I love horror but I'm not a big gore person, so this movie made me cringe in certain scenes and I had to cover my face, even at a drive in. Despite all the drilling and blood this movie was entertaining with realistic performances. It's like watching it in real life, we know some things, we don't know others. There's a scene with Isabella Gomez in a classroom that made me think of all my friends in college who experienced creeps at a party but couldn't do anything or thought no one would believe them. The meaning of the exclamation point is phallic and foul. And it is bad because meaning's origins in the story is very realistic. The name is kind of confusing because there isn't a stereo typical college "initiation" but they "initiate" in a clever modern way with social media. I loved the meta themes of what an exclamation point is in contrast to (one of) the killers weapon, a drill. I also love that the lead character isn't just a sorority girl stereotype, she's a science student who parties! I say this is a horror movie.
Review of Initiation
