One of the grisliest and most notorious films issued during the original late 70s/early 80s Golden Age Slasher boom, The Burning boasts outstanding and outrageous practical effects by goremeister extraordinaire Tom Savini; before-they-were-famous supporting performances from Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens and Holly Hunter; and a score from synth wizard Rick Wakeman.

Featuring a full slate of classic slasher tropes, including an ensemble of horny young adults at a summer camp, a disfigured homicidal madman returning to the origin site of trauma for revenge and elaborate kinetic kill scenes that were technical marvels of the time achieved on an extremely low budget, The Burning provides a lot of fun with it’s lively execution and memorable villain figure (Cropsy) painting the woods red.