"THE INITIATION has the 80s written all over it - replete with big hair, bad fashions and the odd annoying electronic pop tune on the soundtrack. It looks at times like the sets and costume design have been poached from the production of "Falcon's Crest", while Charles Pratt Jr's script remains typical of the decade by commenting loosely on class divides and peer pressure while delivering its regular stalk ‘n' slash tropes. Director Larry Stewart keeps the pace brisk and ensures his horror set-piece scenes are dished out in deadpan style, ensuring that satisfying aura of 1980s slasher nastiness is retained despite a relatively low blood count. The whodunit aspect becomes a bit silly (wait for the twist ending!), but the wide-eyed performances of the largely female cast and their occasional, gratuitous bouts of disrobing should help even the most cynical viewer overcome this fact." - Stuart Willis, Sex Gore Mutants