Product Description

A cult classic slasher film that delivers suspense, murder, mysteryand yes topless co-eds in this high quality transfer from a recently discovered pristine 35mm print. Flirtatious young sorority sisters (Soap Opera stars Eileen Davidson and Kathryn McNeil) who are days away from graduation set out to throw one last decadent celebration. Unbeknownst to them, the strict matron of their house hides a horrendous secret thought long buried. A gruesome accident is witnessed by a hideous fiend, hidden within the once nurturing dwelling, which triggers a rampage of death and destruction. Before the end, the peril faced by this sisterhood will push them to the brink of annihilation. And rivers of blood will drown all who enter The House on Sorority Row.

Bonus content includes:
Trailer, Photo Gallery, Commentary by Mark Rosman, Eileen Davidson and Kathryn McNeil, Storyboard Comparisons, Alternate Ending Presentation

Run time 92:01:00
Aspect Ratio 16x9 (1.78:1)
Disc configuration DVD 9

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50182 in DVD
• Brand: RYKODISC
• Released on: 2010-01-12
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Formats: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 92 minutes

Features

• HOUSE ON SORORITY ROW (DVD MOVIE)

Customer Reviews

Why Isn't The 2009 Anniversary Edition Widescreen Format???
The old Dvd from 2001/2003/2005 (whichever!) states its Widescreen Format(1:85.1) with a Running Time of 93 min and Rated-R.

The 2009 reissue DVD says its full frame with a Running Time of 91 mins and Unrated. (???)

I'm glad that this release date got pushed back until January 2010 so that maybe I'll just cancel the new reissue order that I placed, and order an older DVD print from a private collector instead!

This makes absolutely NO SENSE to me!?

Can someone PLEASE shed some light on this for me if I am 'mistaken'?

Underrated Slasher Classic
The House On Sorority Row Might Be One Of The Most Underrated Horror Flicks
Ever Made, I Remember Renting This On VHS Back In The Late 80's.
Great Scares, Good Gore, Creepy Overall Excellent Slasher
I'm Going To Be Picking Up The 25TH Anniversary ED For Sure HopeFully
There Are Some Great Special Features On The Special ED Along With The Lost Ending.

Also Picking Up These Classic Horror Dvds As Well

1. NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
3. PHANTASM II
4. HARDWARE 2 DVD SET
5. FRIDAY THE 13 PART 7 DELUXE ED
6. FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 8 DELUXE ED
7. THE GATE
8. SILENT SCREAM
9. MESSIAH OF EVIL: THE SECOND COMING
10 RITUALS
Theres Probably More Classic Horror Flicks Coming Out On Dvd Just Have To Wait & See
Its A Great Year For Horror Releases

House on Sorority Row Movie Review from The Massie Twins
House on Sorority Row is a painfully vacuous horror film. It arrived at a time when slashers were popular, but the entire scenario, characters and even fatalities scream of generic. Regardless of which pieces were actually original in 1983, this tired formula has been done to death. While most of the other thrillers of the 80s tried to create a unique villain, House on Sorority Row suffers from a completely forgettable antagonist, devoid of a favorably unique weapon, who only becomes mildly entertaining when briefly cloaked in a jester costume.

Stubborn, bitter Mrs. Slater (Lois Kelso Hunt) runs her sorority house like a reform school. Her mysterious past is stranger only to her annual closing of the house every June 19th. But this year, the sorority sisters are as rebellious as their house mother is obstinate, and no one will get in the way of their plans to host a graduation party in the building. Not even Mrs. Slater. But after a vengeful prank against the callous old woman goes too far, panic sets in and the girls attempt to hastily cover up their misdeed. But someone knows what they've done, and as sorority girls begin turning up barbarously murdered, young Katey (Kate McNeil) must uncover the terrible secret behind the house on Sorority Row.

It starts with a bad flashback - the kind that doesn't go anywhere, fails to snap into reality at an unsettling moment, and remains foggily disorienting for much too long. Once that's out of the way (and 24 years later), the film establishes the bubbly, giggling college girls who drunkenly sit in a circle, toasting themselves while in sexy nightgowns - just how we imagined sorority girls to act. When bodies start piling up and the sisters get separated (with intelligent reasons such as locating a pool light breaker in a dark, atmospheric bunker, just to prevent someone from accidentally turning on a light in a filthy swimming pool that hasn't been used in ages), all signs point to Mrs. Slater and her wickedly pointy cane. Perhaps they should have stuck to their original prank of putting glue on her toilet seat.

Even in the horror of murder and killing, the party must go on. House on Sorority Row doesn't even try to persuade the audience that it's anything more complex than a series of bloody deaths, loosely tied together with a ridiculous plot. Most of the attacks are agonized, screaming faces cut to black - the more gruesome demises probably weren't convincing even during the premiere. With an unsatisfying, incomplete conclusion (thanks to a hasty re-edit) and sparse seriousness, House on Sorority Row is most entertaining as a comedy, or fodder for poking fun at poor filmmaking ideas. At least we learned that when running from a ruthless killer with no escape route in sight, falling on the floor in despair is an invaluable defense mechanism.

- The Massie Twins