Movie
The Burning
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-05-08
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Horror
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Miramax, The Cropsy Venture, Filmways Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brian Matthews as Todd
- Leah Ayres as Michelle
- Brian Backer as Alfred
- Larry Joshua as Glazer
- Jason Alexander as Dave
- Ned Eisenberg as Eddy
- Carrick Glenn as Sally
- Carolyn Houlihan as Karen
- Fisher Stevens as Woodstock
- Lou David as Cropsy
- Shelley Bruce as Tiger
- Sarah Chodoff as Barbara
Crew
- Tony Maylam - Director
- Peter Lawrence - Writer
- Bob Weinstein - Screenplay
- Brad Grey - Story
- Tony Maylam - Story
- Harvey Weinstein - Story
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