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Isabella Gomez in The Mannequin (2025) dir. John Berardo

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Initiation will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 20 via Lionsgate. It’s currently available on VOD. The 2020 horror film is directed John Berardo (The Labyrinth), based on his 2013 short film Dembanger.

Isabella Gomez, Jon Huertas, Lindsay LaVanchy, Froy Gutierrez, Gattlin Griffith, Patrick R. Walker, Bart Johnson, Shireen Lai, Kent Faulcon, Yancy Butler, and Lochlyn Munro star. Berardo wrote the script with Lindsay LaVanchy and Brian Frager.

Special features, trailer, and synopsis can be found below.

Special features:

Hidden Secrets: Surviving Initiation featurette

The Final Twist: Postproduction featurette

During a university’s pledge week, the carefree partying turns deadly serious when a star athlete is found impaled in his dorm. The murder ignites a spree of sinister social-media messages, sweeping the students and police into a race against time to uncover the truth behind the school’s dark secrets... and the horrifying meaning of a recurring symbol: a single exclamation mark.

Pre-order Initiation from Amazon.

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Isabella Gomez as Liana Rojas The Mannequin (2025) dir. John Berardo

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He pledges to hunt you down.

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Initiation - Poster

Releases May 7, 2021 (USA)

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