The Initiation of Sarah

TV Movie
2006
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1h 30m

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Jennifer Tilly, Mika Boorem, and Summer Glau in The Initiation of Sarah (2006)

A college student uses her supernatural powers against a rival sorority house. A remake of the 1978 TV movie.A college student uses her supernatural powers against a rival sorority house. A remake of the 1978 TV movie.A college student uses her supernatural powers against a rival sorority house. A remake of the 1978 TV movie.

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5.0/10

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- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Morgan Fairchild, who plays Trina Goodwin (an alumni of the sorority Alpha Nu Gamma) in this film, also played one of the head sorority sisters of Alpha Nu Gamma, Jennifer Lawrence, in the original that this film is based on The Initiation of Sarah (1978).

Quotes
Finn: That went well. Oddly... but well.

Connections
References Born Innocent (1974)

Soundtracks
Paper Doll
Written by Gail Swanson and Kristy Jackson
Performed by The Amber Brooke Band

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4/10

sororities + witchcraft

Corinne (JoAnna Garcia) leads a ritual sacrifice but the girl turns out not to be 'The One'. Eighteen years later, twins Sarah (Mika Boorem) and Lindsey Goodwin (Summer Glau) are freshmen at Temple Hill University. Sarah has supernatural powers. Lindsey is desperate to be popular by joining the best sorority Alpha Nu Gamma. Corinne is the big sister and still looks exactly the same as 18 years ago. The secretive sorority Pi Epsilon Delta led by professor Eugenia Hunter (Jennifer Tilly) is in a timeless fight against Alpha Nu. Sarah befriends outcast Vita (Amber Wallace) while dorm RA Finn (Ben Ziff) falls for her.

The movie is trying to do a lot of things and ends up rather bland. It's definitely not scary especially on ABC Family. It has the looks of a TV movie. There is no tension as a thriller. The movie spills its various secrets in unexciting ways. It's also rather blasé about dangers. She's told that they're trying to kill her and she's simply chatting it up with the boy in the library. Jennifer Tilly really plays down her character. Lindsey is a really dumb character. She is somehow mentally defective. There seems to be some good story material but it's not put to good use here.