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The Initiation (1984) [R]

Release Date:
December 7, 1984

Original Title:
The Initiation

Alternate Titles:
Blutweihe
Iniciação
La iniciación
Voeux sanglants

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Production Companies:
Bruce Lansbury Productions
Initiation Associates
Jock Gaynor Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 18  FR: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 97

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

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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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Assistant Editor:
Karin LaVine

Assistant Property Master:
Lynn Covey
Brian Cowden
Jeffrey Scholten

Assistant Set Decoration:
Lynn Covey
Brian Cowden
Jeffrey Scholten

Best Boy Electric:
Bill Schwarz

Boom Operator:
Wayne Bell

Cableman:
Harland Espeset

Casting:
Anita Dann
Lee Clark

Casting Assistant:
Karen Vice

Director:
Larry Stewart

Director of Photography:
George Tirl

Dolly Grip:
Daniel Keesey

Editor:
Ronald LaVine

Electrician:
Thomas Hayward, Jr.

Executive Producer:
Bruce Lansbury
Jock Gaynor

First Assistant Camera:
Henry Tirl

First Assistant Director:
John M. Colwell

Gaffer:
Robert Dracup

Grip:
Michael Dunson
Mike Halbert

Hairstylist:
Michael J. Randall

Key Grip:
Chris Espeset

Location Manager:
Wade Duncan

Makeup Artist:
Carla Rulien

Music Editor:
Douglas M. Lackey

Original Music Composer:
Gabriel Black
Lance Ong

Producer:
Scott Winant

Production Assistant:
Kimberley Scripps
Terri Martin
J. Grey Smith
Terry Cullender

Production Consultant:
Gregory Hinton

Production Coordinator:
Samai Brown

Property Master:
Ellen Freund

Script Supervisor:
Anne Rapp

Second Assistant Camera:
Robert Guerrero

Second Assistant Director:
Ned Dowd

Set Decoration:
Ellen Freund

Sound Effects Editor:
Anthony Ippolito

Sound Mixer:
John Pritchett

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
David Dockendorf
Don MacDougall
Richard Tyler

Special Effects:
Jack Bennett

Special Effects Assistant:
Jack Bennett

Still Photographer:
Robert Dowdell

Stunt Coordinator:
Randy Fife

Stunts:
Russell Towery
Gregg Brazzel
Billie Jean Gaither
Randy Fife

Unit Production Manager:
John M. Colwell

Wardrobe Assistant:
Hilary Courage

Wardrobe Master:
Shirley Hall Phillips

Writer:
Charles Pratt, Jr.

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