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The Burning(Movie, 1981)

FSK: 18+ years
| 1h 31min | Genre: Horror
The BurningRating: 3.1/5 (with 157157 votes)
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. The film marks the debuts of actors Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, and Holly Hunter. Based on the New York urban legend of the Cropsey maniac, the screenplay was written by Bob Weinstein and Peter Lawrence, from a story conceived by producer Harvey Weinstein, Tony Maylam, and Brad Grey. Rick Wakeman, of the progressive rock b... ()
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About The Burning

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 accidently burned him.

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The Burning (1981) - Official Trailer(Trailer, 1:25)

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Additional Information

Production countries: Canada, United States of America (USA)
Plays in: New York
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Portuguese (PT)
Translated into 17 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 09/23/1981 (World premiere: 05/08/1981)
Director: Tony Maylam
Screenwriter: Peter Lawrence, Bob Weinstein, Tony Maylam, Brad Grey
Film Editor: Jack Sholder
Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison
Composer: Rick Wakeman
Performer: Rick Wakeman
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Chamas da Morte"
"The Burning - Brennende Rache"

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