October Movie Challenge: The Initiation (1984)

Tonight’s movie is The Initiation, a 1984 slasher featuring college students, sorority pledges, buried family secrets, recurring nightmares, and a late-night trip to a department store that goes very badly.This one has been on my list for a bit now. Despite the title, there really is not all that much initiation going on here.The Initiation (1984)Kelly Fairchild, played by Daphne Zuniga in her first major role, is in the midst of pledging a sorority but is also haunted by a recurring dream in which her parents and a stranger are being set on fire at her old home. With large holes in her memory of the event, she enlists the help of Peter (a pre-Charmed James Read), a psychology graduate student, in the hope a sleep study will jog things loose.On the other hand, Kelly and the rest of the pledges have their work cut out for them in preparation for the big night. They are to make off with the night watchman’s uniform from the department store her family owns. It is a convenient way to get…