A Iniciação de Sarah

Arriving at college, sisters Sarah and Patty Goodwin (Kay Lenz and Morgan Brittany) try to join ANS, the most popular sorority on campus. Patty's in, and Sarah is advised to join PED, a less popular sorority.

SIDE NOTE: Sarah joins the cooler house by far! I mean, Tisa Farrow is a member named Mouse! Not to mention, Shelley Winters is the house mother, Mrs. Hunter!

Anyway, Patty's new "sisters", led by the snotty Jennifer Lawrence (Morgan Fairchild), are thrilled to tell her that she can no longer associate with Sarah, since she's in PED! Sarah is crushed, and it becomes clear that when she's upset, she can make things happen with her mind.

As the story unfolds, we learn that these two sororities have an antagonistic history. A rivalry that goes far deeper than school or harmless hijinks! Mrs. Hunter certainly knows about Sarah's abilities, and has plans of her own.

THE INITIATION OF SARAH does have a bit of a CARRIE thing going on, especially between Kay Lenz's Sarah and Morgan Fairchild's Jennifer. The dynamic is very similar to the one between Sissy Spacek's Carrie White and Nancy Allen's Chris Hargensen. Sarah is humiliated in a way that is reminiscent of the prom in CARRIE. Jennifer even gets her boyfriend, Scott Rafferty (Robert Hays) to do her bidding, like Chris put Billy Nolan (John Travolta) up to no good.

In spite of this, the stories are not at all alike, and INITIATION is a decent made-for-TV movie, though the cheeeze-factor does come into play.

EXTRA POINTS FOR: The two VERY different initiation ceremonies!...