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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.
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Character
Unpretentious, classical in form, earnest and grave.
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Brian MatthewsTodd
- Leah AyresMichelle
- Brian BackerAlfred
- Larry JoshuaGlazer
- Jason AlexanderDave
- Ned EisenbergEddy
- Carrick GlennSally
- Carolyn HoulihanKaren
- Fisher StevensWoodstock
- Lou DavidCropsy
Crew
- Tony MaylamDirector
- Bob WeinsteinScreenplay
- Peter LawrenceWriter
- Harvey HarrisonDirector of Photography
- Rick WakemanOriginal Music Composer
- Jack SholderEditor
- Harvey WeinsteinProducer
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