After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their gradua... Read allAfter a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.
Kate McNeil
- Katherine
- (as Kathryn McNeil)
Janis Ward
- Liz
- (as Janis Zido)
Harley Jane Kozak
- Diane
- (as Harley Kozak)
Carlos Sério
- Eric
- (as Charles Serio)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThis movie is similar to the 1930s Myrna Loy classic Thirteen Women, which is considered by some to be the very first slasher movie. It is about a woman who is rejected from a sorority and gets revenge by causing the murders of all of its members.
- Goofs(at around 1h 13 mins) When Vicki is killed, her demise comes as Mrs. Slater's cane comes down upon her left eye socket, spurting blood as it impales. When Dr. Beck and Kathryn discover Vicki and Liz's bodies in the open grave at Park View Cemetery, Vicki only possesses her chest and back wounds, no eye damage.
- Crazy creditsThe mechanical tick of Eric's jack-in-the-box plays on as the ending credits role.
- Alternate versionsThe uncut version has been re-released here since. The uncut original version of the film was finally released in the UK (as "House On Sorority Row") by Hollywood DVD in 2002.
- ConnectionsEdited into Rifftrax: The House on Sorority Row (2018)
- SoundtracksWaiting for Roxanne
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I will always have a special place in my heart for The House on Sorority Row. Back in 1982, my father was vice president of a small company in Washington, D.C. called VAE (Visual Aids Electronics). They had contracts with all the major hotels in D.C. to provide their audio visual equipment for all the meetings and conferences that were held there (microphones, TV's, overhead projectors). The company was doing so well, that the president of it (John Ponchok) wanted to branch out and try different things. They started a record company (which failed miserably), and then wanted to try their hand at producing movies. Their first (and only) project: The House on Sorority Row. Filming took place during the summer of 1982 in Baltimore, MD. One day during the summer, my father drove me, my sister, and my mom out to Baltimore for the day to watch them film the movie. I was 7 at the time. We watched them film the scene where they had just shot Ms. Slater, and they were trying to revive her by the side of the pool. I had a blast. I remember meeting some of the girls, and the lady that played Ms. Slater. Later in the afternoon, my family and I were taken up to the attic where the final scene takes place (I'm not sure if it was Mark Rosman or not that took us up there). While my parents were talking with whoever took us up there, I was cruising around the attic on a toy pedal tractor that was up there. In the movie, that same tractor that I rode on is used by the character Peter. One more thing. When they are trying to revive Ms. Slater by the side of the pool, one of the girls screams "Oh my God, the band's here!" A shot is then shown of a station wagon and a white truck coming up the driveway. That white truck was actually one of VAE's old company trucks that they lent them for the scene. After they were done using it in the film, my father bought it from VAE to use as a moving truck for my family's move to Northern Virginia that summer. After we were done with the move, we parked the truck in the woods below our house where it rotted away for the next 15 years, before it was finally towed away to the junkyard.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- House of evil
- Filming locations
- Eltonhead Mansion, 26 Hillchase Ct, Pikesville, Maryland, USA(sorority house)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $425,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $10,604,986
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $617,661
- Jan 23, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $10,604,986
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By what name was The House on Sorority Row (1982) officially released in India in English?
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