
Friday the 13th(1980)
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.


“A legend of terror isn't a campfire story anymore!”
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
Brian Matthews
Todd

Leah Ayres
Michelle

Brian Backer
Alfred

Larry Joshua
Glazer

Jason Alexander
Dave

Ned Eisenberg
Eddy

Carrick Glenn
Sally
Carolyn Houlihan
Karen

Fisher Stevens
Woodstock

Lou David
Cropsy
The Burning is a horror film released in 1981 exploring themes of summer camp, woods, revenge, burned alive, murder, camp. Directed by Tony Maylam, it stars Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer. A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
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