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The Initiation of Sarah

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I loved Summer Glau in FIREFLY, SERENITY and TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, so when I saw THE INITIATION OF SARAH on Netflix, I decided to give it a try. (You might say I have a girl crush on her, and you mightn't be wrong.)

The story centers around two competing covens of witches, both set up as rival sororities on the same college campus. The "good" coven is comprised of natural-born witches - those who derive their power from Mother Earth - while the "bad" coven must occasionally feed The Eternal Flame with the blood of a very powerful natural-born witch ("The One") in order to maintain their powers. Believing newly arrived freshman pledge Sarah (Mika Boorem) to be The One, both sororities try to lure her and her fraternal twin sister, Lindsey (Summer Glau) to their side in the battle between Good and Evil.

THE INITIATION OF SARAH is an entertaining enough flick; a pleasant piece of fluff for those nights when you'd rather sit down with a bowl of Soy Dream and zone out on the couch. Though it was made for TV - and ABC Family, at that - it's not as cheesy as you'd expect. Think MEAN GIRLS meets CHARMED, but not quite as satisfying as either.

Oh, and Jennifer Tilly rocks as the magi. Love me some Jennifer Tilly, too!

This is a campy low budget witch film. Decent acting...campy plot. If you don't expect oscar worthy anything, then you'll enjoy this one. Especially if you and your slightly drunk friends can add witty commentary along the way.

Yes, yes, two of the sororities on campus are actually covens of witches. That's normal behavior. Anyway, that is more or less the plot of this fun, campy, flick. If watching a lot of drop-dead gorgeous young college co-eds run around pursuant to a silly plot about witchcraft, sacrifices, etc. appeals to you (it did me) then this film too is for you. The acting is endurable, the dialog is fun, and the plot is one-dimensional but so what? Every now and then some of us want to take our critical and cognitive facilities off-line and just have fun. This film is perfect for that. RJB.

This is a movie you can watch and just enjoy. Summer Glau is great as usual and the rest of the cast were believable. I would have given it 4 stars, b/c like a lot of movies...I would have had it to ended differently. However, the price on this dvd was great and it was a good movie just to watch and enjoy like I said earlier.

I rented this, and it's one of my new campy witch movies. I just adore Jennifer Tilly, and totally love her wardrobe in this.

This isn't a movie about how sororites or witchraft are, but it's entertaing even so. I think 10 and up could enjoy this, younger kids might not get what's going on.

I have to give it an A, forr all of the fun I had while watching and rewatching it.

A little camp, some good magick and a few unexpected twists make this an occult flick to watch.

Sarah and her twin sister, Lindsey, are headed to college, where their mother has arranged for them to pledge at a snooty, Stepford-like sorority. Both want a fresh start. Sarah's uncontrollable supernatural abilities have made life difficult for the teens, and Sarah's fear of them makes her incredibly vulnerable - though you couldn't tell it from her attitude.

Lindsey is the wannabe. She wants to fit in, to pledge and be accepted in a way she's never been before. Sarah is the rogue, dressing a little grungy (but cute) and not so much into "fitting in." They are both sought after by the two oldest Greek organizations on campus. One is their mother's choice, the other is a dark, spooky group known as the Pigs.

Based on a TV movie of the same name, The Initiation of Sarah offers up some cool coven shots and interesting twists. Some of the twists you'll spot right off, but others aren't quite so obvious - depending on how many cult movies you watch. The scenes in the coven's fiery basement digs reminded me of The Mummy. And Morgan Fairchild looked SO good, her skin a little shiny, it made me wonder just how much plastic surgery she's had over the years. (Her hands give away her age.) Girl comment: LUV'd Jennifer Tilly's wardrobe.

I was thankful that a movie appealing to teens did not have a bunch of nudity, slutty costumes, or sex to drive the plot. It would have totally ruined it. (Anyone remember the remake of Night of the Living Dead?) It was way fun to watch Stepford girls go up against the "normally-dressed" ones. The funny thing is that Lindsey and Sarah look nothing alike - and no one says anything to them. When you think twins, you think identical, but these girls are anything but. Just thought it was weird they didn't even make a mention that they were fraternal. (Is that the right word?)

The DVD does not offer up a lot of extras, but does allow you subtitles in English or Spanish.

Initiation of Sarah is a rent for a cold night, curled up on the couch with a quilt, popcorn and lots of chocolate.

I bought this movie because Summer Glau is in it. She plays the second sister, the minor of the two, so she doesn't have the major role, but a significant one nonetheless. The movie doesn't have too much gore or sex, and so anyone can watch it. I am pleased with the movie and Summer's performance, and recommend the movie if you like Charmed TV series or Summer Glau.

How can one not like Summer Glau? And the movie was okay too. Can see it being the attempt at a TV series that didn't take off but that's okay. There are worse ways to waste time on a weekend - it certainly complimented the some pop-corn and lollies we wanted to eat. Sure the characters were cardboard cut-outs of actual people, and sure the hair and clothes were more important then the plot development, but that's okay too. It all stirred together in the pot like a bisque and came out alright in the end. Predictable and shallow but at least it was just enough fun to not matter.

Not the best remake in the world but had some nice variations on an old theme and it was nice to see Morgan Fairchild in this one also. Still think that the original with Kay Lenz was a better flick, and was disappointed that the special effects weren't better with today's technology. Still think it worth watching for any fan of the original.

This movie was a bit low budget but on the high end of b movie quality. I think it was made for T.V. The acting by most was young, a little poor at a few parts but not that bad over all and Jen Tilly is always great, though her part was small it was crucial. The preppy sister's attitude annoyed me at times, sometimes it was supposed to be that way for the movie, it had more to do with the script than the actress in my opinion. The story is pretty good - two sisters dropped off at college, one pretty and preppy wanna be the other a grungy troubled type. We enter at rush week and as the gilrs pledge we are constantly aware that the movie will be supernatural in nature. Over all it is about magic, good vs. evil, doing the right thing, and the power of sisterly love.
I enjoyed the movie and would recomend the purchase.
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