The Hazing (2004)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

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:

Continuity: The cop at the hospital fires seven shots from a six-shooter.

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 The Evil Dead (1981)

Good and Funny Horror Movie

In a Halloween night, five students participates of a scavenger hunt trying to join the sorority Sigma Si and Delta Pi. They are divided in two groups, and one of them has to steal an ancient book of magic from their weird Professor Kapps (Brad Dourif). Doug Leary (Phillip Andrew) and Marsha Glazer (Tiffany Shepis) break in the professor's house while he is performing a satanic ritual with a student he has just sacrificed, and Kapps attack the students, but accidentally is impaled by a spear. Marsha and Doug leaves the house and brings his staff and his book of incantation to destroy the evidences and drive to an abandoned house, where the two groups have to stay until the next morning. Meanwhile, two seniors students from the frat house have prepared pranks in the house to scare the sorority pledges. But the evil spirit of Professor Kapps possesses Doug, slashing the group of students that have to fight to survive.

"The Hazing" was a good surprise. I was expecting a bad horror movie, but actually it is good and funny, and entertains. Even the gore scenes are hilarious, and in spite of not having exceptional performances, the cast is nice. There are many beautiful women naked, gore, and lots of humor, following the pattern of 1986 "House", "Vamp", "Frankenhooker", "Idle Hands", "Evil Dead" and many other flicks. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Jovens Amaldiçoados" ("Cursed Youngsters")