When five sorority sisters of Theta Pi causethe death of one of their own during a fool-

ish prank gone wrong, they conspire to discard theevidence and never speak of the nightmare again.But when a mysterious killer targets the group ayear later with a series of bizarre attacks, the

women find themselves fighting for their own livesamidst the revelry of an out of control graduationparty. Based on the original screenplay, Seven Sisters,this modern tale of revenge served icily cold echoesthe original’s mix of horror and humor while creat-ing a fresh take on terror uniquely its own.

Briana Evigan Leah Pipes

Rumer Willis Jamie Chung

Briana Evigan (Step Up 2: TheStreets) stars with Leah Pipes(TV’s “Life is Wild”), RumerWillis (The House Bunny), JamieChung (Dragonball), MargoHarshman (“Even Stevens”),Audrina Patridge (MTV’s “TheHills”) and Caroline D’Amore(“Entourage”) as the sisters ofTheta Pi, easily the hottest soror-ity on campus at RosmanUniversity. Carrie Fisher (E-Girl)also stars as their hard- edged

housemother, with Julian Morris(“ER”), Matt Lanter (the new“90210”), Matt O’Leary (Live Freeor Die Hard) and Maxx Hennard(Dear John) co-starring as the menin their carefree world of parties,friends and sins.

Stewart Hendler (Whisper)directs the script by JoshStolberg and Peter Goldfinger(Piranha 3-D) based on MarkRosman’s original screenplay“Seven Sisters”, which spawned

SORORITY ROWSORORITY ROWA Karz Entertainment production

for Summit Entertainment

Margo Harshman Audrina Patridge Caroline D’Amore

Stewart Hendler

the 1983 horror hit The House onSorority Row. Mike Karz of KarzEntertainment and DarrinHolender are the producers; BillBannerman is the co-producer,Mark Rosman, Jay Boberg andJosie Rosen are the executiveproducers.

Key production personnelinclude cinematographer KenSeng (Quarantine), productiondesigner Phil Toolin (TV’s“Bones”), costume designerMarian Toy, costume consult-ant Mona May, editor ElliotGreenberg (Quarantine) andmakeup effects designer GinoCrognale (The Mist).

SORORITY ROW was shot entirely in and aroundPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PURE HORROR –CREATING THE PLOT

Just a year ago, all things weregolden in the wild world of theTheta Pi sorority. Containing themost popular (and hardest partying)girls on campus, Theta Pi was thehouse to pledge for any self-respect-ing freshman. Theta Pi, then, was amix of the good, the bad and thebeautiful: thoughtful Cassidy (BRI-ANA EVIGAN), who’s romancewith boyfriend Andy (JULIANMORRIS) took precedence over heractivities at the house; ‘Queen Bee’Jessica (LEAH PIPES), leader ofthe sorority whose quest to be thebest included her lassoing of aSenator’s son, Kyle (MATTLANTER); bookish Ellie (RUMERWILLIS), Cassidy’s closest friendand the sorority’s valedictorian;crazy/beautiful Claire (JAMIE

CHUNG), whose devotion toJessica outstripped her foolhardylove for randy Mickey (MAXXHENNARD), and party monsterChugs (MARGO HARSHMAN),who never met a beer or a boy shedidn’t devour in one gulp.

But on one night, all their liveswould change. During a freshmenpledge party at the forebodingTheta Pi mansion, the girls con-cocted a prank that would leadthem down an unintentionally dan-gerous – and tragic – road. Whenthe girls found out that Chugs’brother Garret (MATT O’LEARY)cheated on their housemate Megan(AUDRINA PATRIDGE), theycreated a plan with Megan to pun-ish him. After pushing Garret toslip Megan a date rape drug to aid inhis conquest, the girls conspiredwith Megan to go into fake convul-sions (foaming at the mouth with

baking soda added a nice touch ofrealism) upon taking the ‘drug’ andthen pretend to die.

