Die Die Delta Pi (2013) User Reviews

THE BURNT ONE IS COMING

[nogodnomasters · 4/10 · 16 July 2018]

This is a low budget slasher (not choppy outdoor sound) .It follows the classic formula of showing us an incident in the past and then bring us to the present. The identity of the killer is not well hidden. I liked the 80's opening with everything being glow in the dark type stuff. When we move to the present,things get a little lame. The high point of the film appears to be the spanking of the twins during the hazing, based on the most popular reproduced photo still. The modern times was not well constructed as it appear they copied another film when they should have done something on their own. The ending was anti-climatic which downgraded the whole film.

My recommendation would be to watch "Delta Delta Die" instead and do your own spanking. If you have already seen it, watch the extras.

Guide: F-bomb, FF nudity

A Low-Budget Slasher Film

[Uriah43 · 3/10 · 13 May 2024]

This film begins in 1986 with a sorority known as Delta Pi having their usual initiation before the new school season begins. Ignoring the fact that a serial killer is reported to be on the loose, the sisters of Delta Pi decide to have their annual bonfire outside and use this opportunity to play a prank on one particular student named "Marissa Chambers" (Olivia Blake). Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and Marissa is left horribly burned in the process. Meanwhile, the serial killer is also quite busy with several murders back on campus. The scene then shifts to the present day with one particular college student named "Diana Parker" (Kristin Avery) seeking to pledge to the Delta Pi sorority. Since her mother "Donna Parker" (Andrea Alfonso) was a former member 27 years earlier, this makes it easier for her to join. However, what Diana doesn't know is that her mother was there when Marissa was injured and, upon seeking to join the sorority, the killings start happening all over again. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was clearly a low-budget production and it suffered from the usual limitations as a result. The acting was generally weak, and the special effects could have used some improvement as well. Likewise, some of the camera angles weren't that good either. In short, this was a cheap slasher film which could have been better with sufficient financing. However, since that clearly wasn't the case, I have to rate this movie accordingly. Below average.

Dreadful

[HerrSupahz · 1/10 · 4 November 2016]

Awful, charmless, amateur, inane, lousy, inept, tedious, failure. But other than that, great stuff.

The attempt at nostalgia for 1980s horror films is a total failure here. The dialogue, especially, is laughably lame. It's like someone watched a bunch of clichéd 1980s parodies and lifted words out of that. Whatever charm those old films had is completely absent here.

Yes, it's a very low budget attempt at a movie. And I suppose the effects should be consider "okay" given that, but "low budget" is not a valid excuse for a movie being so bad. If you can't make a movie and make it right, then don't make it at all.

At least it's short!

30+ actors trying to pass for college students.

[djangozelf-12351 · 1/10 · 13 December 2015]

This started somewhat promising but even that first scene all ready felt very cheap but at that point it could have upped the ante and it could have been decent.

That never happens and about 50 minutes long they just stretch it and it becomes very dull. The movie doesn't even attempt to give you anything of a plot twist and is just a real lame story.

All 30+ women show up naked but there is no real action there and they basically just stand around so it serves no real purpose. Camera work is often out of focus so picture quality just feels very poor.

The poster was the most interesting thing about this movie and probably most of the money got spend on that.

There is nothing new here and it's just more of same old,same old.

How this got nominated for anything is beyond me and my guess is it must have been something local.

Don't recommend it and it would be wise to avoid this one.

It's just another bad B-movie.

Get me ten beers the girls of Delta Pi are rushing to die

[amesmonde · 10 November 2015]

The mid eighties, a killer is on the lose and a sorority initiation involving silly-string goes wrong burning a girl to death. Cut to present day and the murders start again...

Directors Sean Donohue and Christopher Leto offer a love letter of sorts to the Slumber Party series and endless high-school massacre slasher films. Die Die Delta PI's eye catching cover art harks back to the 70s and early 80s hay days of slasher flicks. If choppy indie low budget slasher films float your boat this is for you.

Donohue's story is another revenge slasher flick with a shock ending that you really don't need me to tell you about. Let's put some of the acting, continuity, sound and lighting design to one side for a moment, everyone are certainly trying their hardest. Opening in spring 1986 then shifting to present day it tries to equal its peers with the slasher sub- genre perfect ingredients: 1. A high body count and 2: Nudity (Roxy Vandiver fans will be pleased). However, due to its execution and budget restraints it never reaches the highs of the films it emulates. That said, it's packed with gratuitous T & A, paddle spanking, bikinis and plenty of fake claret as a hooded figure picks off (the varying acting talents of) the characters one by one.

The cast include Christine Bell, Olivia Blake as Marissa Chambers and the talents of Keisha Burchard and Madison Conradis to name a few. Some of the actors deliver writer Arturo Portillo's lines better than others. The clever casting of the 80s actors to there present day counterparts deserve a mention, actors Donna Parker and Bianca Allaine spring to mind, Shade Burnett's Katherine Jordan and Marcus Koch's inventive effects are notable.

