Initiation

Give it a bit of a chance and it has an okay payoff. It is not spectacular, but is a decent Friday evening watch with the wife.

I'm not exactly sure what some people were expecting from this movie but it is a great slasher flick. It's very similar to the Scream movies. I found it very enjoyable.

The story of the film surprised me. But there was not enough excitement in the film. The music was very weak and the end of the film was very beginner. The director did not pay attention to small details, such as: How can a killer kill a person safely on campus without worrying about the cameras?

Even it seems as a basic horror movie located in a campus where sorority guys and girls are getting killed,it's not like that. I have to admit that there were some basic elements in the movie, but it was good. The kills were really good (even though the bodycount was low). The characters were good too. The casting was just fine. By the way, the ending scene was a little weird.

Initiation tries to blend social commentary with decently gory kills in a somewhat ambitious slasher flick. Director John Berardo (co-writing with Brian Frager and Lindsay LaVanchy, who plays the protagonist) doesn't have a complete hold over his material, however, there's just about enough for slasher fanatics to give it a viewing. The elements in favour of Initiation include its progressive storytelling approach (in the #MeToo era), the neat inculcation of social media to disclose important plot points, and at least a couple of intriguing kills. The aspects that didn't work so well include the lack of depth in the characterization of the murder victims, a not-so-effective twist, and leaving more questions open than answered in the end. Nonetheless, Initiation falls in that zone between totally forgettable and cult classic - it's a relatively safe zone as a slasher - but as a piece of cinema, its shelf life may be much less.