Richard Tyson & Harley Wallen Join Naomi Grossman, Vernon Wells & Mel Novak in ‘The Initiation’

Noted actors Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop, Black Hawk Down) and Harley Wallen (Investigation Discovery’s Homicide Hunter Lt. Joe Kenda, Eternal Code) join primetime Emmy nominee Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story), Maria Olsen (I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu) as well as legendary action stars Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death, An Eye for An Eye opposite Chuck Norris) and Vernon Wells (Weird Science, The Road Warrior) for ThunderKnight Entertainment LTD and AEC Studios’ indie horror drama The Initiation, which shoots in Denver, Colorado. Monique Candelaria (Breaking Bad), London Grace and the Emmy nominated rapper T.O.N.E.-Z round out the cast.

Professor Daniel Kimmer (Jimmy Drain) of St. Elzears College, has come to terms that his marriage with wife Jaime (Meggie Maddock) is ending. This, combined with the growing epidemic of a scandalous on campus “faculty to student relations” threatens to expose a love affair with one of his own ex student’s, the alluring Starr Bramlett (Lauren C. Mayhew). Daniel uncovers that Starr is a member of a secret society of witches dedicated to promote feminine freedom and remove restrictions that are put upon women via religion and society. Can Daniel save his marriage and career from this pending assault upon the college and his life? Or will a new angel of evil be born….

Jimmy Drain and Ty M.C. wrote the screenplay. Brian McCulley is the film’s director. Check out the first poster for The Initiation below: