The 70s were weird. Today I might draw a very distinct line between "witches" and "psychics" and even online they are considered different things depending on who you ask.
The 70s, not so much.
Case in point, one of my favorite 70s guilty pleasures, The Initiation of Sarah from 1978.
I think for the longest time I associated sororities with witchcraft.
The story follows two girls, Sarah and Patty Goodwin, raised as sisters as they go college and pledge in different, competing, sororities.
Patty, the overtly pretty one, is accepted to Alpha Nu Sigma (ΑΝΣ) and Sarah, the other one, accepted to the weird Phi Epsilon Delta (ΦΕΔ). Patty has to deal with Alpha bitch Morgan Fairchild played in only the way Morgan Fairchild can while Sarah has to deal with likely drunk (in the story and real life) Shelly Winters.
It seems to me that both houses are in truth witch covens and have been at war with each other since, well, who knows how long.
The film is pure ABC Made for Television cheese really and not a lot to redeem it. But I love it to this day. So many untapped ideas here.
This time Sarah is played by the far more attractive Mika Boorem and her sister Lindsay, played by Summer Glau (who gets on my nerves). Morgan Fairchild is back and still look great and playing the alpha bitch. This time she is the girls mother, but you will be forgiven if you think she is playing the same character. Jennifer Tilly replaces Shelly Winters.
There are differences in the plot, mostly to bring it upto date, and others that actually make sense. Are you a virgin and about to be sacrificed? Yeah, there is a way to fix that. And they do.
Different people die, different people live. It is cut from the same block of cheese as the original and despite some better acting (not Summer Glau, she is horrible) it doesn't fare as well. Must be the nostalgia.
In 10 years I want another remake, this time with Morgan Fairchild in the Shelly Winters role.
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