Alpha Girls was included in a Movie Pack I received from Optimum for having trouble with my cable. I had seen the film advertized either on Horror Society or on Facebook. So, I was somewhat familiar with the title and it was free. Here’s my review of this odd little movie.
Alpha Girls is written and directed by Tony Trov and Johnny Zito. Cast members include Nikki Bell (Nobody Gets Out Alive), Nicole Cinaglia (6 Degrees of Hell), Victor Gennaro (Stitches), Victoria Guthrie (Selected), Falon Joslyn (Living Will), Beverly Rivera (All Hallow’s Eve), Kara Zhang (Max Thirt), and porn star turned reality star turned actor Ron Jeremy.
In Alpha Girls, the hottest sorority on campus is right in the middle of another pledge season when Morgan is thrown into the mix. The four pledges are put through the average trials for trying to get into a sorority until they accidently find an ancient spell book. Turns out their sorority has a dark background dealing with Mr. Satan himself. The power of the book becomes to much for them, but it’s too late and one of their own surrenders to the darkness and makes the campus a Hell of her very own.
I’ve seen Alpha Girls listed in various genres across the board. IMDB and Optimum have it listed as a slasher flick while Wikipedia has it listed as a horror-comedy. In my opinion, it’s far from a slasher and it’s even further from comedy. I’d place it right in the middle of the horror-thriller genre with some supernatural elements thrown in. There’s no masked killer slaughtering sorority girls and there isn’t a single joke in the whole film. But it does have a lot of creepy Satanic moments, lots of mystery, some skin, and lots of blood and gore towards the end. I think genre fans will have a much better experience knowing the true nature of the film going into it.
While watching Alpha Girls the first thought that came to my mind is, “This movie is basically The Craft for a new generation. This is true except you move the setting from a popular high school to a popular college university. Think about it. In The Craft, a group of girls harness the power of magic to make their wishes come true until one of them goes dark and targets the lone “white witch.” In Alpha Girls, a group of pledges harness the power of Satan to make their wishes come true until one of them goes dark and targets the others. Even the final stand-off at the end of both films are similar – “dark witch” vs “white witch,” only likeable sorority girl vs the only horrible one. So, yeah, Alpha Girls is The Craft for a newer, older generation…except The Craft is better.
As a production, Alpha Girls is completely indie and has some major production issues. A few cutting mistakes with editing, some audio tracks missing, and a cringe worthy performance from one of the leads. But here’s what I did like. The script is written well enough to keep you guessing throughout the entire film. Every time I thought it was going to take the stereotypical plot turn, it didn’t go in that direction at all. I thoroughly enjoy horror films that don’t follow the same, drawn out patterns. I can really appreciate originality, even in its smallest form. The script writing is this titles best quality. And the special effects. Those were cool too!
As far as rating this goes… Geez… I’d have to be honest and give it a 5 out of 10.
The Craft is my teenage movie and what I hold dear. I think I’ll pass on this movie if it’s that close. Thanks for the review! Very helpful, I would consider posting it on Netflix if that movie is available there!