonstersHD channel (August 2006) is completely uncut. However the added bonus for this version is that they showed the film in its proper widescreen format. The film has never been issued in a widescreen format at all (short of its theatrical run) previously to this.
THE BURNING is a surprisingly effective tale of revenge and bloodletting, and the killer is actually pretty frightening. Dark and silent, Cropsy is like a deadly shadow, living only to destroy those who have destroyed him. His attacks are savage and ruthless.
Tom Savini's makeup and gore effects are very realistic. We can "feel" the wounds that Cropsy inflicts! The raft scene is legendary!
Also, some of the characters aren't as annoying in this movie, as they can be in similar films. Personally, I cared whether they lived or died, which is unusual. Jason Alexander plays one of them, and watch for Holly Hunter in her first, fleeting role...,
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- May 1, 2020
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- Budget
- $1,500,000 (estimated)