The read
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 76% of the 569 1980s horror movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic42/100
Audiences rate it 21 points higher than critics do.
472 audience votes
Key crew
- Tony MaylamDirector
- Bob WeinsteinScreenplay
- Rick WakemanOriginal Music Composer
- Peter LawrenceWriter
- Harvey WeinsteinCreator
Cast
- Brian MatthewsTodd
- Leah AyresMichelle
- Brian BackerAlfred
- Larry JoshuaGlazer
- Jason AlexanderDave
- Ned EisenbergEddy
- Carrick GlennSally
- Carolyn HoulihanKaren
- Fisher StevensWoodstock
- Lou DavidCropsy
- Shelley BruceTiger
- Sarah ChodoffBarbara
Stills
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Themes
summer campwoodsrevengeburned alivemurdercampslashermaniacdeathcampfirepsycho killercampfire story