The Hazing
The Hazing

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The Hazing

2004
Movie
87 min
English

The Evil Dead meets Scream as an evil professor, through an ancient staff and a book of incantation, possesses the bodies of a group of fraterity and sorority pledges during a night of "hazing" activities in an abandoned mansion. When the students meet one grisly death after another, the survivors finally realize it's the professor who is possessing their friends and killing them all off. Now none of them trust each other-- is it their friends or puppets of the professor that they're hanging with? Somone better figure it out quick... or none of them will make it through the hellish night of The Hazing!

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IMDb4.5/10
Director: Neil M. JohnsonGenres: Horror, Thriller

Plot Summary

Four college freshmen are targeted by a sinister fraternity during their initiation process. As the hazing rituals escalate to dangerous extremes, the students find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against their tormentors. The situation turns deadly when it becomes clear that the fraternity's intentions go far beyond traditional college hazing.

Critical Reception

The Hazing received largely negative reviews from critics, who often cited its predictable plot, reliance on gore, and uninspired performances. Audiences also expressed disappointment, with many finding the film to be a generic and forgettable entry in the slasher subgenre.

What Reviewers Say

  • Predictable and formulaic horror clichés.

  • Relies too heavily on gratuitous violence.

  • Lacks compelling characters or suspense.

Google audience: Audience reception for The Hazing is scarce, but available feedback suggests viewers found the film to be an unoriginal and unengaging horror flick that offered little to distinguish itself from other fraternity hazing thrillers.

Fun Fact

Despite its horror themes, the film was not widely distributed and is considered a relatively obscure title in the genre.

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***Frat house slasher influenced by “The Evil Dead” featuring Tiffany Shepis and Nectar Rose*** During a hazing on Halloween, seven college students get trapped in a Fraternity house with an unholy book that attracts the spirit of a cra...