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5.4/10   403 votes
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Director:
Larry Stewart
Writer:
Charles Pratt Jr. (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
December 1984 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
. . the night new blood is pledged. more
Plot:
Kelly Fairchild has become a college student and a member of the Delta Ro Kai sorority. During all her life... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Above-average early 80's slasher more (30 total)

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Australia:R | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Dallas, Texas, USA more
Company:
Georgian Bay Productions more

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Trivia:
Some of the early scenes at the mental hospital were not actually shot by director Larry Stewart. Another director was originally attached to the film but the production got off to a rough start as shooting fell behind schedule and the budget started to be exceeded. Producers brought in director Larry Stewart to replace the original director on the film. more
Movie Connections:
References "The Honeymooners" (1955) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Above-average early 80's slasher, 25 October 2005
8/10
Author: TheatreX from Louisville, KY

While there's nothing that particularly makes this film stand out, it's one of the better early 80's slasher flicks around, and it also has Clu Gulager and Vera Miles to add some class to it (?). The plot isn't really anything new, a bunch of sorority pledges get locked into a shopping complex to steal the security guards uniform to complete their initiation. Someone, of course, who happens to be an escaped mental patient, is in there with them though, and he happens to be someone very near & dear to one of the girls, although she doesn't know it. Seems that she (Daphne Zuniga) has no memories past a certain point in her life due to an accident, but her past is about the catch up to her. The acting is decent and the movie is fairly suspenseful and well done, and there's enough gore to satisfy a slasher fan. 8 out of 10, a decent little horror flick with some good twists.

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