Never Split Up: A Horror Movie Podcast
Jun 24, 2026 · 52 min · 13 segments
Episode 114: We continue to go through the decades and now land on the 80s, a decade known for its cheesy slashers, and in this episode we cover one of those! The Burning, released in 1981, has gotten…
Again, thank you for voting, like Anthony said, but we also love to hear your guys' personal kind of uh favorites and lists so leave it in the comments we'd love to have discussions in the comments as well so uh definitely thank you to everyone with that okay uh now that we got that out of the way we'll just chug right along and roll right into it with the burning this should be a uh pretty fun quick episode why don't we start off with the cast and crew and the synopsis anthony why don't you take us away with that
Alright guys, so like Nolan said, the burning came out in 1981, and the IMDb synopsis is an abusive former summer camp caretaker, Cropsey, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, lurks around upstate New York summer camp with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
We also have a young Holly Hunter, like a little supporting role if you guys are fans of hers.
So...
Yeah, this is in the heyday of the 80s.
It came out right after Halloween and then especially after Friday the 13th literally kicked off the 80s craze of slashers.
And it came out and like much 80s movies, it didn't blow up like Friday the 13th or Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street, but...
Since then, it's gained a huge cult following, and now it's considered a cult classic, and I just can't wait to get into this one.
It's a simple, simple story, but I love me some B-hard movie slasher and 80s, and this is the definition of that, so I'm excited to get into it.
All right, great.
Again, thank you for voting, like Anthony said, but we also love to hear your guys' personal kind of uh favorites and lists so leave it in the comments we'd love to have discussions in the comments as well so uh definitely thank you to everyone with that okay uh now that we got that out of the way we'll just chug right along and roll right into it with the burning this should be a uh pretty fun quick episode why don't we start off with the cast and crew and the synopsis anthony why don't you take us away with that
Alright guys, so like Nolan said, the burning came out in 1981, and the IMDb synopsis is an abusive former summer camp caretaker, Cropsey, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, lurks around upstate New York summer camp with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement.
We also have a young Holly Hunter, like a little supporting role if you guys are fans of hers.
So...
Yeah, this is in the heyday of the 80s.
It came out right after Halloween and then especially after Friday the 13th literally kicked off the 80s craze of slashers.
And it came out and like much 80s movies, it didn't blow up like Friday the 13th or Halloween or Nightmare on Elm Street, but...
Since then, it's gained a huge cult following, and now it's considered a cult classic, and I just can't wait to get into this one.
It's a simple, simple story, but I love me some B-hard movie slasher and 80s, and this is the definition of that, so I'm excited to get into it.
All right, great.
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