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The Burning

1981·1h 31m·R
Horror
IMDb Rating
★ 6.2/10
25,077 votes
Metascore
42
Metacritic

Abusive former summer camp caretaker Cropsy, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, lurks around upstate NY summer Camp Stonewater with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.

The Burning is a 1981 horror movie directed by Tony Maylam, starring Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.2/10 from 25,077 votes and runs 1h 31m.

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Director
Tony Maylam
Stars
Leah Ayres
Brian Backer
Larry Joshua
Brian Matthews
Details
1981-05-08
91 min
Movie
R
★ United States, Canada
★ English
Keywords
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