Die Die Delta Pi

With little expectations based on the unknown cast, director and overall look of the film, understood not to expect anything great but was hoping for something enjoyable and fun. This film feels very cheap looking with its camera work, the subpar acting from many actors to unconvincing with others. The violence and gore with its special effect look cheap.

The story sounds decent but there wasn't enough detail and the writing wasn't layered enough. Also there should have been title cards indicating the different time pieces (from the 1980's opening to the present time).

The characters weren't likeable where we didn't get to known them enough to care when they were killed off. Also several unneeded racist undertones (mainly from one character). In the end the film just came off as an amateurish attempt to recreate the 1980's slasher films. Would not recommend.

This film begins in 1986 with a sorority known as Delta Pi having their usual initiation before the new school season begins. Ignoring the fact that a serial killer is reported to be on the loose, the sisters of Delta Pi decide to have their annual bonfire outside and use this opportunity to play a prank on one particular student named "Marissa Chambers" (Olivia Blake). Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and Marissa is left horribly burned in the process. Meanwhile, the serial killer is also quite busy with several murders back on campus. The scene then shifts to the present day with one particular college student named "Diana Parker" (Kristin Avery) seeking to pledge to the Delta Pi sorority. Since her mother "Donna Parker" (Andrea Alfonso) was a former member 27 years earlier, this makes it easier for her to join. However, what Diana doesn't know is that her mother was there when Marissa was injured and, upon seeking to join the sorority, the killings start happening all over again. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was clearly a low-budget production and it suffered from the usual limitations as a result. The acting was generally weak, and the special effects could have used some improvement as well. Likewise, some of the camera angles weren't that good either. In short, this was a cheap slasher film which could have been better with sufficient financing. However, since that clearly wasn't the case, I have to rate this movie accordingly. Below average.

It wasn't bad but considering that they were working with a couple of million dollars they probably could have shot this on film and it would have turned out an extra 3% better.

You know what to expect out of these guys which is to say that this is text book Donohue/Leto and you're going to get the burger, fries, and medium drink which is why you stopped in in the first place.

These guy work extremely hard and put a lot of blood, sweat, and spit into these productions and the quality really started to turn the corner with the this one.

The lead actress was easy on the eyes and the rest of the cast wasn't too nasally.

The mid eighties, a killer is on the lose and a sorority initiation involving silly-string goes wrong burning a girl to death. Cut to present day and the murders start again...

Directors Sean Donohue and Christopher Leto offer a love letter of sorts to the Slumber Party series and endless high-school massacre slasher films. Die Die Delta PI's eye catching cover art harks back to the 70s and early 80s hay days of slasher flicks. If choppy indie low budget slasher films float your boat this is for you.

Donohue's story is another revenge slasher flick with a shock ending that you really don't need me to tell you about. Let's put some of the acting, continuity, sound and lighting design to one side for a moment, everyone are certainly trying their hardest. Opening in spring 1986 then shifting to present day it tries to equal its peers with the slasher sub- genre perfect ingredients: 1. A high body count and 2: Nudity (Roxy Vandiver fans will be pleased). However, due to its execution and budget restraints it never reaches the highs of the films it emulates. That said, it's packed with gratuitous T & A, paddle spanking, bikinis and plenty of fake claret as a hooded figure picks off (the varying acting talents of) the characters one by one.

The cast include Christine Bell, Olivia Blake as Marissa Chambers and the talents of Keisha Burchard and Madison Conradis to name a few. Some of the actors deliver writer Arturo Portillo's lines better than others. The clever casting of the 80s actors to there present day counterparts deserve a mention, actors Donna Parker and Bianca Allaine spring to mind, Shade Burnett's Katherine Jordan and Marcus Koch's inventive effects are notable.

While Donohue and Leto's offering is very rough around the edges, keep telling yourself this is a very low budget horror, there's some good editing, plenty of bras, boobs and blood. Probably best viewed with a lot of alcohol and a group of friends until the cops turn up just like in the film.

Die Die Delta Pi starts things of with a 1980s horror vibe.

A prank at a sorority bonfire goes bad and a nerdy bookworm is accidentally injured. Another person is killing people at the sorority house while the bonfire is going on.

We then advance to modern times where a mother is dropping her daughter off for college, the same college where the accident and murders had occured years before.

The same sorority is pledging new members. One of the current members is aware of the sororities past incident. She learns one of the pledges is a legacy whose mother was in the sorority at the time of the murders.

Die Die Delta Pi is a fun independent horror film. With a fairly enjoyable cast. I like Amethist Young the best. Much of the female cast is very attractive too! Marcus Koch does a good job with the special effects. I have already seen his work in a few previous indie horror films. This is my first Sean Donohue film. I enjoyed this enough that I will check out some more of his work.