Published May 12, 2021
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Initiation. Panelists include director, co-writer, and producer
John Berardo, editor
Lindsay LaVanchy (Ellery Scott)
Initiation is now streaming on VOD.
Synopsis:
During a university’s pledge week, the carefree partying turns deadly serious when a star athlete is found impaled in his dorm. The murder ignites a spree of sinister social-media messages, sweeping the students and police into a race against time to uncover the truth behind the school’s dark secrets…and the horrifying meaning of a recurring symbol: a single exclamation mark.
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Movie theaters are slowly reopening, but most of the new releases are headed to streaming services rather than the big screen. Whether you re staying at home to limit potential risks, or just saving a few bucks by watching from the couch, we ve organized a huge list with many of the newly added films and some upcoming titles.
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Starring: Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke, Nat Wolff
Synopsis: A young woman (Maya Hawke) thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger (Andrew Garfield) – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.
Initiation Director On Re-Inventing The Slasher For The Insta Age
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John Berardo, director and co-writer of the new film
Initiation, which releases in theaters, on-demand, and on digital May 7th.
In the conversation, Berardo said in the making of the film he was grappling with how to do a college-set slasher film while meeting several challenges. First, how would a film like
Scream change in an age when every character carries a smartphone and shares their every move? And second, can a slasher thrill without adopting the exploitative undercurrents of its classic 70s and 80s films? A lot of the answer spins around the perspective of the film– there s definitely toxic masculinity on display in a story that involves frat bros tagging girls on Instagram with a slut mark, but the toxicity itself is under indictment in this slasher from the start.
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Initiationmay appear to be just another slasher like
Urban Legend or
Synopsis:
Whiton University unravels the night a star athlete is murdered in the wake of a buried assault allegation.
Kicking off a spree of social media-linked slayings. As a masked killer targets students across campus, a trio of sorority sisters race to uncover the truth behind the school’s hidden secrets.
And the horrifying meaning of an exclamation point – before they become the killer’s next victims.
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Initiation, and one lucky Dread Central reader will be able to look just like him (or her?).
Look for
Initiation in theaters and also on VOD beginning today (May 7th, 2021) via Saban Films! To celebrate the film’s release, Dread Central is participating in a very special contest. One lucky reader will win a replica of the soon-to-be iconic mask from Initiation! Find out how to enter below Check out the trailer and synopsis!