Sorority House Massacre (1986) does bear a massive semblance to the much better The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), but it stands on its own two feet with sturdy stoic pride.
What a film like Sorority House Massacre does with its teen victims, is present them as affable and compassionate young people, destined for good things, but severed along the way.
In childhood Beth remains alive and tormented, and in her teenage years, Beth lives but is forever changed.
Beth’s distress is represented by methodically placed flashback sequences that we, the audience, become accustomed to early on.