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The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tony Maylam, and starring Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua, and Lou David. Its plot follows a summer camp caretaker who is horribly burnt from a prank gone wrong, where he seeks vengeance at a nearby summer camp years later.
May 8, 1981 · The Burning. Abusive former summer camp caretaker Cropsy, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, lurks around upstate NY summer Camp Stonewater with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
- (22K)
- Horror
- Tony Maylam
- 1981-05-08
At summer camp, some teenagers pull a prank on the camp's caretaker, Cropsy (Lou David). But the joke goes terribly wrong, and the teens leave Cropsy for dead after setting him on fire. But no one...
- (13)
- Tony Maylam
- R
- Brian Matthews
A cruel joke that left a man severely burned sets him on a path of revenge, armed with a pair of hedge clippers, against those who scarred him. Subtitles: English. Starring: Leah Ayres Brian Backer Lou David Larry Joshua Brian Matthews. Directed by: Tony Maylam.
- Tony Maylam
- 91 min
- Leah Ayres
One night, five campers of the Camp Blackfoot decide to play a prank on the mean caretaker Cropsy; however, the joke goes wrong and Cropsy is totally burned. Five years later, he is discharged from the hospital deformed like a monster and immediately after he kills a prostitute using a pair of scissors.
The Burning (1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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.
