THE BURNING/Tom Savini

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Originally Posted by Peter Neal

Strangely enough- despite my huge love for 80's slashers- I've never been a HUGE fan of "The Burning". Mind you, I take it over any of the "Friday the 13th" sequels AFTER Part VII, but overall it's a film which never quite delivers on the premise of its dark opening- for me at least.

I agree, its a good film purely because of the genius that is Tom Savini, I suppose the same could be said for the original F13 too.
That's not to say I wouldn't invest in a new set from Arrow though

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I can always count on Tom Savini delivering top notch special effects and The Burning does not disappoint in this at all.

Not the greatest of the 1980's slashers but it is one of the few where I like most of the cast and didn't wish them a speedy and grisly death.

I was really happy when MGM released this on DVD and added this to my collection as soon as I saw this for sale.

One thing I haven't seen mentioned in this thread was Jason Alexander of Seinfeld being in this.