The Burning 1981 Pillow

The Burning is a 1981 American slasher film that follows a summer camp caretaker who is horribly burnt from a prank gone wrong, leaving him to seek vengeance at a nearby summer camp years later. The screenplay is loosely based on the New York urban legend of the Cropsey maniac, and was theatrically released on May 8, 1981 by Filmways. While the film did not generate the interest nor revenue achieved by other slasher films at the time, it has since become a cult classic and received positive reappraisal from film critics.