The Initiation (1984) Review - 80s slasher
Titles: The Initiation
Tagline: "They pledge themselves to be young, stay young ... and die young."
Release Date: December 1984
The Initiation (1984) is whodunit slasher film. It follows a young college pledge (Daphne Zuniga) that suffers from recurring nightmares of a horrifying event from her childhood. During her initiation, which takes place after midnight in a dallas mall, a slew of soririty girls get hacked up by a mysterious maniac.
Plot[]
Daphne Zuniga stars here as Kelly, a young woman who has been plagued by nightmares of a burning man her entire life. Upon entering college, she pledges a sorority that forces them to perform an initiation night prank. With several of her friends, she breaks into a store and unfortunately discovers that it is impossible to exit from the building after it is entered illegally. Trapped in a new nightmare, Kelly must fight for survival when a madman begins killing her pledge sisters one by one.
Notes[]
- Holds a 5.7/10 rating on imdb (as of summer 2014)
- Delta Ro Kai sorority
- The doppleganger ending has many slasher buffs comparing it to the 'Happy Birthday To Me' ending.
Villain[]
Kelly Fairchild's Evil doppleganger - portrayed by Daphne Zuniga
Review[]
Credits & Cast[]
| Directed by | Larry Stewart |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Jock Gaynor Bruce Lansbury Scott Winant |
| Written by | Charles Pratt Jr. |
| Starring | Vera Miles
Clu Gulager
Daphne Zuniga
James Read
Marilyn Kagan |
| Music by | Gabriel Black Lance Ong |
| Edited by | Ronald LaVine |
| Production company |
Georgian Bay Productions Initiation Associates |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 1984 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |