April 22nd, 2019
Written by: Harvey Weinstein, Tony Maylam, Brad Grey
Starring: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer
Budget: $1,500,000
Trivia: The film's composer, Rick Wakeman, was originally offered a percentage of whatever profits the film made but he had decided to opt for a fee instead as he felt the film had no chance of being successful. The film ended up being the biggest grossing horror movie in Japan.
Quote: "Man, this guy is so burned, he's cooked! A fucking Big Mac, overdone! You know what I mean? And, it's a miracle that he's still alive. If it was me, I'd prefer to be dead. No way I'd want to be this freak. He's a monster, man!"
The Burning is yet another of the dozens of slasher movies made after the huge success of Friday the 13th and it is abundantly clear that the movie was heavily inspired by Friday the 13th (even borrowing Friday the 13th's special effects artist Tom Savini). And while some Friday knockoffs are duds, The Burning actually kicks ass. It is based on the urban legend of Cropsey, a maniac who supposedly massacred children at a summer camp on Staten Island. I decided to check out the film after watching Madman (review here), another slasher made around the same time based on the Cropsey legend. I must say that The Burning blows Madman out of the water. The Burning is a classic slasher movie with some great kills, a great weapon (pruning shears.... brutal!), and some great characters, including a performance by a young George Castanza (Jason Alexander) as Dave, the horndog counselor who talks about jerking off way too much. The film is also the first movie the Miramax pictures put out, even being partially written and produced by Harvey Weinstein (the horndog producer with multiple sexual assault allegations).
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