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Release Date:
December 1984 (USA) more
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. . the night new blood is pledged. more
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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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a fun slasher film with a little class more (30 total)

Cast

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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

Rusty Meyers ... Night watchman
Christi Michelle Allen ... Kelly (9 years old)
Cheryl Foster ... Sorority girl
Diane Page ... Sorority girl
Traci Odom ... Sorority girl
Melissa Toomin ... Sorority girl
Jennifer Suttles ... Sorority girl
Dan Dickerson ... Detective
Ronald M. Hubner ... Motorcycle cop
Jerry L. Clark ... Orderly
Kathy Lee Kennedy ... Nurse
Lance Funston ... Student
Andrea Vaccarello ... Student
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Directed by
Larry Stewart 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Charles Pratt Jr.  writer

Produced by
Jock Gaynor .... executive producer
Bruce Lansbury .... executive producer
Scott Winant .... producer
 
Original Music by
Gabriel Black 
Lance Ong 
 
Cinematography by
George Tirl 
 
Film Editing by
Ronald LaVine 
 
Casting by
Anita Dann 
 
Set Decoration by
Ellen Freund 
 
Makeup Department
Michael J. Randall .... hair stylist
Carla Rulien .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John M. Colwell .... first assistant director
Ned Dowd .... second assistant director
Terri Martin .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Lynn Covey .... assistant set decorator
Brian Cowden .... assistant set decorator
Jeffrey Scholten .... assistant set decorator
 
Sound Department
Wayne Bell .... boom operator
David Dockendorf .... sound re-recording mixer
Harlan Robert Espeset .... cable person
Anthony Ippolito .... sound effects editor
Don MacDougall .... sound re-recording mixer
John Pritchett .... sound mixer
Richard Tyler .... sound re-recording mixer
 
Special Effects by
Jack 'Deuce' Bennett II .... assistant special effects
Jack Bennett .... special effects
 
Stunts
Gregg Brazzel .... stunts
Randy Fife .... stunts
Billie Jean Gaither .... stunts
Russell Towery .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Dowdell .... still photographer
Robert Dracup .... gaffer
Michael Dunson .... grip
Chris Espeset .... key grip
Robert Guerrero .... second assistant camera
Mike Halbert .... grip
Thomas Hayward Jr. .... electrician
Daniel Keesey .... dolly grip
Bill Schwarz .... best boy
Henry Tirl .... Steadicam assistant
Henry Tirl .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hilary Courage .... assistant wardrobe
Shirley Hall Phillips .... wardrober
 
Editorial Department
Karin Lavine .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Douglas M. Lackey .... music editor
 
Other crew
Samai Brown .... production coordinator
Wade Duncan .... location manager
Gregory Hinton .... production consultant
Anne Rapp .... script supervisor
 

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97 min
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The location used for the mall was the Dallas International Market. The crew would shoot over night in the building after it closed at 7pm but would have to wrap up and be out by opening at 7am the next morning. So each night shoot at the location would have to be done in 12 hour increments. more
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8 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
a fun slasher film with a little class, 5 August 2005
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Author: SickBoySimon from Brentwood, USA

Sorority girl Kelly Fairchild is troubled about some unanswered questions from her past. But that's the least of her worries now that she and her friends are pledging to a college sorority. The initiation involves the girls breaking into a shopping mall, but having a homicidal escaped murderer locked in with them wasn't part of the plan!

The Initiation is a slasher flick that delivers the "goods" for horror fans. Plus, there's some plot twists, a few veteran actors, and a higher-than-average budget to boot!

With a fairly solid cast, fiendishly good murder scenes, some tight suspense (especially in the climax), and a bit of style The Initiation is one of the stronger slasher films of its time. Along with Hell Night (1981) and House on Sorority Row (1983), Initiation also remains one of the more memorable college-themed splatter flicks of the 80's.

An entertaining treat for slasher fans.

*** out of ****

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