The Burning (1981) - Jumpscare Guide
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Plot
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.
Total Jumpscares: 21
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A jarring shriek as a man snaps upright in bed.
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A piercing shriek accompanies an abrupt cut to a close-up of a maggot-ridden skull.
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A grotesque, burnt hand abruptly seizes a doctor.
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Sally rips back the shower curtain, only for a monstrous face to lunge, eliciting a shattering scream.
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A jarring crash erupts as a shadowy figure suddenly fills the window.
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Todd opens the door; a bird explodes out.
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A masked prankster abruptly bursts forth, startling an unsuspecting group.
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Cropsy ambushes Karen the moment she reaches for her dress.
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Cropsy erupts from the canoe, ambushing the group.
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Cropsy suddenly fills the frame before Sally.
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Cropsy bursts forth, stabbing Glazer.
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Todd confronts Glazer's mutilated body.
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A dead hand drops onto Michelle.
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Michelle screams as a corpse abruptly breaks the surface.
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Cropsy's hand bursts from around the corner, seizing Alfred.
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A tense scene shatters as the floorboard beneath Todd *suddenly splinters with a violent crack*, plunging him into the darkness below.
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A sudden rockfall from the mine shaft jolts Todd.
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A sudden, ear-splitting shriek erupts as Todd's eyes snap to a horrific corpse.
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Cropsy's disfigured face abruptly fills the screen, amplified by an ear-splitting shriek.
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Brace for 20 seconds of intermittent, jarring flashbacks.
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The deformed killer Cropsy suddenly erupts from the shadows, lunging at Todd and Alfred.
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