The girls convinced a panickyGarret to pile into Jessica’s SUVwith Megan’s ‘body’, ending up at alonely quarry where the girls pre-tended to mull what they should dowith the ‘corpse’. Convinced thatMegan’s body could not float in the

quarry’s lake if it had air in its lungs,Garret plunged a tire iron into herchest, killing her instantly – and hor-rifying her friends. In a flash, the ill-conceived and deviously cruel les-son to Garret careened into abloody nightmare no one wanted orimagined. Although Cassidy imme-diately ran for help, the rest of thewomen were convinced by Jessica to

throw Megan’s lifeless body into anearby mineshaft and vow never tomention the crime to anyone.Cassidy, who with Ellie never con-doned Jessica’s actions, must goalong with the plan because Megan’sbody was wrapped in Cassidy’sbloodstained jacket.

Flashing forward after a solemnyear of regret and paranoia, the girlsnow prepare for their graduationparty at Theta Pi house. House-mother Mrs. Crenshaw (CARRIEFISHER) leaves the premises, know-ing that the oncoming party maydamage a few lampshades if not rep-utations. New pledges are coming toTheta Pi, including Megan’s deadringer of a younger sister, the pluckyMaggie (CAROLINE D’AMORE).The new girls will be attending theirfirst college party while the outgoingseniors will be saying goodbye to thelife they so dearly loved.

But this will be a party no onewill forget. A murderer clad in ablack graduation robe will soon beripping into the fabric that bindsthe sisters of Theta Pi, huntingdown anyone with knowledge ofMegan’s death. By the end of thenight, only a few sisters willremain…begging for forgiveness aswell as their lives.

With the script locked in andapproved by Summit Enter-tainment, the filmmakers turned theirattentions to what they felt the mostimportant aspect would be: casting.

“We liked the idea that each ofour main girls would be an arche-type, if you will,” said Mike Karz.“There’s Jessica, the cool, bitchyblonde who runs the sorority. AndClaire, the girl who so badly wants

to be Jessica that she follows herblindly. Ellie is the really smart onewho usually makes the right deci-sion, but is always quite nervousabout life in general. Chugs is theparty girl, who just doesn’t care whatanyone thinks about her. And final-ly, there is Cassidy – the moral com-pass of the story who always treatsothers well and who has the biggestcrisis of conscience over the tragicdecisions they come to make.”

Director Stewart Hendlerthought the actresses chosen for‘Cassidy’ and ‘Jessica’ should bestrong enough to adequately mir-ror their characters’ colossal battleof conscience and will. “The bestdynamics in the film would comefrom the butting of heads betweenJessica, the ‘Queen Bee’ of thesorority, and Cassidy, its mostgrounded and decent member.Jessica has planned her life out and

won’t let anyone get in the way ofgetting what she wants. Cassidy, onthe other hand, is appalled byJessica’s attitude and fights her allthe way through the film.”

Briana Evigan, who had turnedin a strong and athletic perform-ance as hip-hop dancer ‘Andie’ inthe popular film Step Up 2: TheStreets, was chosen to play Cassidy.“Briana possesses that sort oftough, streetwise feel she hadshown in her earlier film,” saidStewart Hendler. “She came in witha non-conformist energy as well asa gritty athleticism we felt the partneeded. The script had plenty ofaction for her to perform, and wethought she could carry that. As itturned out, it was unbelievable towatch Briana work.”

Winning the role of Cassidyappealed to Briana Evigan becausethe character was strong and

resourceful, a person she identifiedwith in real life. “When I read thecharacter of Cassidy, I kept sayingto myself ‘I really like her’. She isthe strong, confident person that Ialso tend to be in my life, or at leastI try to be every day,” said BrianaEvigan. “Out of all the girls, shestood out as the smart one with herhead put on right. But I also lookedforward to doing the stunts. Thatwould always be the most fun partof my day.”

For the part of Jessica, the film-makers would turn to an actress notas well known as Briana Evigan butwho also possessed a high level ofperformance paired with attitude:relative newcomer Leah Pipes.

The youngest of the actresseschosen for the film, she was alreadya seasoned veteran of televisionroles who was just starting to makethe step into motion pictures hav-

CASTING THE MOVIEWITH NEW FACES

ing just starred in small horror filmherself, Fingerprints, which had wonas Best Picture at the recent NYCHorror Film Festival. “Leah Pipeshas been the big discovery for usall,” said Mike Karz. “Although shehad the least film experience goingin, she was a great choice. She wasso charismatic, taking the role andmaking it larger than life.”

