History Film / TheBurning

%%* NiceHat: Cropsy.

* NailedToTheWall: Cropsy uses his shears to nail Alfred to the wall of the old mine.

%%* ChaseScene

%%* BloodIsSquickerInWater: The raft massacre.

%%* DontGoInTheWoods

%%* FanService

%%* FeetFirstIntroduction: The prostitute.

%%* GoodCopBadCop: Todd and Michelle, respectively.

%%* HandOfDeath

%%* ReallyGetsAround: Eddy.
%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Todd.

%%* RiverOfInsanity
%%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge

%%* WhoWearsShortShorts

%%* NightSwimEqualsDeath: Karen.

''The Burning'' is a SlasherMovie from the year 1981, conceived and produced by an early career (and '''''[[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment very]]''''' [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment pre-scandal]]) Harvey Weinstein. It was directed by Tony Maylam. It featured special effects by Creator/TomSavini and its music was composed by keyboardist Rick Wakeman (of Music/DavidBowie and Music/{{Yes}} fame).

A former VideoNasty due to some rather bloody death scenes (most notably the infamous raft sequence, which ended up being heavily censored in order to get an R-Rating), the film is mainly known for its lack of availability for many years; the VHS release quickly fell out of print, causing the film to gain cult status amongst horror fans who were lucky enough to see the film. After years of being in limbo due to rights issues, it finally saw an uncut DVD release in 2007.

%%* UrbanLegends
%%* VideoNasties

[[caption-width-right:248:''A brutal, horrific act made him kill, and kill, and kill...'']]

''The Burning'' is a SlasherMovie from the year 1981, conceived and produced by an early career (and '''''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment very]]''''' [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment pre-scandal]]) Harvey Weinstein. It was directed by Tony Maylam. It featured special effects by Creator/TomSavini and its music was composed by keyboardist Rick Wakeman (of Music/DavidBowie and Music/{{Yes}} fame).

''The Burning'' is a SlasherMovie from the year 1981. It was directed by Tony Maylam. It featured special effects by Creator/TomSavini and its music was composed by keyboardist Rick Wakeman (of Music/DavidBowie and Music/{{Yes}} fame).

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%%* EightiesHair

%%* CassandraTruth: Alfred.

%%* DevelopingDoomedCharacters

%%* DoomedExpedition: The canoe trip.

%%* HighSchoolHustler: Dave.

%%* ManOnFire: Cropsy.

%%* MurdererPOV

%%* ThePeepingTom: Alfred.
%%* PluckyComicRelief: Dave.

* RuleOfPool: As other guys dive in the lake, Alfred isn't that excited to follow, as he cannot swim. Glazer then rushes to him and pushes him into the water.

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: The police is alarmed on the murders in the woods, but their helicopter arrives only when Tood and Alfred have dealt with Cropsy by themselves.

* ChildHater: The kids in the flashback pranked Cropsy for mistreating them. According to them, he has been beating kids and gotten away withg it for years. Receiving third-degree burns all over his body only makes this trait worse.

* TheCavalryArrivesLate: The polie is alarmed on the murders in the woods, but their helicopter arrives only when Tood and Alfred have dealt with Cropsy by themselves.

* StalkerWithACrush: Albert is a rare non-villainous example.

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Five years after a group of kids set Camp Blackfoot's cruel caretaker, Cropsy, on fire (in a prank involving a skull with candles for eyes), he gets released from the hospital. After killing a prostitute, Cropsy heads back to the camp with a pair of [[WeaponOfChoice hedge clippers]] and starts offing campers left and right.

%%* DeathBySex: Sally and Glazer.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: A mild example compared to others. Did the events really happen or was it [[NestedStoryReveal all just a campfire story?]] It's also possible that time has passed in the final scene, so it's also possible that it did happen and has become so legendary that the story is swapped around the fire by other camps.]]

* HollywoodDarkness: Almost all the night scenes are dony by using a slightly dark filter on scenes actually shot in daylight.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Glazer, through the throat.

* IveNeverSeenAnythingLikeThisBefore: "I've been working here ten years, and I'm telling you, I ain't never seen anything like this."

* PeekABooCorpse: When what's left of the raft is discovered, and when Todd stumbles onto Karen's body in the ruins.

%%* SlashedThroat: Karen's death.
* SpeedSex: When Glazer finally manages to convince Sally to have sewx with him, the resulting tryst takes about thirty seconds before he is finished. Sally isn't all that impressed ("That's all?"), but she is willing to let him try again later. Too bad for them, since [[DeathBySex they are killed by Cropsy soon afterwards]].

%%* TheVoiceless: Cropsy.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Numerous references.
%%* TheAlcoholic: Cropsy.

* AndStarring: And Lou David as Cropsy.

* BetweenMyLegs: When Cropsy confronts Sally.

* CameraAbuse: In the canoe splash fight.

* CatScare: A bird flying out of an outhouse.

%%* ChildHater: Cropsy.

* DaylightHorror: The raft massacre and everything following it.

* DestinationDefenestration: While struggling with the prostitute, Cropsy knocks her through a window.

* DisposableSexWorker: Cropsy's first victim is a prostitute he meets after leaving the hospital.

* FadeToBlack: Except when they decide to do red.

* FateWorseThanDeath: "It's a miracle he's still alive. Was me, I'd prefer to be dead. No way I'd want to be like this freak. He's a monster, man."

* {{Fingore}}: Woodstock gets his fingers cut off by Cropsy.
* FireBreathingWeapon: Cropsy randomly whips out a flamethrower.

%%* GhostStory
%%* GirlyRun: Alfred.
%%* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Karen.

* HeartbeatSoundtrack: Often accompanying the MurdererPOV.

* HollywoodDarkness: Almost all the night scenes.
* HopeSpot: The raft crew spotting a canoe.
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: Devil's Creek.

* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Eddy and Glazer's deaths.

%%* MaleGaze

%%* {{Mooning}}: Dave, Fish, and Woodstock.

* RedLightDistrict: Where Cropsy finds the prostitute.

* TheReveal: Todd was one of the campers responsible for the prank that disfigured Cropsy.

%%* RuleOfPool

* ShotInTheAss: Glazer, courtesy of Woodstock.
%%* ShowerScene: Sally.
%%* SilentAntagonist
%%* SinisterSilhouettes
%%* SkinnyDipping: Eddy and Karen.

%%* SpeedSex: Glazer.
%%* StreetWalker
%%* SummerCampy
%%* SuperDrowningSkills: Alfred.
* TitleIn:
** Camp Blackfoot.
** St. Catherine's Hospital - one week later
** five years later
** Camp Stonewater
%%* TheTitling

* WallSlump: Glazer (well, tree slump).
* WeaponOfChoice: A pair of gardening shears for the killer.

* YourMom:
--> '''Fish:''' "Man, what the Hell are we supposed to be looking for anyway?"
--> '''Woodstock and Dave:''' "Your mother."

!! This film provides examples of the following tropes:

* TheAlcoholic: Cropsy.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Karen and Eddy.

* AssholeVictim: Eddy and Glazer.

* BloodIsSquickerInWater: The raft massacre.

* CassandraTruth: Alfred.

* ChildHater: Cropsy.
* CrustyCaretaker: Cropsy.

* DeathBySex: Sally and Glazer.
* DecoyProtagonist: Karen, then Sally.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters

* DontGoInTheWoods
* DoomedExpedition: The canoe trip.
* DramaticThunder: When Cropsy kills the prostitute.

* FaceFramedInShadow

* FeetFirstIntroduction: The prostitute.

* FriendlessBackground: Alfred.
* {{Gainaxing}}: The girls playing baseball.

* GhostStory
* GirlyRun: Alfred.
* GoneSwimmingClothesStolen: Karen.
* GoodCopBadCop: Todd and Michelle, respectively.

* HighSchoolHustler: Dave.

* ImpendingDoomPOV

* JerkAss: Cropsy, Eddy and Glazer.

* ManOnFire: Cropsy.
* {{Mooning}}: Dave, Fish, and Woodstock.

* {{Nerd}}: Alfred.

* NewMeat: The intern.
* NiceHat: Cropsy.
* NightSwimEqualsDeath: Karen.

* OffScreenTeleportation

* ThePeepingTom: Alfred.
* PluckyComicRelief: Dave.
* ReallyGetsAround: Eddy.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Todd.

* RedRightHand: Cropsy's burns.
* RedShirt: The prostitute.

* RuinsForRuinsSake: The finale.

* ShowerScene: Sally.

* SkinnyDipping: Eddy and Karen.
* SlashedThroat: Karen's death.
* SpeedSex: Glazer.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Alfred.

* TheTitling

* TheVoiceless: Cropsy.

* WeaponOfChoice: A pair of gardening shears.

* BlackBraAndPanties: The prostitute.

'''''The Burning''''' is a SlasherMovie from the year 1981. It was directed by Tony Maylam. It featured special effects by Creator/TomSavini and its music was composed by keyboardist Rick Wakeman (of Music/DavidBowie and Music/{{Yes}} fame).

* [[spoiler: GainaxEnding: A mild example compared to others. Did the events really happen or was it [[NestedStoryReveal all just a campfire story?]] It's also possible that time has passed in the final scene, so it's also possible that it did happen and has become so legendary that the story is swapped around the fire by other camps.]]

* EightiesHair

* BloodFromTheMouth

* ChaseScene

* DawsonCasting

* DeadlyPrank
* DeathByMocking

* EvilOverlooker

* FanService

* {{Filth}}

* FlashBack

* {{Gorn}}
* HandOfDeath

* MaleGaze

* MurdererPOV

* RiverOfInsanity
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge

* RuleOfPool
* ScareChord
* ShirtlessScene

* SilentAntagonist
* SinisterSilhouettes

* StreetWalker
* SummerCampy

* TitleIn: Camp Blackfoot.

* UrbanLegends
* VideoNasties

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Tony Maylam has said that there was talk of a sequel at the time the film wrapped, but him being leery of being type-cast as a horror director as well as the dismal box office returns of the film put an end to that.
** The film's climax would have been set in a cave system. This was originally meant to be Cropsy's lair, and a scene was to take place in it where he looks over old newspaper clippings.
** There was also an early version of the script that was handed to the cast that had the climax take place in a boathouse at the camp, an unused character that was meant to be Tiger's love interest, and a different ending line that was closer to a SequelHook. Also, Alfred would have ended up getting killed in this version.
* WhoWearsShortShorts

* TheBully: Glazer.

* [[spoiler: GainaxEnding: A mild example compared to others. Did the events really happen or was it [[AllJustADream all just a campfire story?]] It's also possible that time has passed in the final scene, so it's also possible that it did happen and has become so legendary that the story is swapped around the fire by other camps.]]

[[spoiler: * GainaxEnding: A mild example compared to others. Did the events really happen or was it [[AllJustADream all just a campfire story?]] It's also possible that time has passed in the final scene, so it's also possible that it did happen and has become so legendary that the story is swapped around the fire by other camps.]]