Alpha Girls (2013)

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

ALPHA GIRLS: A SATANIC SORORITY SLASHER is a quite dreadful indie horror film. The title and subtitle tell you everything you need to know about this movie, which is long-winded and very silly from beginning to end. It's merely an excuse for the camera to ogle teenage girls while throwing in some very lame horror content now and then. The film is very cheaply made with lots of over the top dialogue and attempts at witty repartee that fail. It's all about bitchiness whereas the horror is virtually non-existent. Ron Jeremy has a campy cameo as a priest (!).

Alpha Girls is the bloody good film debut driven forth from the depths of hell by way of Johnny Zito and Tony Trov, who each played an equal part in the film's production, writing and direction. A horror film from the bloody beginning where viewers are treated to a satanic ritual from the year 1896, the time of the Sorority's dark origination. A scene any horror hound will undoubtedly appreciate, serving up a nice dose of blood and skin. The film of course is of low budget and at times even uses it to advantage, ripe with moments of camp and twisted humor.The opening scene aside, the film begins in present day, introducing the newest Alpha pledge hottie Morgan (Falon Joslyn) as she becomes acquainted with the snooty house members and the chapter's house mother Ms. Grace (Victoria Guthrie) . Morgan soon butts heads with Veronica (Nikki Bell) the house president and is sent to join the other three young pledges in their tortuous pledge hazing. While first being at odds with one another, the pledges soon find solace in each other by plotting against their house tormentors. It's then that pledge Cassidy (Beverly Rivera) uses her gypsy background to perform a ritual between pledges where each is to receive the one thing they most want in life, but what is received does not always come without a cost. Cassidy has tapped into something much more powerful than her own manifestations, something that is deeply rooted into the cultish history of the house. All hell soon breaks loose, sisters begin to die, it seems no one is safe from the evil power awakened from within the Alpha-Beta house.The film, despite it's novice creators and restrictive budget, manages to pull off some pretty entertaining scenes continuing throughout the runtime. It's full of beautiful women that fulfill their parts without anything cringe-worthy and that's a lot to be said for this type of film. The effects were minimal, scenes of blood mostly with little actual gore, not lacking but not overkill. They even throw in Ron Jeremy for a cameo as a confessional priest, although I was hoping for a glory hole gag that didn't happen, oh well. Overall, this film accomplishes what it intended, it was a decent B-horror flick with some good entertainment value.

This movie followed the great recipe for a horror film. It has blood, guts, pretty girls and evil spirits. It also has just a hint of humor that works well and should be used in more horror films. There's a little influence from Suspiria, The Craft and the under appreciated Satan's Cheerleader's. It's not overly gory and the amount of visual effects are just right. It is very much like classic horror from the 70s and 80s and is sure to please anyone feeling nostalgic for that era. Kara Zhang and Falon Joslyn gave great performances. The cinematography is very nice and you get to see a lot of Philadelphia that you don't normally get to. The music was also very good and worked well within the context of the movie. It's a really great independent horror film.

I'm not really big horror movie fan but anyways I though I'd write a review and support local Philly film.Basically "Alpha Girls" is the quintessential campy horror film you never thought you'd see, but if "campy" is supposed to be a derogatory term, it certainly ain't a bad thing in this case. I think that if you can stand a lil' gore and you like watching chicks battle it out, Greek style, you will really enjoy this film. Unlike most horror films, which involves guys, this film has only one guy character - the rest are all girls.Now I ain't a feminist or anything like that but I think that this shows a good step forward for women in films. I'm a guy but I really enjoyed this film. It's clichéd, campy, and done before but it's never been done like this. I say y'all gotta catch a screening when it comes to your city or when it comes out on DVD or Netflix or whatever else they got these days.