While Donohue and Leto's offering is very rough around the edges, keep telling yourself this is a very low budget horror, there's some good editing, plenty of bras, boobs and blood. Probably best viewed with a lot of alcohol and a group of friends until the cops turn up just like in the film.

Low budget amateurish slasher

[Floated2 · 1/10 · 16 August 2023]

With little expectations based on the unknown cast, director and overall look of the film, understood not to expect anything great but was hoping for something enjoyable and fun. This film feels very cheap looking with its camera work, the subpar acting from many actors to unconvincing with others. The violence and gore with its special effect look cheap.

The story sounds decent but there wasn't enough detail and the writing wasn't layered enough. Also there should have been title cards indicating the different time pieces (from the 1980's opening to the present time).

The characters weren't likeable where we didn't get to known them enough to care when they were killed off. Also several unneeded racist undertones (mainly from one character). In the end the film just came off as an amateurish attempt to recreate the 1980's slasher films. Would not recommend.

Well done independent slasher with great gore!!!

[sharpsuddenshot · 9/10 · 5 July 2014]

This film is a throwback to the 80's plain & simple. Well done. Marcus Koch's gore & blood effects were nicely done. Good kill scenes and such made the movie stand out. Filmed around the Tampa Bay Florida area & does have a low budget but done the right way. Shade Burnett stands out as a great part of the film. The cover art for the film is retro looking & really cool. Some female nudity which is always a plus in a slasher film. I recommend this film to any horror or slasher film fan. The director and writer set out to make a sorority slasher film and they were successful. Nothing new to speak of in this film as it's been done over & over but for someone like myself that loves this style of film I never get tired of it. My cast signed DVD is part of my slasher collection & I will watch it many times again in the years to come. Go out and get it and support independent cinema.

An engaging sleazy indie slasher with a few faults to it

[kannibalcorpsegrinder · 7/10 · 19 October 2022]

After arriving at a college, a woman and her friends decide to pledge to her mother's old sorority after hearing it's going to be reopened decades after a tragedy on campus but as they prepare for the initiation a killer seeking revenge for the incident starts killing them one-by-one.

This was a pretty solid and fun indie slasher. Among the better aspects here is the straightforward and simplistic storyline that really plays into the old-school formula rather well. The lengthy opening flashback that shows life at the old sorority including the initial accident during the bonfire and the resultant massacre that takes place off-screen but still has some fun stumbling upon the bodies sets up both potential suspects. That the present-day material involving the daughter of the pledge who had been involved in the accident comes into the stories about her parents' involvement and their connection to everything going on makes this one quite fun. There's also a lot to like with the rather fun cheesy stalking scenes. The first encounter in the asylum where the killer strikes the staff in an attempt to wipe out the old witness is a fine sequence to get this started, while the attack at the campus room starts this one towards the frantic finale in fine form. This has quite a lot to like where it rampages through the cast in a frantic manner where the majority of the deaths occur in rapid fashion with some rather enjoyable indie-style gore brought about due to the suddenness of the attacks and ambushes that play out. Combined with a fine sleaze level here with some fine nudity, there's a lot to enjoy about it. The film does have some detriments. The main drawback to be had here concerns the rather stilted and underwhelming pace that leaves a lot of the film dealing with life on the campus. Rather than dealing with the killer going through the students one-by-one, this one tends to spend a lot of time on build-up rather than slaughter with the group hanging out for the initiation ritual or the guys trying to get their stash together. This all leaves the rampage until the final twenty minutes which is a bit uneven for a slasher film of this type which also goes along with the rushed ending that goes by incredibly quickly due to this uneven setup. Combined with the obvious low-budget indie production, these are what hold this one down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and Full Nudity.

Not bad

[DarylJGittings · 7/10 · 29 November 2023]

Die Die Delta Pi starts things of with a 1980s horror vibe.

A prank at a sorority bonfire goes bad and a nerdy bookworm is accidentally injured. Another person is killing people at the sorority house while the bonfire is going on.

We then advance to modern times where a mother is dropping her daughter off for college, the same college where the accident and murders had occured years before.

The same sorority is pledging new members. One of the current members is aware of the sororities past incident. She learns one of the pledges is a legacy whose mother was in the sorority at the time of the murders.

Die Die Delta Pi is a fun independent horror film. With a fairly enjoyable cast. I like Amethist Young the best. Much of the female cast is very attractive too! Marcus Koch does a good job with the special effects. I have already seen his work in a few previous indie horror films. This is my first Sean Donohue film. I enjoyed this enough that I will check out some more of his work.

Die Die Delta Pi

[skullfire-96621 · 7/10 · 20 December 2022]

Die Die Delta Pi is a good send up to classic '80's slasher movies.

As with the movies of this genre from a bygone Era, the acting is not of the highest caliber, but that makes this film all the more truer to its roots.

Die Die Delta Pi does not try to reinvent the wheel, rather it tips its hat to the past.

There is nothing new to dazzle the viewer, but it does not insult the original genre either.

The classic feel is enamoring to cult watcher of this type film. Anyone expecting to be surprised, or challenged by storyline, you have chosen the wrong movie.

I do not believe this movie is for everyone, but fans of the genre should be well pleased with the result.