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December 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
. . the night new blood is pledged. morePlot:
Kelly Fairchild has become a college student and a member of the Delta Ro Kai sorority. During all her life... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
a gruesome film moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vera Miles | ... | Frances Fairchild | |
| Daphne Zuniga | ... | Kelly (Terry) | |
| Clu Gulager | ... | Dwight Fairchild | |
| James Read | ... | Peter | |
| Marilyn Kagan | ... | Marcia | |
| Robert Dowdell | ... | Jason Randall | |
| Patti Heider | ... | Nurse Higgins | |
| Frances Peterson | ... | Megan | |
| Hunter Tylo | ... | Alison (as Deborah Morehart) | |
| Paula Knowles | ... | Beth | |
| Trey Stroud | ... | Ralph | |
| Peter Malof | ... | Andy | |
| Christopher Bradley | ... | Chad | |
| Joy Jones | ... | Heidi | |
| Mary Davis Duncan | ... | Gwen |
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Have you ever had dreams that were so scary that you wished they would just stop. You don't really tell anybody about them because after all, they are just dreams and you don't want to sound silly. But that dream is just so intense that it really gets the best of you.
So is the premise for this film. What is kind of fascinating is to see Daphne Zuniga in a pre-Sure Thing role. When I think of Daphne, even all of these years later, I think of her as the prude Allison from The Sure Thing. But she is not a prude in this film. Quite the contrary. Here she gets naked, has blood as a part of her waredrobe and she has a great scream.
What is memorable about The Initiation is that it is quite scary and it is filled with blood and gore. This is a typical 80's slasher flick but it is fairly well done. And the end of it will scare you, at least the end of it will. But I feel the film does a great job of making us scared and that adds to the intrigue for the last fifteen minutes. Check this one out. It may surprise you. Believe me it is better than almsot any horror film that "graces" our screens today. But then again, all 80's horror films had that feel to them. And sadly the modern era of horror films is lacking. The Initiation is at least a good horror film. And it is from the 80's to boot. That makes it worth looking at.