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The Initiation of Sarah

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When a coed is humiliated by a group of sorority sisters, she is urged to get even by unleashing her psychic powers.
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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 07/11/2022
2.5/4
During the 1970s, ABC dominated the TV-movie scene with its slate of terror tales: Duel, The Night Stalker, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Trilogy of Terror, Bad Ronald, Killdozer, and many, many more. Add to this expansive list The Initiation of Sarah. Go to Full Review
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Blobbo X Nov 12 Blobbo ask why Shelly Winters give mud covered Sarah sponge bath? Alpha Nv Sigma not have running water? Winters' schtick pretty stale by this time. See more nick s Aug 29 The story is rather derivative. It drags a bit through the middle and lacks the punchiness of a real thriller. The climax wasn't much chop either. The best feature was the acting. See more 02/09/2020 1978 TVM: Two sisters (by adoption) pledge to different sororities that do not like each other. One sister is chosen by an uppity sorority, while the other (the adopted one, who happens to have telekinetic powers) is chosen by a sorority of misfits. The house mother of the misfit sorority, who may have been involved in the death of another student years before, takes an interest in the new pledge. Rivalry between the sororities grows. Things come to a head when the sororities have their initiation ceremonies. This movie feels like a "Carrie" ripoff, only it's a college setting vs. a high school setting. Slow and plodding, the action comes just sparingly. Disappointing, despite a reasonable cast. Fun fact: Morgan Fairchild, who has make a career as a drama/soap opera vixen, plays the main uppity sorority girl to the hilt. Her character's name is Jennifer Lawrence. Stars: Kay Lenz, Shelley Winters, Morgan Brittany, Morgan Fairchild, and Tony Bill. See more 06/21/2017 Co-written by the man who wrote the hilariously awful 1970s Captain America TV movie comes this made-for-TV ripoff of "Carrie," except with a mousy sorority sister seeking revenge on her mean fellow sorority sisters. Morgan Fairchild plays the lead mean sorority sister, so that's pretty fun. Kay Lenz plays the Carrie-like character, Sarah Goodwin. Airplane's Robert Hayes plays the nice guy of the film. Shelley Winters, Tony Bill, Kathryn Grant, Tisa Farrow, and Michael Talbott also appear in this camp fest. Overall, this is a terrible movie, but it was VERY entertaining on a campy so-bad-it's-good level. See more 04/24/2017 I love it! BLATANT ripoff of Carrie from 2 years earlier. Love making fun of it as I watch it. Horrible production, writing, dialogue & acting. "what happens when you freak out?" "Oh I, well I tried to bail out a couple times ya know." LOL Bail out, buy the farm, peg out, push up the daisies, see HA HA HA nice cliches See more 01/21/2015 Made for TV supernatural fun set in a sorority house. It's got a few decent moments, but overall it's pretty blah. Rental only. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis When a coed is humiliated by a group of sorority sisters, she is urged to get even by unleashing her psychic powers.
Director
Robert Day
Producer
Jay Benson
Screenwriter
Don Ingalls
Production Co
Charles Fries Productions, Stonehedge Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 3, 2018
Runtime
1h 36m
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