The House on Sorority Row (1983)

AKA: House of Evil

Sorority sisters... Sisters in life. Sisters in death.

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Release Date: Jan 21, 1983
Rated: R | Runtime: 91 Mins | Language: English
Director: Mark Rosman
Stars: Kate McNeil, Eileen Davidson, Janis Ward, Robin Meloy, Harley Jane Kozak, Jodi Draigie, Ellen Dorsher

Summary

After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

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What to Expect

A lot of people out there love this movie. It raked in $10.6 million in the box office in its first two weekends back in 1983 and has made an appearance on more than a few Best Slasher lists over the years. The House on Sorority Row, like most early slashers, starts with about ten minutes of exposition followed by endless stalk 'n kills, one by one by one by one. Every single character, except for the final girl, gets plucked off by a mysterious killer. The concept of the movie is great and both the first and last ten minutes are a blast.

The first ten has so much going on it's crazy. Part of it introduces you to Mrs. Slater, the strict sorority house mother who is nothing like the house mother in Black Christmas, to say the least. In Black Christmas the house mother was just one of the girls. In this one she's more like a jaded private school nun. She basically put a huge target on her own back when she refused to let the graduating class have a graduation party.

So, as most sorority girls would, they "prank" Mrs. Slater by holding her at gun point until she begs for her life. That's funny right? And of course, in a shock twist, they end up accidentally shooting her dead and decide to stash her corpse. These girls and their crazy gags.

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Movie Review: The House on Sorority Row (1983) Review

Critic Reviews:

It has all the workings of a slasher done right and entertains just about any type of viewer it’s meant for.

– Oh, The Horror!

Between the inspired direction, a cast of talented ladies, fun kills, and one super creepy killer, The House on Sorority Row is a standout slasher released during the Golden Era of Slasher Films.

– Boody Disgusting

The House on Sorority Row is fairly well recognized as a noteworthy revenge-slasher film classic amongst horror fans. It employs elements typical to a slasher picture from the early ‘80s but also adds a somewhat unique killer with an inventive weapon to the mix.

– Wicked Horror