The actress, whohad heretoforebeen cast as the“good girl” in most ofher roles, relished theopportunity to get to play someonewith a darker edge. “Jessica is meanand self-centered to an extreme,”said Leah Pipes. “She can almost bea parody of a person. But this canalso yield a lot of humor and makeher fun to explore. Playing herwould help me see outside of beingthe ‘goody-two-shoes’ I often play

to looking at the world through theperspective of a truly evil person.”

For the character of Ellie, thefilmmakers had an agenda: not only would the actress chosen forthe role have to be a seasoned per-

former, butshe wouldhave to

possess something any good horrormovie needs – a bloodcurdlingscream. “Rumer Willis turned out tobe perfect for Ellie, though the char-acter was far from what she is in real

life. Ellie is scaredand petrifiedmost of thetime, while

Rumer is always naturally happy andjoking on set,” said Mike Karz. “Butonce she got into character, she hasmore cries and screams per minutethan anyone in the movie.”

“Some girls can scream andsome cannot,” explained StewartHendler. “Rumer Willis is definite-ly the cream of the crop. She

would go on to scare many acrew member with that screamwhen we shot the film.” Afterwinning the role, RumerWillis actually researchedsome celebrated screamersof the past in horror filmsshe admired to get a feel forwhat would be needed. “I def-initely worked on my scream abit,” said Willis. “You have topractice in order to make sureit sounds real. One example Istudied was Neve Campbell’sscream in the Scream films. It

is like a double-toned scream, veryimpressive. It is a lot harder than it looks.”

Jamie Chung was anotheractress whose beauty paired wellwith the physical demands thestunts in Sorority Row would placeupon her. Having displayed herability to handle action in suchfilms as Dragonball, the role ofClaire would be business as usualfor the young actress. “JamieChung is one of the most gorgeousgirls I’ve ever seen,” said StewartHendler. “And I had seen her kicksome ass on television in ‘SamuraiGirl’. She came in to read andinstantly fit into the dynamic of thesorority group in terms of herlooks and presence.”

For Jamie Chung, the challengeof playing Claire was the character’smid-film switch from being Jessica’ssycophant to wanting what is best

for others. “Claire is a girl who justwants to fit in,” explained JamieChung. “At Theta Pi, all she wants isto be like Jessica. She starts out goingwith the flow and towards the end ofthe film you see her going through atransition into being a goodheartedperson with the plight of others inmind. It was nice to win a role thathad this much growth in it.”

For the party-hardy character ofChugs, screenwriters Josh Stolbergand Peter Goldfinger had envisionedinitially casting a larger, louder actressthan the petite Margo Harshman.“We first thought the Chugs charac-ter would be a sort of plus-size girl,big and bawdy and loud,” said JoshStolberg. “When Margo came in toread, she had a totally different take.It was standoffish and dry-humored,completely opposite of what Chugswould be. And it totally worked!”

“Margo came in and nailed

the character,” added StewartHendler. “She loved the humor, sheloved the joke and she blew us awayin the audition.” One aspect ofMargo Harshman’s career thatappealed to producer Mike Karzwas the actress’ strongly profession-al demeanor, honed by her manyyears as a young television star onsuch series as “Even Stevens.” “I likethe idea ofkids who have grown upacting,” said Mike Karz, “becausethey are always so prepared andnever daunted by anything. Margo isa huge professional. This part was tobe a cakewalk for her compared todoing a television series.”

“I just liked the fact that Chugshad an attitude,” said MargoHarshman. “She’s bold, she’sblunt, she’s honest and maybe a bitvulgar, which I loved. I love doingcomedy, and the comic aspect ofher life drew her to me instantly.”

In choosing two actresses to playlook alike siblings Megan andMaggie, a duo of relative newcom-ers with television backgroundswere selected. As Megan, the ill-fated victim of the sorority’s prank,celebrity sensation Audrina Patridge(star of the top-rated MTV series,“The Hills”) would be able to createa character in a genre she had alwaysenjoyed – horror. “I love horrormovies,” said Audrina Patridge. “TheExorcist is one of the scariest moviesever made. I am also a huge fan offilms like Scream and Jawbreaker,which are more like Sorority Row. Iwas thrilled to play a role where Igot to spit up blood and cough andconvulse. I had a great time gettinginto character and preparing tomake what happened to Megan lookas real and horrific as I could.”

