The Burning (1981)

      Watched The Burning, a movie directed by Tony Maylam.  The movie takes place 5 years after a group of kids at a summer camp accidentally set the care taker on fire.  The man who was set on fire was named Cropsy, and he is out to get his revenge on the kids that set him on fire!

      A lot of people probably havent heard of this movie because it was shadowed by the success of Friday the 13th at the time.  Both movies are often related because they both take place at a summer camp, and are both about a madman who is getting his revenge on the present campers.  People say this movie is ripping off Friday The 13th, but apparently the script for this movie was written before Friday The 13th! ho ho hoo.

     This movie was a lot of fun.  The weapon of choice for Cropsy is hedge clippers, which are perfect for brutal killings.  This movie is full of gore, each kill they probably used a gallon of fake blood.  In one scene, the blood was shot across the room hitting a mirror.

     Another gem to this movie was that Jason Alexander was in it.  I had no idea of this going in to this movie, and was pretty surprised.  It turns out it was his first movie haaahaa.  It was funny to see him play the cool/jokester of the group.  The second I recognized him, I was thinking to myself, oh shit I wonder how hes gonna die in this!, unfortunately he lives :(

      The characters were made up of the basic cliche characters for most of the slasher horror movies, cool guy, hot girls, nerdy girls, nerdy guys etc.   One character that stood out was this douche bag named Glazer, he played this muscular guy who thought he was cool shit.  He pissed me off and made me laugh at the same time.  BOO YA.

     IN CONCLUSION, fun movie, its on the instant queue on netflix, if you like 80s slasher movies then check it out, you wont be disappointed.