The Initiation [Blu-ray]

Director: Larry Stewart

Overview

The appealing Daphne Zuniga makes her inauspicious debut in this dreary slasher film as a pampered freshman sorority pledge haunted by memory lapses and bizarre, violent dreams involving her parents (Clu Gulager and Vera Miles). Despite some progress in dream-research, her condition becomes dangerously unstable during a Hell Week initiation stunt -- held after hours in her father's shopping mall -- further abetted by the discovery that a psychopathic killer has escaped from the local asylum. It's no surprise to learn where said killer turns up next, nor is it much of a challenge determining the killer's identity (a clue: Zuniga's nightmares are actually repressed memories). The cast is summarily whittled down, courtesy of several sharp implements looted from various sporting goods and gardening departments, leaving the filmmakers to tie the loose ends together for the ridiculously contrived climax.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/08/2016
UPC:	0760137953388
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	R
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:37:00
Sales rank:	2,712

Special Features

Brand new audio commentary by The Hysteria Continues; Sorority saga - a brand new interview with writer Charles Pratt, Jr.; Pledge Night - a brand new interview with actor Christopher Bradley; Dream Job - a brand new interview with actress Joy Jones; Extended scene; Original theatrical trailer; Original screenplay & production schedule (BD-ROM content)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Vera Miles	Frances Fairchild
Clu Gulager	Dwight Fairchild
Daphne Zuniga	Kelly Terry
James Read	Peter
Marilyn Kagan	Marcia
Patti Heider	Nurse
Robert Dowdell	Jason Randall
Frances Peterson	Megan
Deborah Morehart	Alison
Robert Stroud	Ralph
Peter Malof	Andy
Christopher Bradley	Chad
Joy Jones	Heidi
Mary Duncan	Gwen
Rusty Meyers	Night Watchman
Dan Dickerson	Detective
Ronald M. Hubner	Cop
Jerry Clark	Orderly
Kathy Lee Kennedy	Nurse
Cheryl Foster	Sorority Girl
Diane Page	Sorority Girl
Traci Odom	Sorority Girl
Melissa Toomin	Sorority Girl
Jennifer Suttles	Sorority Girl
Lance Funston	Student
Andrea Vaccarello	Student
Trey Strood	Ralph
Paula Knowles	Beth
James Reed	Actor

Technical Credits

Charles Pratt Jr.

Jack Bennett	Special Effects
Jock Gaynor	Executive Producer
Bruce Lansbury	Executive Producer
Scott Winant	Producer
Jack Bennett, Jr.	Special Effects
Charles Pratt Jr.	Screenwriter