The Burning - Collector's Edition 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray [4K UHD]

It was entertaining. You can't go wrong with a psychopath who kills everyone with shrubbery shears!

The movie starts with a group of kids at a camp called Camp Blackfoot, who are totally fed up with the abuse they have taken from a cross, drunken summer camp caretaker named Cropsey. The kids only intention was to scare Cropsey by pulling a prank on him. The prank goes terribly awry and causes an accidental fire that burns and disfigures Cropsey. After five years at St. Catherine's Hospital Cropsy is released. Next we meet the kids and counselors of Camp Stonewater. While Cropsey hides in the woods looking for an opportunity to strike, the teen kids watch and play baseball. We soon meet beautiful Sally who is the girlfriend of the camp bully Glazer. We also meet Alfred who has a crush on Sally and possessive Glazer threatens and bullies Alfred several times over it. We also meet Alfred's prankster friends, Fish, Woodstock(Fisher Stevens, Hackers, Only You, My Science Project, Tv's Key West) and Dave(Tv's Duckman and Tv's Seinfeld). They all like to do things to make a fool out of Glazer. We also meet sensitive and likable camp counselor Todd and his beautiful and hot partner and girlfriend Michelle. At the campfire Todd tells everyone a slightly exaggerated story about Cropsy. He fills them in on the plot from earlier, mentions his weapon of chioce being garden shears, and he exaggerates all the rest. Todd scares the teen kids by having one named Eddy dress up as Cropsy. During all of this Cropsey is ready to strike when they least expect. It's all just a question of when.This movie was directed by Tony Maylan. It was produced by Harvey Weinstein. It was edited by Jack Sholder(director of the Hidden). The gore was brilliantly done by none other than Tom "Sex Machine" Savini. Finally the musical score was done by Rick Wakeman of the band Yes.The cinematography by Harvey Harrison was beautiful and well shot. The editing by Jack Sholder was very well cut and concise. Tom Savini's good was(as always) beautifully done, very realistic and believable, and in general brilliant. After coming up with some excellent gore for Dawn of the Dead(1978), Maniac(1980), and Friday the 13th(1980) his competency with gore effects had been abundantly proven. Rick Wake did some great music for the score. The emotions of levity, mystery, and fear showed well in his music. The acting was even very believable, not corny at all, and quite professional for a slasher. It was interesting to see Jason Alexander in his film debut and get this with a full head of hair, seeing a much younger Fisher Stevens long before Key West, and as for lovely, sexy, and multi-talented Holly Hunter well I just plain couldn't find her anywhere in this movie. I don't think that she got much camera time.There wasn't much nudity but it wasn't bad what you got. There were definitely quite a few really real scream queens in this though.The first person camera perspectives were a great touch and I have never seen them done like this in any other movie. That was one very unique approach to it. The camera work and the edits showing the detail(s) of any of the scenes was beautifully done.It was nice to see some fun light-heated levity in the movie, such as the canoe scene where they all splash eachother.Cropsey proved equally menacing while hiding, stalking, and murdering. As far as the kill scenes go, it's less about the variety in his killing style and more about his intensity, vicious hardcore style, and the gore effects that follow. In general, he's menacing, shrewd, and you just never know when he'll strike.Overall, if you're into great slashers from the 70's and 80's, like well designed and executed gore, like to look at attractive people, want to see exceptionally good acting in a slasher, like campy scenes, and especially are into such great slashers of that era such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre(1974), Black Christmas(1974), Halloween(1978), Friday the 13th(1980), or even A Nightmare on Elm Street, than this 1981 classic is for you.Please Note: Though this might seem like a Friday the 13th rip-off it's actually different both plot-wise and tone-wise.

The Burning is the rarely seen first film by the Weinstein brothers and MiramaxIt might come of like a cheap carbon copy of Jason and the Friday the 13th series but, it's really notThe film was put on UK's video nasties list mostly due to the epic insane bloodbath raft scene and banned in the UK!It's a unique take on the Cropsy legend this slasher kills everyone he comes across Nurses, Hookers and plenty of young campersThe Cast is average at bestmost of the cast is young you can't blame them every character is somewhat one dimensionalThis is also the film debuts ofJason Alexander (Seinfeld fame)Fisher Stevens,and Holly Hunter. (Holly's debut is short blink and your miss her)Brian Backer as Alfred is somewhat of a interesting character mostly cause he's used as a miss direct (Brain is best known for being in Fast Times at Ridgemont HighThe biggest selling point of this film is the kills Tom Savini did the F/X so you know it'll be a beautiful bloodbathall the gore is practical and still to this day very effective the way everything is edited and cut in some areas fast enough that it hides the movie magicYou can't talk about the Burning without talking about the infamous raft massacreIt's one of the most brutal scenes in any american horror movie everything about it is just flawless the timing the build-up, (This is how to do a hardcore NC-17 bloodbath)A scene like this would never be shown in any theater! It's not politically correct it's disturbing and still to this day shocking....Scream Factory puts out a very enjoyable Special Edition uncut with plenty of extras (Including a second disc SD DVD)Extras include:first Audio Commentary with Director Tony Maylam and International Film Journalist Alan Jones(this was ported over from the original MGM DVD)second Audio Commentary with Stars Shelley Bruce and Bonnie Deroski. (This is the Scream Factory exclusive commentary)to me it's more enjoyable**** Blood 'n' Fire Memories: with Tom Savini (it contains spoilers)****Slash & Cut: interview with editor Jack Sholder,*****Cropsy Speaks: interview with actor Lou David (the man played Cropsy he's a old man now but, the interview is interesting you can tell he had fun in this little horror film...****Summer Camp Nightmare: with actress Leah Ayres*****BTS Footage,***Theatrical Trailer, Make-Up Effects Still Gallery and Poster & Still GalleryThis is a must have for die hard horror fans that want a alternative to the 1980's slasher flick!I'm a little shocked this film hasn't be Re-made like everything else under the sun in terms of classic horror 9.5/10

Great job on the new 4K transfer. Big improvement over older releases of the movie. Definitely recommend adding this one to the Scream Factory collection on your shelf.

Un slasher de culto totalmente prensado cero extras una pena buena calidad en general lleva el. Doblaje de la época, desconozco si es de resen si no conoces este slasher y te gusta el género es una película que tienes que ver muy superior a muchas entregas de viernes 13 muy recomendable.Amazon dé Díez ninguna queja.

"Scream Factory" distribuye este Slasher de culto que si bien se le notan un poco los años, su escena más violenta (una masacre de campistas con unas tijeras de podar) aun funciona excelente. La calidad de imagen y sonido es excelente aunque únicamente tiene subtítulos en inglés. Como extras, tiene entrevistas al maquillista y diseñador de efectos especiales de la película, Tom Savini, también al actor quien interpreta al villano "Cropsy" y a la actriz que da vida a la campista líder; también 2 audio cometarios, uno con dos actrices del elenco y otro con el director. El envío llegó en la fecha señalada.

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Si on considère le peu de moyens mis en oeuvre...pour cette oeuvre justement. On ne peut qu'apprécier ce slasher tourné vers 1980;Juste à l'aube de ce genre connu par Halloween(1978)..mais en fait initié par un grand film de Mario BAVA(italie) en 1968 ; LA BAIE SANGLANTE... Ce petit film tourné en 5 semaines narre l'éternelle histoire du camp de vacances tourmenté par un sérial killer. sauf que soi-disant à l'origine, le scénario daterait de 1979..dixit le producteur!! Bref, ce qui est intéressant dans ce film est le traitement des ados, beaucoup moins débiles que dans Vendredi 13(1980), ou j'ai adoré leur supplices un à un, vu leur médiocrité mentale américaine !! Ici, bien sur que les désirs amoureux et sexuels des ados sont montrés, mais avec beaucoup plus de justesse et sincérité.CQFD! Ensuite TOM SAVINI, que l'on ne présente plus, s'occupait des effets spéciaux, réussis..Les quelques bonus réunis sont courts mais intéressants.Ce cinéma américain, à l'instar du ciné RITAL, n'existe plus, et c'est bien dommage! Ne ratez pas bien sur les scènes d'horreur , bien mises en place! ARnaud