
The Initiation(1984)
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.


“If you think you're safe... you're DEAD wrong!”
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
Vicky Dawson
Pam MacDonald

Christopher Goutman
Mark London

Lawrence Tierney
Maj. Chatham

Farley Granger
Sheriff George Fraser

Cindy Weintraub
Lisa

Lisa Dunsheath
Sherry

David Sederholm
Carl
Bill Nunnery
Hotel Clerk

Thom Bray
Ben
Diane Rode
Sally
The Prowler is a horror, thriller, mystery film released in 1981 exploring themes of mask, murder, serial killer, slasher, maniac, pitchfork. Directed by Joseph Zito, it stars Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney. Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
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