“Audrina was a nice surprise forus,” said producer Mike Karz. “She

turned out to be such a trouper,never complaining through mostof her scenes, which were shot incold weather in very skimpy out-fits. She impressed everyone.”

For Maggie, actress and modelCaroline D’Amore was chosen notonly for her physical similarity toAudrina Patridge, but her own bitingsense of humor that would benefither interpretation of Maggie. “Wehad just seen Caroline in an episodeof ‘Entourage,’ said Mike Karz. “Wefelt she had the bitchiness to stand upto Jessica in our film, but also theability to have the audience feelempathy for her as well. She farexceeded our expectations for thecharacter and really made it her own.”

A veteran actress would besought for the pivotal role ofhousemother ‘Mrs. Crenshaw’, acharacter who would be called uponto be a bit boozy, a bit overbearing

and, ultimately, handy with a shot-gun. Only one actress came tomind: Carrie Fisher. “We wanted tohave someone fun, someone whowe wanted wielding a shotgun andkicking ass,” said Stewart Hendler.“But we thought we’d never have achance to get her interested.”

Once the actress was sent thescript, she insisted on meeting thedirector alone to discuss his viewof the film. “We never thought wecould get Carrie,” said Mike Karz.“But once she met with Stewart,she said ‘I like this guy…I’ll do themovie.’ And we were off to shoot.She was so much fun to work withand the girls loved her.”

BRIANA EVIGAN (Cassidy)enjoyed an international break-through in 2008 with her spirited

starring performance as ‘Andie’ inthe hip-hop dance film Step Up 2: TheStreets, a role that allowed the actressto showcase her many years ofintense training as a professionaldancer. The film earned $143 millionworldwide, launching her into a busymotion picture career that recentlyincluded roles in the features S.Darko (the sequel to Richard Kelly’scult classic, Donnie Darko) in whichshe stars opposite Daveigh Chaseand Ed Westwick, supernaturalthriller Burning Bright and romanticdrama Subject: I Love You (shot entire-ly in the Philippines).

Born in Los Angeles into anacting family that includes fatherGreg Evigan (star of the televisionseries “BJ and the Bear” and “MyTwo Dads”), mom Pamela Serpeand sister Vanessa Evigan, shemade her professional film actingdebut in the 1996 thriller House of

the Damned at the age of ten oppo-site her father. Evigan began danc-ing with renowned hip-hop chore-ographer Shane Sparks when shewas seven years old, studying withhim for many years before extend-ing her training to other choreog-raphers. She credits him with pro-viding her with the foundation forher future work. She was also thekeyboardist and lead vocalist ofthe rock group, Moorish Idol.

LEAH PIPES (Jessica) madeher acting debut in 2001 in anepisode of the television series“Angel.” She won a regular role in2002 in the ABC series “Lost atHome,” leading to a versatile tele-vision career that most recentlysaw her star as ‘Katie’ in the CWseries “Life is Wild” as well asguest in several episodes of the hitFox series “Terminator: The SarahConnor Chronicles”.

The Los Angeles-area nativeand resident was a stand-out soc-cer player in high school, a skillthat allowed her to win the starringrole in the film Her Best Move,playing a fifteen-year-old soccerphenom vying to join the U.S.National Soccer Team. The athleteis also a standout dancer, swimmerand tennis player. Among herother television credits are roles inthe series “Parents in Charge”,“Clubhouse”, “Pixel Perfect”,“Bones”, “Crossing Jordan”,“Brothers Garcia”, “Drake andJosh”, “Shark”, “Malcolm in theMiddle” and “Ghost Whisperer”.She also recently starred in thehorror feature Fingerprints, whichwas named “Best Feature” at theNYC Horror Film Festival.

RUMER WILLIS (Ellie) mostrecently co-starred in the comedyfeatures The House Bunny (with

SEVEN KEYSCREAM QUEENS

Anna Faris, Colin Hanks andEmma Stone), Slightly Single andWild Cherry (with Rob Schneider).The daughter of popular actorsDemi Moore and Bruce Willis, shewas born on location in Paducah,Kentucky in 1988 where her fatherwas completing the filming of InCountry. Her early interest in actingled to her film debut at age ten in1995 (billed as ‘Willa Glen’) in theNew Line Cinema comedy Nowand Then, which starred (and wasproduced by) her mother.

