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An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.


“Sorority sisters... Sisters in life. Sisters in death.”
When the senior sorority sisters of Theta Pi decide to do in their demented house mother, someone seeks revenge, and begins a night of terror and madness.

Kate McNeil
Katherine

Eileen Davidson
Vicki
Janis Ward
Liz
Robin Meloy
Jeanie

Harley Jane Kozak
Diane
Jodi Draigie
Morgan
Ellen Dorsher
Stevie
Lois Kelso Hunt
Mrs. Slater
Christopher Lawrence
Dr. Beck
Michael Kuhn
Peter
The House on Sorority Row is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1982 exploring themes of psychopath, stalker, prank, murder, sorority, slasher. Directed by Mark Rosman, it stars Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Janis Ward. When the senior sorority sisters of Theta Pi decide to do in their demented house mother, someone seeks revenge, and begins a night of terror and madness.
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