Happy birthday to me (1981)***.

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Happy birthday to me, (1981), directed by J. Lee Thompson, stars Melissa Sue Anderson, as Virginia Wainwright, who is celebrating her birthday. When her friends start to die, she begins to be the main suspect in their deaths. She meets Doctor David Faraday, (Glenn Ford), who attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.
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The other members of the cast are: Estelle Wainwright, (Sharon Aker); Ann Thomerson, (Tracey Bregman); Alfred Morris, (Jack Blum); Steve Maxwell, (Matt Craven); Maggie, (Lenore Zann); Rudi, (David Eisner); Amelia, (Lisa Langlois); Bernadette O' Hara, (Lesleh Donaldson). As Lt. Tracy, (Earl Pennington), investigates the murders, the viewer is held in suspense as who the killer is.
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"Happy birthday to me", which was shot in 1980, is a good slasher movie that is now uncut on blue ray.
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The Burning (1981)-Part 6

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When Alfred tries to convince Todd that Cropsy has killed Glazer and Sally, he is attacked. In the finale, Alfred falls victim to the killer, leaving Todd to fight him underground. In the end, Cropsy dies, and the horror is over.
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The final showdown between Cropsy and Todd is suspenseful due to Tom Savini's special make up effects...Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).

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The Burning (1981)-Part 5

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Dave, (Jason Alexander), and Eddy, (Ned Eisenberg), check out the girls early on in Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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Rare UK VHS edition of Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981), before DVD and Blue Ray were invented, from the 1980's, early 1990's.
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US DVD of Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981), from Amazon.com, a decade ago.

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The rare soundtrack cover of Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981), by Yes's Rick Wakeman.
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Glazer tries to be romantic at camp. Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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Death by garden shears in the woods...Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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Cropsy decides to make an appearance near the end of Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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The Burning (1981)-Part 4

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The infamous canoe scene from the movie is as scarier than the exploits of Jason and Pamela Voorhees from "Friday the 13th"; Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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The Burning (1981)-Part 3

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When Tiger chases a ball into the woods during a game of baseball, she fails to see Cropsy with his shears in his hands. Afterwards, Alfred gets in trouble for scaring the girls, which almost leads to him being kicked out of the camp. Glazer even threatens him, and he remains glum. The most infamous scene in the movie is when some of the campers are on the canoe, and they're killed off by Crospy. When Michelle swims in the deep water to find their bodies, she warns Todd. Afterwards, Glazer and Sally are attacked as they make out in the woods.
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The campers see off their friends before they meet Cropsy...Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981). Rick Wakeman from the UK band Yes, provides the eerie music for the movie.
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The Burning (1981)-Part 2

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The campers including a pre-Seinfeld Jason Alexander, think that going to be fun. Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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In hospital, a man is taken into a ward where he meets Crospy in the burns unit. When he sees his arm lying across the slab, he screams. Cropsy hears the voices of the doctors saying the campers aren't to blame for his burns, as he sits in a wheelchair. Afterwards, he stalks the grim New York streets. He meets a woman and kills her with garden shears...then he heads back to another camp, and continues his rage against the campers.
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The US poster of "The Burning", (1981).
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At another camp, Todd, (now in his early twenties), and his girlfriend, Michelle, (Leah Ayres), are the head camp counsellors. They're in charge of the campers: Dave, (Jason Alexander), who provides the humour; Alfred, (Brian Backer)-who scares people because he doesn't 'fit in' the camp; Glazer, (Larry Joshua)-the camp bully; Sally, (Carrick Glenn)-his girlfriend; Eddy, (Ned Eisenberg); Karen, (Carolyn Houlihan)-his girlfriend; Woodstock, (Fisher Stevens); Tiger, (Shelley Bruce); Barbara, (Sarah Chodoff); Marnie, (Bonnie Deroski); Sophie, (Holly Hunter); and Diane, (Kevi Kendall), round out the cast.
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The revenge of Crospy is more terrifying than Jason Voorhees was. Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981).
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The Burning (1981)****.

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In 1981, Harvey and Bob Weinstein wrote and produced with Peter Lawrence, a low-budget horror movie "The Burning", the most controversial horror movie of the 1980's. After J. Lee Thompson's "Happy birthday to me", (1980), Canada, the first Miramax movie had a group of new comers: Fisher Stevens; Jason Alexander; and Holly Hunter in the cast. With the special effects by Tom Savini, it was dubbed a "Video Nasty" on the old VHS, after its cinema run in America, (and overseas).
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Poster for the 1981 slasher classic 'The Burning'.
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The movie begins in 1976 at CAMP BLACKFOOT. When a group of teenagers led by Todd, (Brian Matthews), bang on the glass of sadistic caretaker Cropsy, (Lou David), who is asleep on his bunk, their pranking leads to a burning skull with candles in its 'eyes', to a massive fire. Crospy screams, and is lit up like a bon fire, as he flees through the front, cabin, door. In the end of the prologue, everyone is in deep shock...and the movie begins.
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Cropsy gets his revenge on a woman before he heads to camp...Tony Maylam's "The Burning", (1981). The movie was so shocking, (especially the beginning of the film), that it was a Video Nasty in the UK in the 1980's.
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