The Hazing (2004)

Director:

Rolfe Kanefsky

Writer:

Rolfe Kanefsky (writer)

Release Date:

27 July 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

Best friends are hard to keep... Alive.

Plot:

The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation...

Plot Keywords:

Sorority | Hazing | Halloween | Scavenger Hunt | Impalement

Cast

Brad Dourif	...	Professor Kapps
Brooke Burke	...	Jill
Nectar Rose	...	Delia Rodgers
Philip Andrew	...	Doug Leary
Tiffany Shepis	...	Marsha Glazer
Jeremy Maxwell	...	Roy Moore
Parry Shen	...	Tim Fields
David Tom	...	Jacob Sterling
Charmaine De Grate	...	Justine Picket
Jeff LeBeau	...	Dr. Bouvier
Robert Donavan	...	Police Detective
Mary Rings	...	Nurse #1
E.P. McKnight	...	Nurse #2
Tess Hall	...	Mannequin Voice (voice)
Berry Thomas	...	Mr. Hackford

Also Known As:

Dead Scared (USA) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

Brazil:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | USA:R | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

The Hazing LLC

Trivia:

When the characters first get their fancy dress costumes, there's a song playing in the background called "Little Blue Dogs" which is a spoof of the 1970's song "Little Green Bag" by George Baker Selection.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When the Professor is shot in the hospital, the spark of the squib going off in his t-shirt is clearly seen for the last gunshot, even without slow motion.

Quotes:

Marsha Glazer: Delia, dead and buried is a condition that doesn't change... kind of like the space between your ears.

Movie Connections:

References Scary Movie (2000)

Best friends are hard to keep... Alive.

I turned this movie on, laying in bed, curled up in my covers, all set for a B movie with bad story, bad characters, bad acting, bad effects... but I was pleasantly surprised. Even if the main villain seems to have stolen his character from Michael Keaton's BeetleJuice, it pays out in the end. This movie, obviously pays homage to the Evil Dead series with Bruce Campbell, even so much as to cameo a black and white photo pinup of Campbell in one great death scene.

On the offset it begins as a scavenger hunt and scare on a Halloween, when a joint hazing for a sorority and fraternity leads a group of young men and women to steal a bunch of random junk, and spend the night at a abandoned house, once owned by the man who murdered his wife and her lover when he walked in on her having an affair; leaving them in a bit of a mess.

But, when one of the artifacts they need to steal is a spell book belonging to one of their professors, who is engrossed in centuries old black magic, all hell breaks lose, as we set the stage for madness, mayhem, and murder fun :) The characters were somewhat reminiscent of the old Wax Museum remake of Vincent Price's original, but that's an homage I can live with.