The Initiation

The Initiation

Be young, stay young ... and die young.

1984•1h 33m•5.5/10

HorrorMysteryThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(113)

An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.

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Production

Jock Gaynor Productions, Initiation Associates, Bruce Lansbury Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Vera Miles

Vera Miles

Frances Fairchild

Clu Gulager

Clu Gulager

Dwight Fairchild

Daphne Zuniga

Daphne Zuniga

Kelly Fairchild

James Read

James Read

Peter

Marilyn Kagan

Marilyn Kagan

Marcia

Robert Dowdell

Robert Dowdell

Jason Randall

Patti Heider

Patti Heider

Nurse Higgins

Frances Peterson

Megan

Hunter Tylo

Hunter Tylo

Alison (as Deborah Morehart)

Paula Knowles

Beth

Trey Stroud

Ralph

Peter Malof

Andy

Christopher Bradley

Christopher Bradley

Chad

Joy Jones

Heidi

Mary Davis Duncan

Gwen

Rusty Meyers

Rusty Meyers

Nightwatchman

Christi Michelle Allen

Kelly (9 years old)

Cheryl Foster

Sorority Girl

Diane Page

Sorority Girl

Traci Odom

Sorority Girl

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