The Initiation (1984)

Daphne Zuniga: Kelly Fairchild

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• Kelly Fairchild : I just had to get out of there. It was fun for a while. I don't know, I couldn't stop thinking about this other party I went to a long time ago. I think I was around twelve. Yeah, yeah I was twelve. Anyway, this fifty year old lady comes up to me and starts talking and asking me these questions. Like, did I have crushes on guys; did I have a boyfriend. I didn't. I mean, I was too young. Anyway, at the time I thought it was a dumb conversation. But then I realized what she was doing. She's forgotten her youth. And through me, she was trying to live it again. So ever since then, I mean growing up and everything, I've tried to remember every little thing. Like tonight. I've just been waking around, memorizing everything. I don't want to forget it. And I know I'll never live this again.

• Kelly Fairchild : Well, the nightmare ends with this stranger coming in and fighting with my father. And the strange man ends up catching on fire and burning to death. It's always the same; the last image is of his whole body engulfed in flames.

  Peter : That's beautiful. You've got all the classic symbols there; mom, dad, fire, strange men...