The Initiation (1984)
The Initiation (1984)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Vera Miles
Frances Fairchild
Clu Gulager
Dwight Fairchild
Daphne Zuniga
Kelly Fairchild
James Read
Peter Adams
Marilyn Kagan
Marcia
Robert Dowdell
Jason Randall
Patti Heider
Nurse Gladys Higgins
Frances Peterson
Megan
Hunter Tylo
Alison
Trey Stroud
Ralph
Paula Knowles
Beth
Larry Stewart
Director
Peter Malof
Andy
Charles Pratt, Jr.
Writer
Christopher Bradley
Chad
Joy Jones
Heidi
Scott Winant
Producer
Mary Davis Duncan
Gwen
Gabriel Black
Composer
Lance Ong
Composer
Rusty Meyers
Nightwatchman
George Tirl
Cinematographer
Christi Michelle Allen
Kelly (9 years old)
Ronald LaVine
Editor
Cheryl Foster
Sorority Girl
Anita Dann
CastingDirector
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
David Dockendorf
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ned Dowd
Second Assistant Director
Anne Rapp
Script Supervisor
Russell Towery
Stunts
Don MacDougall
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Tyler
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Douglas M. Lackey
Music Editor
Wayne Bell
Boom Operator
Gregg Brazzel
Stunts
Jack Bennett
Special Effects
Robert Dracup
Gaffer
Bruce Lansbury
Executive Producer
Randy Fife
Stunts / Stunt Coordinator
Jock Gaynor
Executive Producer
Bill Schwarz
Best Boy Electric
Henry Tirl
First Assistant Camera
Ellen Freund
Set Decoration / Property Master
Karen Vice
Casting Assistant
Carla Rulien
Makeup Artist
John Pritchett
Sound Mixer
Anthony Ippolito
Sound Effects Editor
John M. Colwell
Unit Production Manager / First Assistant Director
Michael J. Randall
Hairstylist
J. Grey Smith
Production Assistant
Gregory Hinton
Production Consultant
Terri Martin
Production Assistant
Harland Espeset
Cableman
Brian Cowden
Assistant Property Master / Assistant Set Decoration
Hilary Courage
Wardrobe Assistant
Michael Dunson
Grip
Billie Jean Gaither
Stunts
Jack 'Deuce' Bennett II
Special Effects Assistant
Chris Espeset
Key Grip
Lee Clark
Casting
Samai Brown
Production Coordinator
Thomas Hayward, Jr.
Electrician
Robert Guerrero
Second Assistant Camera
Mike Halbert
Grip
Daniel Keesey
Dolly Grip
Lynn Covey
Assistant Property Master / Assistant Set Decoration
Jeffrey Scholten
Assistant Property Master / Assistant Set Decoration
Shirley Hall Phillips
Wardrobe Master
Wade Duncan
Location Manager
Karin LaVine
Assistant Editor
Terry Cullender
Production Assistant
Kimberley Scripps
Production Assistant
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 7, 1984
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingR
Genres
Wiki.
The Initiation is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Larry Stewart, and starring Daphne Zuniga, Vera Miles, Clu Gulager, and James Read. The plot focuses on a young woman plagued by a disturbing recurring nightmare, who finds herself and her fellow sorority pledges stalked by a killer during their initiation ritual in a department store after-hours.
Filmed in Dallas, Texas in 1983, The Initiation initially had English director Peter Crane attached, though he was fired from the project early into the shoot, after which television director Stewart took over. The Dallas Market Center and Southern Methodist University served as the primary shooting locations.
The Initiation was given a regional staggered release by New World Pictures beginning in the spring of 1984, and continued to screen theatrically through December of that year. It was met by largely unfavorable reviews by film critics. In the years since its release, the film has been noted for marking star Zuniga's first leading role after her minor part in The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982), as well as establishing a contemporary cult following as a midnight movie.