Product Details

• Actors: Brad Dourif, Parry Shen
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Mti Home Video
• DVD Release Date: September 14, 2004
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002LE9FO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #134,102 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Hazing" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Its hell week on campus & an old abandoned mansion looks like the perfect hazing place to initiate a group of pledges into the most exclusive fraternity & sorority on campus but this is the wrong night to take possession of the house. All the rooms are booked - something beyond evil has checked in. Studio: Mti Productions Release Date: 07/26/2005 Starring: Brad Dount Parry Shen Run time: 87 minutes

Customer Reviews

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20 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Happy With This Film, September 14, 2004

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R. Stringini "moviman7643" (Addison, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hazing (DVD)

I have to say, for a low budget, straight to video film, this movie just plain rocks! I mean, it's funny, the script is strong, the acting is great, the direction is tight, and the effects are well done. Everything that I could have wanted was in here, plus more.

Let us start with the technical side of things. This disc is very well done. The picture is sharp and crisp, and the sound is clear and strong. Also, there are some very nice extras with a behind the scenes video, and some interviews, as well as trailers and other assorted goodies. The movie itself is one that goes back to the days of Night of the Demons, Return of the Living Dead, and Hell Night. It uses a tired old cliche of a plot, and turns it on it's head with some very nice dialogue, a good sense of humor, and strong characters. It also helps that the cast handles everything amazingly. Everyone not only seems great on their own, but they all compliment each other so well that this really is a well done ensamble piece. The movie also looks like it should have had a wide theatrical release. The cheap, close up nature of most straight to video flicks, and instead is so well directed that I never once thought that this was a low budget production. It also helps that the effects are very well done, and never pull you out of the action (which is almost non-stop). And while the humor is previlant, it does not over take the horror of the film, but instead adds to the depth of the characters.

High Recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Night of the Demons rip-off, but one of the best straight-to-video horror flicks I've seen, December 22, 2008

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Tokay (Lexington, KY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Hazing (DVD)

The Hazing was everything that most theatrical horror releases SHOULD be nowadays--yet this movie somehow was overlooked as a Halloween release in 2004. What beat this movie out of a release slot? Was it Seed of Chucky?!!? An "amusing" movie without a doubt, but far inferior to this little-known gem.

Now I must admit: this is a "silly" horror movie. Think the Night of the Demons series (part 2, in particular), and make it a little MORE silly; like Nightmare on Elm Street 4: Dream Warriors. But this movie is much more similar to the former, taking place in "Hack House", a name strangely similar to the "Hell House", "Hill House", and "Hull House" of various other nearly identically-premised films. But you know what? I don't care that it's a serially violated and re-packaged premise because this time it paid off in full!

Most importantly, while this is a low budget flick, I found myself having to remind myself of this fact--I would not have guessed. The effects were tactfully simple but truly no less entertaining. The film quality, music and sound effects were in league with theatrical horror films (the ones that SHOULD actually be theatrical releases). The frequent humor was delivered with surprisingly good timing by little known, but unexpectedly good actors. Oh, and the pace of action was strong after the much slower character-developing start of the movie, which, still, was rather entertaining.

A final note: nothing in this movie is scary, and if you jump it was due to unexpectedness and not actual fright. This is for those who love the style of horror of the movies referenced in this review.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars SILLY AND FUN HORROMEDY, May 17, 2005

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Michael Butts (Berkeley Springs, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hazing (DVD)

One of the items a group of sorority/fraternity wannabes must collect is a picture of actor Bruce Campbell (Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy). It's fitting then that THE HAZING is somewhat of a homage to those films. While nowhere near as innovative or fun as the Evil Dead, THE HAZING manages to entertain in spite of itself. Forget the plot---we've been there before so there aren't any real surprises. There is some great humor, though, including some wonderful one liners, one of the heroes use of expletives during the bashing of Brad Dourif, and a bimbo blonde who isn't so bimbo. Then you have the tongue from hell, and some glorious decapitations. Dourif adopts an English accent (sometimes) and chews up the scenery like a reincarnation of the late great Vincent Price; the girls are busty and bodacious, and the studs studly and stupid. Credit to Parry Shen for having the guts to give such a bad performance that it's good. While the effects are pretty lame and the suspense practically nil, THE HAZING is fun popcorn fare, and a lot better than most of MTI's direct to video releases.