While Halloween is the movie that truly started the slasher movement, 1980’s Friday the 13th turned up the camp and really started a craze. The success of that film, and start of the long-running Jason franchise, had every studio scrambling to replicate it for a quick buck. Tons of summer slasher ripoffs arrived in the years following Friday the 13th, and most of them were quite bad. Fortunately, there’s at least one that stood the test of time and remains a major fan-favorite to this day.
The Burning, released in 1981, is arguably the best Friday the 13th-inspired slasher to come out of the early ’80s. If you’re a fan of those types of slashers, you’ll be happy to learn that, not only has The Burning been added to a major streaming service, it’s also free to watch. The Burning was recently added to Tubi’s lineup, allowing anyone to view it without paying for a streaming subscription (as long as you’re okay with a few ads).
The Burning made almost no money upon its release, as it was compared to the first two Friday the 13th films, but it eventually cemented itself as a cult classic. A big reason for its lasting success is that it contained some incredible makeup and effects work from legend Tom Savini, who actually turned down a job on Friday the 13th Part 2 to work on The Burning. This film also marked the debuts of well-known actors Jason Alexander, Fisher Stevens, and Holly Hunter.
It’s also worth noting that The Burning is one of the few slashers from that era to actually make great use out of a unique weapon, with its killer wielding a giant pair of shears. The film is based on the real-life urban legend of New York’s Cropsey maniac.
New Tubi Additions This Month
We’re only a couple of days into July, but Tubi has already added a wave of new movies and TV shows to its lineup this month. How to Get Away With Murder, Final Destination, and Jurassic World are just the tip of the iceberg for the service’s newest arrivals.
You can check out the full lineup of Tubi’s July additions below!
Brickleberry
Girlfriends
Hap & Leonard
How to Get Away With Murder
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Kold & Windy (S1)
Major Dad
Millennials
Sanford and Son
The Jeffersons (S1 & S11)
WOW: Women of Wrestling (S2-S3)
12 Rounds
2 Guns
8 Mile
A Most Violent Year
A Time to Kill
Alice, Darling
Amadeus (Theatrical Cut)
American Honey
Anger Management (2003)
Arrival
Arthur and the Invisibles
Baby’s Day Out
Barbershop
Barbershop 2: Back in Business
Baywatch (2017)
Beauty Shop
Because of Winn-Dixie
Belly
Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club
Blair Witch (2016)
Bones and All
Bringing Down the House
Broken City
Cadillac Records
Clemency
Colombiana
Cuban Fury
Culture of Winning
Death Wish (2018)
Déjà Vu
Destroyer
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Don’t Tell a Soul
Dumb and Dumber
Escape Plan
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Final Destination
Final Destination 2
Final Destination 3
Final Destination 5
Finding Felt
First Blood
Flashdance
Forrest Gump
Fried Green Tomatoes
Get Off My Lawn
Get On Up
Good Burger
Goon: The Last of the Enforcers
Hitman
Hitman: Agent 47
Hot Summer Nights
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation
I, Robot
Jinn
Juice
Jumanji (1995)
Jumping the Broom
Jungle 2 Jungle
Jurassic World
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
Legends of the Fall
Major Dad
Minamata
Minority Report
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
No Strings Attached
Non-Stop
Obsessed (2009)
Outlaws
Pale Rider
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Pet Sematary (2019)
Phenomenon
Planet 51
Pootie Tang
Pride and Glory
Pulp Fiction
Quarantine 2: Terminal
Rango
Redemption
Richie Rich
Riddick
Robocop (1987)
Robocop (2014)
Robocop 2
Robocop 3
Rye Lane
Scooby-Doo
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Son of a Gun
Southside With You
Spotlight
Sweet Dreams
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
That Awkward Moment
The A-Team (2010)
The Benchwarmers
The Birdcage
The Cable Guy
The Captive
The Core
The Da Vinci Code
The Fate of the Furious
The Final Play
The Grey
The Hills Have Eyes
The Invisible Raptor
The Longest Yard
The Menu
The Nun (2018)
The Outsiders
The Running Man
The Secret Life of Pets 2
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Thelma & Louise
Titanic
Top Five
Under the Silver Lake
Universal Soldier
War of the Worlds
When You Finish Saving the World
While We’re Young
Wrecked
Zola
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