A journalism student, Pamela Ludwig, enrolls at a Southern California university during a fraternity’s rush week, and strange occurrences begin to unfold. As young women disappear and the reports surrounding their absences seem minimized, she starts looking into things, which draws unwanted attention from someone wielding an axe. “Rush Week” is a mystery/slasher that initially appeared on video in the UK toward th…

It manages to be watchable, though it’s a very foreseeable 1980s slasher film with occasional amusingly bad stretches, but not quite good enough to suggest seeing it. Pamela Ludwig, the star, is pleasant to look at and delivers an adequate performance; however, most other aspects fall short. The finale feels like something straight out of a Scooby-Doo mystery. **2.25/5**