The Burning - A long thank you
After the anger receded from the horrible viewing of He Knows You're Alone, we had to go back to an overlooked classic: The Burning . It did the trick. Again this is another slasher from the mold of Halloween, but this one definitely has more of a Friday The 13th feeling - it's another summer camp slasher film. Released in 1981 along with: Bloody Birthday , Don't Go In The Woods , Evil Dead , Friday The 13th 2 , Funhouse , Halloween 2 , Happy Birthday To Me , Hell Night , House By The Cemetary , My Bloody Valentine The Prowler It's easy to see why this wasn't the blockbuster success it may have been. There are a lot of hidden gems here, we get a script by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, Jason Alexander's first role, a young gangly Fisher Stevens ( Hackers and Super Mario Brothers ), a brief Holly Hunter, music by Rick Wakeman of Yes, and t...