The Burning (1981)

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It's got a decent story, decent acting, creepy atmosphere, a great score, a good cast, fantastic effects by Savini, and Cropsy makes a great horror villain with his razor sharp hedge clippers. If you like these kinds of movies as much as I do it will quickly become one of your favorites.

The film had a lot of very cool moments, but so much more could have been done. ... Not a bad slasher flick. Definatelly a ripoff of Friday the 13th, but this is actually one of the better ripoffs. Try to catch this film UNCUT if you can. 6/10

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Entertaining slasher flick is good of its type with some impressive murder scenes. ... Known in some circles as one of the gorier slashers, and it is, but at least it never seems to take itself seriously. 

-- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)

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Of all the "Friday the 13th" clones out there, this is easily the best. In fact, it's a lot better than most of the entries of the "Friday" series.

-- (eSplatter.com)

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While the script hardly shines, the characters are slightly more defined than you'd expect. Of course, bloody deaths are this movie's raison d'etre and make-up man Tom Savini delivers in spades. 

-- (slasherama.com)

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Written by

Harvey Weinstein The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Tony Maylam Split Second, The Riddle of the Sands, Phoenix Blue

Cast

Jason Alexander Pretty Woman, Shallow Hal, Jacob's Ladder Fisher Stevens Hackers, Short Circuit, Super Mario Bros. Holly Hunter The Incredibles, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona Brian Matthews Leah Ayres The Player, Bloodsport, Eddie Macon's Run Brian Backer Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Money Pit, Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Larry Joshua Dances with Wolves, For Love of the Game, Sea of Love [more]

A true slasher classic in my eyes. With a high body count, a lot of gore, a creepy atmosphere and a brilliant screenplay this movie goes straight to the horror hall of fame. Whatever you do, do not miss The Burning!  --AnthroFred (SlasherPool)