W. Peter Iliff, co-writer of classic ’90s films Point Break, Varsity Blues, and Patriot Games, makes his directorial debut with the white-knuckle thriller Rites of Passage. Wes Bentley stars as a psychotic loner looking to secretly perform an ancient Chumash Indian ritual on his secluded beach side property.

An unexpected visit from his brother and a group of drunk, sexed-up college kids complicates matters when their actions trigger the ire of Benny’s deranged meth-addicted groundskeeper Delgado, played by Christian Slater .

Costars include Stephen Dorf as anthropology teacher Nash, Secret Garden’s Kate Maberly as bikini-clad troublemaker Dani, and Briana Evigan who turns in one of the sexiest cat-and-mouse sequences ever committed to film as bootylicious party girl Penelope.

Rites of Passage arrives on DVD on Oct. 16 from Magnet Releasing. I caught a screening of it awhile back, and it was a blast.

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