The Initiation

Dec 7, 1984

1h 37m

★ 5.5

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Jock Gaynor Productions

Initiation Associates

Bruce Lansbury Productions

The Initiation Trailers

Cast

Frances Fairchild

Vera Miles

Dwight Fairchild

Clu Gulager

Kelly Fairchild

Daphne Zuniga

Peter

James Read

Marcia

Marilyn Kagan

Jason Randall

Robert Dowdell

Nurse Higgins

Patti Heider

Megan

Frances Peterson

Alison (as Deborah Morehart)

Hunter Tylo

Beth

Paula Knowles

Ralph

Trey Stroud

Andy

Peter Malof

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