The other girl is Jamie Luner(sp?) She played Lexi on Melrose Place. Anyway, I saw this movie and it was so cheesy. I thought it was suppose to be a horror film.

There is also "8 heads in a duffle bag." Some of the action takes place at a fraternity house.

Another movie is Tommy Boy, I think at the very beginning before Tommy graduates college he is partying at his fraternity house.

errrr .... Well, lionlove, the house is Theta Delta Chi, not the Theta Chi Delta (just switch the second and third letter around).

Also don't forget the Dead Man on Campus.

i'm not sure if someone already put this down since i didnt really wanna read all the posts.... but,


PUMPKIN is a great greek-related movie!~

Haha melrose place remindes meof Beverly Hills 90210 and arrons pelling. The fraternitny that steve and those other guys whent hey went to college, it was called Kappa Epilosn Gamma, haha KEG... I remember when the didn't want Adnrea to join because she wore her necklace with the star so they kenw she was jewish, and then so she deicided not to join, and then got preggers.

There was this one movie my (real) sister ernted a while baclk and it had girls that lived in a big house and on the back it said they were in sorority beut they really werent't i don't think, and it was called "New Best friend" and these one richs girls give this girl bad coke and kill her. It's a B movie, and very badly acted in itl.

in St. Elmo's Fire the 4 guys were in the same fraternity. If you look closely in the first couple scenes that Rob Lowe is in you can see him wearing a sweatshirt with letters on it under his coat (you can see delta sigma). His character also goes back to the fraternity at some point in the movie when he's trying to figure out his life.

I just saw Sorority Boys for the first time this weekend. While the movie overall isn't particularly great, it has it's moments. I love how all the KOK alums are "Animal House" veterans. :D

The dirty little bro that backdoors "Adena" reminds me waaay too much of one of my brothers...way shady.

And who can forget the "walk of shame" and "dogcatcher"? As horrible as they are, i still get a kick out of them.

Kitso
KS 361 times i laughed at a sorority with the letters DOG

I watched this movie with my grandmother, who never went to school beyond the 8th grade. She thought that everyone was hazed on college campuses after that movie, and would call me at school to ask if the horrible mean older girls were beating me or my boyfriend up... ;) Bless her heart!

Old School
 

Just read about a new movie coming out that is greek-related.

Movie is entitle "Old School" and is supposed to be a comedy about '3 disillusioned friends trying to capture the glory of their college days by starting an off-campus fraternity that is not bound by the rules and regulations of normal frat houses'. Stars Luke Wilson, Will Farrell, Vince Vaughn.

Supposedly will be out in the next 2-3 months

The new movie, Drumline, has some Greek Life scenes.

I just watched a movie last night called "Pumpkin" with Christina Ricci where she plays an Alpha Omega Pi. It wasn't that great of a movie.

There is a movie made in 1989 called "Heart of Dixie". It stars Allie Sheedy, and most of her friends are in her sorority and fraternities. It's been on Encore alot lately. There is also a movie called Breaking Away that was filmed at the University of Indiana and Bloomington. It was made in 1979, but has alot of greek stuff in it.

I also just recently watched Mr. and Mrs. Bridge. One of their daughters is a Kappa in the movie. She comes home from school to tell her mom she's engaged, and she has a Kappa Key on her sweater. She also makes a reference to going to a Kappa alumnae meeting later on!

I had forgotten about "Heart of Dixie"--I think it was filmed at Ole Miss at the DG house. My cousin's daughter was at Ole Miss at the time (she's a DG) and was in a crowd scene, maybe the funeral. She was supposed to be a "friend," but her schedule didn't allow her to be that involved.

Ok, one of my sisters found this movie at ALF and we watched it one day. It was very humorous, but a few things puzzled me... like when Jamie Lunar first comes to the house, she's immediately given a little sister. Then, she's elected president. It was all just a little weird. But hey, it is just a movie!

Sorry, I just had to make a correction here...it was filmed at Indiana Univeristy, Bloomington campus. There is no University of Indiana! Other than that, you are right! "Breaking Away" is about the Little 500 race that happens every spring, usually April. It is a pretty big deal in Bloomington.

I thought of another one. In "Splendor in the Grass" when Natalie Wood comes home from the mental institution, her mom tells her that one of her friends pledged Kappa and another pledged Pi Phi. Needless to say she really doesn't care right then...

I just saw a preview for the movie "Old School" with Luke Wilson, and it looks sooo cute. His friends all decide they should relive their glory days or something, and they get together to get him a girl and make him cool I think. Anyway, there's some really funny scenes in the preview, and I want to see it!

The main character's girlfriend is a Tri-Delt and they use the Tri-Delt house several times. Also, most of the bike teams are fraternity teams.

In "Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield, he walks into what he thinks is his son's fraternity house only to mistakenly find it's a sorority house.

Chloe173- just wondering, since part of Pumpkin was filmed at USC- did they use the AXO house at all? Because I saw the movie (and liked it a lot by the way) and there's a scene where Christina Ricci's boyfriend goes to the Tri-Omega house and above the door, there's a stained glass window of red carnations and a lyre...?

