The Hazing

Exactly what you would expect from a B-Movie. Deritive, gratuitous nudity, boring in parts, ridiculous gore and cheesy special-effects. Of course it could have been better, better acted (defintly) better written, directed, etc. But then I guess it wouldn't have been a B movie. The actors pretty much sucked, in fact this pretty much seemed like an episode of buffy the vampire slayer or something except with a lot of blood, profanity and nudity.

Tiffany Shepis must be singled out. She absolutely is the scream queen of the new millennium. Not that acting really matters in these movies, but she was better than any of the other actors. She's also smokin hot, in that plastic jump suit thing she wore for the whole movie - wow! Her posterior is absolutely stunning in that outfit, I mean it every single time she turns around you can help but check her out. And near then end of the film the viewer is rewarded with seeing her completely nekked.

So if your a looser b-movie horror buff (like myself), check this out. If not, you should probably avoid at all costs.

During a hazing on Halloween, seven college students get trapped in a Fraternity house with an unholy book that attracts the spirit of a crazy professor who threatens to possess them. Can any of them make it out alive?

"The Hazing" (2004), retitled "Dead Scared," is a low-budget slasher with an amusing edge. It borrows from the first two "Evil Dead" flicks and is just as good or better. One of the highlights is brunette Tiffany Shepis as Marsha and blonde Nectar Rose as Delia, the former in a shining bodysuit and the latter in a bunny costume.

The movie runs 1 hour, 27 minutes and was shot in Los Angeles.

GRADE: B-

With all the inane, witless garbage being released to theaters, it is always a shock to find a gem like this that for some ridiculous reason went straight to video. This film has style, originality, humor, imagination and intelligence. Not to mention decent direction, editing and acting. The characters appear at first to be your average stereotypical horror grouping of who-will-die-first-and-how?, and then the film throws all that away to keep you not only guessing but thinking. What more could one ask from a movie one has to pay to see in a theater? Except that you won't find this anyplace but the local video store. Forget big screen releases with super-serious A-list stars and nonsensical, hole-ridden plot lines, just go to the video store and rent this movie. The Hazing is for those who can appreciate clever, imaginative horror like Hostel or The Evil Dead series, and it is a shame this was never brought to box office.

When I first saw this movie I really didn't expect much, just another cheesy low budget gore movie that sucked, though those are the movies I love most. But this film was actually above average and an homage to old 80's horror flicks like THE EVIL DEAD, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, and many more. It also has some great comedy, the "demon" makes some pretty funny jokes, and the characters are also interesting. The acting is also good, with Brad Dourif (Child's Play) and Tiffany Shepis (Tromeo And Juliet, Citizen Toxie, Scarecrow). Also has some nice nudity, and creative gore, including an excellent scene involving a tongue and sex. If you are a fan of 80's movies of demonic possession, and gore movies, check this out, it is a very pleasant surprise and one of the better new movies I have seen. Just watch for a good time.

I turned this movie on, laying in bed, curled up in my covers, all set for a B movie with bad story, bad characters, bad acting, bad effects... but I was pleasantly surprised. Even if the main villain seems to have stolen his character from Michael Keaton's BeetleJuice, it pays out in the end. This movie, obviously pays homage to the Evil Dead series with Bruce Campbell, even so much as to cameo a black and white photo pinup of Campbell in one great death scene.

On the offset it begins as a scavenger hunt and scare on a Halloween, when a joint hazing for a sorority and fraternity leads a group of young men and women to steal a bunch of random junk, and spend the night at a abandoned house, once owned by the man who murdered his wife and her lover when he walked in on her having an affair; leaving them in a bit of a mess.

But, when one of the artifacts they need to steal is a spell book belonging to one of their professors, who is engrossed in centuries old black magic, all hell breaks lose, as we set the stage for madness, mayhem, and murder fun :) The characters were somewhat reminiscent of the old Wax Museum remake of Vincent Price's original, but that's an homage I can live with.