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  • Actors: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander
  • Directors: Tony Maylam
  • Writers: Tony Maylam, Harvey Weinstein, Brad Grey, Peter Lawrence
  • Producers: André Djaoui, Dany Ubaud, Harvey Weinstein
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Vipco
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Nov 2002
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00006SKTX
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 17,148 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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FRIDAY THE 13th spawned an entire generation of imitators, but few were quite as accomplished as Tony Maylam's THE BURNING. Featuring effects by Tom Savini (DAWN OF THE DEAD), the film begins as a group of rambunctious kids plays a prank on the janitor at their summer camp that goes horribly wrong and results in him suffering severe burns. After five years in the hospital, he gets out and heads back to the camp for revenge, where one of his tormentors is now a counselor. The film sticks to all the conventions of 1980s movies (e.g. making each kid either a jock, nerd, prankster, etc.) and boasts outstanding gore effects. THE BURNING (which includes early screen appearances by Holly Hunter, Jason Alexander, and Fisher Stevens) is a campy, well done slasher film with a few genuinely disturbing moments.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Uncut and in widescreen - cheap price too, 15 Nov 2007
By David - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Burning [DVD] [1981] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)
At last one of the best of the so called "video nasties" gets released on dvd. You will be relieved to know that the print is uncut with the notorious finger cut shot intact. The print is excellent and is in 1.85 widescreen and puts the fullscreen UK Vipco dvd release to shame. There is also a very insightfull audio commentry by the directer and a short featurette on Tom Savini who did the special effects.

The film was originally released on Thorn EMI video back in the 1980's, but the print they released was accidently uncut. As a result they had to withdraw all videos and get them replaced with the BBFC certified version. This didn't stop is being banned. As a result the uncut video release is highly collectable nowdays.

The plot is not the most original - a vengefull caretaker who was badly burned kills a number of campers in various graphic ways. It's rather like Friday The 13th with all the gore effects intact. This shows why Tom Savini is number 1 for special effects. No CGI in those days.

This is an excellent release and is very cheap on Amazon. So what are you waiting for ? Buy this dvd now is you enjoy a good slasher film.
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20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars By the numbers, but still quite fun, 8 Mar 2003
By "brasshande" - See all my reviews
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Another stalk and slash film set in that trusty horror film setting, the American summer camp. Great. Seriously, though, although The Burning admittedly isn't a million miles away from films like Friday the 13th, it does have some features that make it worth watching. Firstly, it was previously banned as a video nasty, and as a hardcore horror film lover, I know that that's as high a recommendation as it is possible for a horror to get. Secondly, the special effects were ovreseen by Tom Savini (as I believe thay also were on Friday the 13th), so you can be sure of a healthy portion of gore, another vital ingredient of a film of this type. Thirdly, and at risk of removing a surprise for those people who haven't seen it, the excessively burned main villain, Cropsy, looks suspiciously like former Liverpool and England defender Phil Neal. Imagine that, being chased through the woods by a psychotically deranged, garden shears-wielding ex-full back. Now that is a scary prospect.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An above average slasher movie., 16 Nov 2002
By L. Andrews "jointhepartyuk" (Newport, South Wales) - See all my reviews
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For a slasher film belonging to the Vipco horror label this film is actually very good. Of course, only fans of the genre will truly like it, as people who don't like these type of films will probably detest it.

THE BURNING has some notoriety as being one of the goriest slasher movies ever made, and it is easy to see why it has built this reputation in this new uncut version of the film. Tom Savini, the make-up artist best known for his work on the latter two of Romero's zombie trilogy (he also directed the 1990 remake), was responsible for the impressive gore effects, and they are indeed very gory.

The story is familiar: a group of kids play a prank on someone, it goes wrong, then the person comes back and takes his revenge. In THE BURNING, the sadistic caretaker of a summer camp is burnt practically beyond recognition in a prank gone wrong, and after five years of unsuccessful recovery in hospital, ventures out to exact his revenge on the teenage population of various summer camps.

Where this film rises above such trash as FRIDAY THE 13TH is its inclusion of some actual sub-plots. A teenager is constantly bullied, there are various relationships taking place, things like that. On taking a canoe trip the teenagers later find that their canoes have been taken, and have to deal with being stranded in the woods as well as being terrorised by a disfigured serial killer (whose face we get to see in all its gory detail at the end of the film).

The acting is good for a slasher flick, and there are some actors in the film that have gone on to make names for themselves today (look out for a young Holly Hunter; believe me, I couldn't spot her until I read the filmographies on the DVD).

While not a patch on HALLOWEEN, this is really an above average horror film, with its fair share of humour, shocks and gore. Definetly one of the few good Vipco horror films.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A CLONE SLASHER FILM THAT SURPASSES THE ORIGINAL
I LOVE this movie- I was lucky enough to see the film when it first came out as a kid. Full uncut. Before it was added to the Banned list in the U.K and taken off the shelves. Read more
Published 15 months ago by John Knight

2.0 out of 5 stars over-rated
i love horror films and i was really looking forward to watching this!but it is sooooo slow and nothing much happens for the first hour or so

however i have to give... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. Shaun Gardner

4.0 out of 5 stars A DECENT SLASHER FILM
Finally after twenty years The Burning has been given the great respect and restoration treatment it finally deserved. Read more
Published on 19 May 2006 by stuart

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST SLASHERS EVER MADE !! !! !!
When i baught the burning i was expecting an average horror film in the 'Vipcos Vaults of Horror' collection. (not that i dont like these films, i love them!). Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2006 by M. Western

4.0 out of 5 stars Beter than friday the 13th
I've just bought a copy of the movie, and must say i was pleasantly surprised! This is a movie that i (as a 80's horror fan) had missed. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2004 by Gaetane Catanzaro

3.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic slasher delivers the gory goods
THE BURNING (1980)

DVD aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical aspect ratio: 1.85:1
DVD soundtrack: Dolby 2. Read more
Published on 1 April 2003 by Libretio

4.0 out of 5 stars one of the better 80's slashers
In 1981 there was a whole slew of teen slasher films,all trying to cash in on the success of friday the 13th,released a year earlier. Read more
Published on 20 Mar 2003 by craig mitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice early slasher work
'The Burning' is a superior 'also ran' in the 'Friday The Thirteenth' vein. The cast are convincing in their interplay and they make for excellent victims, each in his/her own... Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2002 by 'Oliver Cromwell'

3.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Grue
There are more than a few unusual reasons why this film stands out in the eighties gore-soaked pre-video ban crowd, and I'll start with a corker:a Rick Wakeman (of... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars He's alive!
It's impossible not to love scary stories when they are told the old-fashioned way: before the fire, people listening and a teller performing it with a respectable whispered... Read more
Published on 20 Dec 2000 by Cassio A Francisco

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