The Burning

The Burning (1981)

Timing: 1:31 (91 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1981-05-08

Country

United States, Canada

Production

Miramax, Filmways Pictures, The Cropsy Venture

Genre

Horror

Budget

$1 500 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Tony Maylam

Actors

Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua, Jason Alexander, Ned Eisenberg, Carrick Glenn, Carolyn Houlihan, Fisher Stevens, Lou David
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Scenario

Peter Lawrence

Producer

Harvey Weinstein, Michael Cohl, André Djaoui, Jean Ubaud

Operator

Harvey Harrison

Composer

Rick Wakeman

Artist

Audition

Joy Todd

Editing

Jack Sholder
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• Rick Wakeman is the keyboardist for the famous band "Yes".
• This is the first film from the fledgling studio "Miramax" and the first film role for Holly Hunter and Jason Alexander.
• The careers of famed producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein began with "The Burning," and their mother, Miriam, also participated in the film's creation.
• The final part of the film was supposed to take place in a cave, but due to some problems, it became impossible to work there, and the filming location was changed at the last minute to the ruins of an abandoned copper mine.
• All the "night scenes" in the forest were shot during the day, with the exception of the scenes around the campfire, which were genuinely filmed at night.
• "The Burning" is one of the first films to be included on the United Kingdom's Video Nasties list, primarily due to a particularly gruesome scene on the raft.
• In France, the film was released under the title "Carnage" ("Slaughter").
• According to Tony Maylam, the film was originally intended to have more scenes with a disfigured Cropy, but most of them were changed, and the maniac's face remained in shadow, this was done to make Cropy look more frightening.
• In the scene of mass murder on the raft, the director of "Burning" Tony Maylam himself plays Cropy.
• The script for the film, which was originally intended to be called "Cropy the Maniac," is based on stories told by scouts in suburban New Jersey and New York state camps.
• Tony Maylam himself decided that Cropy in the film would wield garden shears.
• The film career of the famous producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein began with “Burning,” and their mother, Miriam, also participated in the creation of the film.
• All the 'night scenes' in the forest were filmed during the day, with the exception of the scenes around the campfire, which were indeed filmed at night.
• "Burning" is one of the first films to appear on the UK's Video Nasties list (a list of films not recommended for viewing), primarily due to the particularly violent scene on the raft.
• In France, the film was released under the title “Carnage” ("Slaughter").
• The director of "Burning", Tony Maylam, plays a role in the mass murder scene on the Cropsy raft.
• The screenplay for the film, originally intended to be called "Cropsy Maniac", is based on stories told by scouts in suburban New Jersey and New York state camps.