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The Initiation

The Initiation

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The Initiation

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

1984

1h 33m

5.5(114 votes)

Horror

Mystery

Thriller

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.

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10 featured cast members

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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

Creative team

Directed by: Larry Stewart
Written by: Charles Pratt, Jr.
Produced by: Scott Winant

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