She also appeared in the filmStriptease with her mother in 1996before turning her attentions toschool studies. She returned to thescreen in 2005 alongside her fatherin the thriller Hostage, continuingwith roles in the films FromWithin and Whore as well as inepisodes of the television series“CSI: NY”, “Army Wives” and

“Miss Guided”. She was named‘Miss Golden Globe’ in 2008, buther appearance as the show’saward presenter was delayed untilthe next year when the programwas suspended due to a WritersGuild strike.

JAMIE CHUNG (Claire) iswell known to television viewers asthe star of the ABC Family pro-duction of “Samurai Girl” as wellas a co-star (alongside DemiLovato and Selena Gomez) in theDisney Channel film “PrincessProtection Program.” She has alsobeen busy onscreen, starring in thefantasy adventure featureDragonball: Evolution with EmmyRossum and Yun-Fat Chow, as wellas winning smaller roles in thefilms I Now Pronounce You Chuck &Larry and Burning Palms. She wasrecently cast in the WarnerBrothers film Sucker Punch and is

currently filming the Adam Sandlerfilm Grown Ups from ColumbiaPictures. The San Francisco nativehas worked steadily in televisionproductions such as “Days of OurLives”, “Veronica Mars”, “ER”,“CSI:NY” and “Greek” beforelanding her starring role as‘Heaven’ in “Samurai Girl”.

MARGO HARSHMAN(Chugs) is a familiar face to televi-sion audiences, having been a reg-ular on the series “Even Stevens”(opposite Shia LaBeouf), “Run ofthe House” (with Joey Lawrence)and “Center of the Universe”(starring with John Goodman).The San Diego-born actress was aveteran of beauty pageants andcommunity theatre by the age ofeleven, when she began audition-ing for commercials and actingroles in Los Angeles. She made heracting debut in the film The Elf

Who Didn’t Believe in 1997, going onto appear in such television pro-ductions as “Murphey’s Dozen”,“Titletown” and “Recipe forDisaster” before winning her piv-otal role in “Even Stevens”. Shehas also guest starred on suchseries as “Boston Legal”, “Withouta Trace”, “Everwood”, “Grey’sAnatomy”, “Journeyman” and“90210”. Her hobbies includemusic and surfing, as well as volun-teering for charities such as theSpecial Olympics and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

AUDRINA PATRIDGE(Megan) has become a sought aftercelebrity as well as an actress thanksto the runaway success of her star-ring role (and acting debut) in thehit MTV television series “TheHills”, now in its fifth season. Herexposure in that series has led toopportunities in film acting (star-

ring in the MGM Entertainmentfilm Into the Blue 2), televisionappearances (on the Fox Networkseries “Mad TV” and “Do NotDisturb”) and fashion design (she isthe face of Divine Rights ofDenim). Born in SouthernCalifornia, her early interest in act-ing was given a boost by a chanceencounter with a casting agent for“The Hills” while she was loungingby her apartment house pool in LosAngeles in 2004. She is also anaccomplished artist and enjoys mar-tial arts, dancing and kickboxing inher spare time.

CAROLINE D’AMORE(Maggie) has an aura ofRenaissance woman around her,having earned a living since the ageof sixteen as a top model, soughtafter party DJ, fashion designerand restaurant owner as well as abusy actress. Born and raised in

the Los Angeles area, she helped inher parents’ pizza business as achild before entering modeling atage sixteen in New York City.Success soon followed, leading herto appearing in magazines such asVogue and Teen Vogue and beingfeatured in print advertisementsfor such companies as PellegrinoWater and Deere Colbourn hand-bags. She made her acting debut inthe film Daydreamer in 2007, fol-lowed by roles in such televisionseries as “90210” and“Entourage”. She most recentlycompleted roles in the films Rollersand Pizza with Bullets. As a busi-ness owner, she recently foundedher own clothing line, D’Amore byMarceau, which features herswimwear designs. Along with hersister, Bonnie, she has opened herown pizza restaurant, D’Amore’sPizza, in Tarzana, California.