Review – The Burning

How sad it must be to have no greater ambition in life than to make a cheap knock-off of Friday the 13th. And yet here it is, the inevitable consequence of the surprise profitability of the first chapter in the Voorhees saga. In this effort the killer is a burn victim seeking revenge for ill-treatment at the hands of campers. Tom Savini did the special effects, bringing his usual stylish-yet-cheap aplomb to the various hackings and slashings. Otherwise the picture is notable only for the before-they-were-famous appearances of several actors, including Holly Hunter and Jason Alexander. Mildly amusing