Also, someone on here mentioned the movie, "Going Greek..." That was supposed to come out a long time ago! They filmed a lot of it at UCRiverside my sophomore year (2000-01) and a lot of students, including almost all the Greeks, were asked to be extras in the movie. A few of my sisters got to meet Simon Rex (used to be an MTV VJ), and the producer and one of the actors came to our meeting to talk about the movie (the actor was the ex-boyfriend from Where the Heart Is, I dont know his name). Anyways, I don't think they're ever going to release the movie- there were some pretty horrid parts in it from what I heard from friends on the set.

Yep, the house in Pumpkin where the Tri-Omega's supposedly lived is actually AChiO! Good eyes, gphiangel!

Also, I thought of one other movie with a loose connection. In Heathers, they go to a frat party. It's not a really big part of the movie, but that scene probably does last 15 minutes or so.

You guys are forgetting some of the classics.

Fraternity Demon, Rush week, Black Christmas, and House on Sorority Row. 80's slasher films loaded with nudity.

do any of these show hazing? We ususally show Animal House for our anti-hazing pledge event and we are looking to change it up. Ideas? Some one thought Revenge of the Nerds, but that doesn't seem like it is all hazing and stuff. Anyhow, if anyone has ideas it would be appreicated :)
Tau Love

Isn't this the movie where the blonde girl wants to kill Shannen Doherty, and the blonde girl loses her freakin mind?


On another note, I saw the previews for Legally Blonde 2 and Old School. Legally Blonde 2 doesn't really give you much to go on, but Old School looks absolutely hilarious. Yeah, it probably perpetuates some bad Greek press, but if you see Will Ferrell in the previews, you'd be laughing your butt off!!!

Do any of these show hazing? We ususally show Animal House for our
anti-hazing pledge event and we are looking to change it up. Ideas?
Some one thought Revenge of the Nerds, but that doesn't seem like it
is all hazing and stuff. Anyhow, if anyone has ideas it would be
appreicated

Well, there's always "School Daze" which is out on DVD and is real
blast to watch if you've never been exposed to the culture of NPHC
fraternities, but having said that I've found that most members of
NPHC orgs who post here really do NOT like this movie. Something
about the way Spike Lee likes to air people's dirty laundry.

Speaking for myself though, I was lucky enough to see this when I was
in college with an XO I was dating at the time and we totally tripped
out on it, especially the part where they showed the little sisters
participating in the hazing/hell week.

Another good one that's available is "The Lords of Discipline". Even
though it's about a military academy and not a fraternity its heart is
in the right place. It depicts hazing, someone taking a stand against
it, and the consequences of that choice.

But hands-down, the two best ones are "Fraternity Row" and "The
Hazing" both from the 70's, however you will have a very hard time
finding either of them on video. You'll have to search for a used
rental copy on Ebay or Amazon, but both films are quite good.

Did anyone mention PCU?

About School Daze, it's more how Spike Exaggerates and isn't Greek himself.

Has anyone ever seen SORORITY HOUSE PARTY? It used to come on USA Up All Nite. The begining scenes are at a Sororities house party, but that's it. It's actually about a rock star whose manager tries to kill him so he can cash in on selling merchandise or a "dead rock star". These Sorority girls kidnap him while he's drunk at a bar and leave him at the Sorority house. It's pretty funny in a USA Up All Nite sort of way. Very much a B movie.

Did anyone say...
 

Hey

Did anyone say Sorority Boys, that movie is so funny. If you're looking for a movie to laugh at that's it.

Annice22
F S S

Dying to Belong is on right now on Lifetime, if you haven't seen it already....

It's on again, and I am watching it for the first time. I like it so far, and it is reminiscent of the novel "The Pledge."

Just a side note: I read a post waaaaaay back on the thread and it said the Dying to Belong has Jenna Van Oy in it. Haha. She's a Theta.

One cheesy TV movie that hasn't been mentioned here is the 70s film The Initiation of Sarah with Shelley Winters. She plays a housemother to the "geek" sorority on campus, and the "initiation" involves black magic and witchcraft in one way or other.

Sure, it portrays both sorority life and witchcraft in a bad light, but the movie is still a lot of fun to watch.

I'm glad my sorority experience isn't like that. I'm pagan and didn't "go Greek" until in my late 40s.

It's cool that she didn't let her hazing experience stand in the way of joining a sorority! ;)

"Going Greek"

Best Greek movie ever.
There are some pretty wicked hazing scenes/stereotypes--but a lot of realistic things and underlying themes that the writers probably weren't even trying to show, but they did. We suggest that every new member class watch it together.

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they sold out like that for $1500?! ridiculous.
and i find it weird that NYU film students would be into making a movie about greek life.

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That was called "She Cried No" or something like that. I remember that on TV.

I've seen that mess. *SMH* I really don't think it's all true. So much of it was 'for the camera' it's hard to tell what was factual.

What do you think the most realistic movie is? I'm sure it will vary for everyone. For me, I think its probably Going Greek, with a few exceptions. Obviously the movie fraternity had a bit more diversity in their fraternity than us, but the way the interact was similar. Also, they had an actual fraternity house, made their pledges do stuff, etc...I also think the 2 minutes from Can't Hardly Wait fits the bill. The only unrealistic part was him wearing that shirt with the big letters on it.

I pretty much agree with this, Going Greek is probably most accurate and I think the best. Haha, Pledge invaders cracks me up everytime I think about it. That one scene reminds me so much of my chapter. That and when the one guy voted the one pledge in just because the other guy didn't like him. That could have come from our minutes.