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The Burning
Why this pick
Another grimy early-'80s summer-camp slasher, with isolated woods, petty counselor dynamics, practical gore, and a steadily mounting sense that camp rituals have turned unsafe.
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MOVIE1983 1h 25m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Keep the feeling.
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Why this pick
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The Slumber Party Massacre
Why this pick
Shares the compact, character-forward slasher construction and deadpan tonal play, while giving the familiar teen-in-peril formula a sharp, knowingly off-kilter edge.
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Final Exam
Why this pick
A patient, low-budget slasher built around uneasy campus social dynamics and an anonymous threat, with the same stripped-down, unsettling early-'80s texture.
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The House on Sorority Row
Why this pick
Offers a similarly pulpy mix of cruel youth-group dynamics, isolated-location suspense, practical violence, and an increasingly bizarre late-film mood.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1975, John Baker and his boyhood friend Lenny take John's children Angela and Peter on a boating trip near Camp Arawak. Angela and Peter prank their father by capsizing their boat. They attempt to swim ashore where Lenny is waiting for them. However, Mary Anna, a counselor at the camp, recklessly strikes John and one of the children with her speedboat. Delores, a water skier, screams for help.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Felissa Rose
Angela
Mike Kellin
Mel
Katherine Kamhi
Meg
Robert Earl Jones
Ben
Jonathan Tiersten
Ricky
Karen Fields
Judy
Paul DeAngelo
Ronnie
Thomas E van Dell
Mike