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Prom Night

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Prom Night (1980)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:5

Rotten:12

Average Rating:4.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: A girl plummets to her death while fleeing from the taunts of four vicious classmates. Years pass: it is now prom night for the children who survived the incident, and someone -- or some thing --... A girl plummets to her death while fleeing from the taunts of four vicious classmates. Years pass: it is now prom night for the children who survived the incident, and someone -- or some thing -- is taking vengeance against them for their childhood sin. One by one, they drop. [More]

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Casey Stevens, Antoinette Bower

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Casey Stevens, Antoinette Bower

Director: Paul Lynch

Director: Paul Lynch

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Feb 17, 1998

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Pop Culture Rule No. 1: Wait long enough and even the stinkiest trash gets recycled into art.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
09/01/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
N/R

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

Unusually incompetent from start to finish...

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
07/25/08
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

By the time the killer fully emerges from the shadows, clad head to toe in black, leaping around like some Filipino ripoff of Spider-Man 3, the game is pretty much lost.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
04/12/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

The prom setting does little except provide the opportunity for a ridiculous disco interlude, while the killings are nasty rather than scary or effective and the outcome eminently guessable.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/10/08
Channel 4 Film

You'll just have to enjoy the scenes of Curtis disco-dancing and wonderful moments such as when the severed head of a victim rolls across the dance floor.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
04/10/08
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Director Paul Lynch seems to capture the spirit of the genre here, but spends a little too much time setting up each murder, thus eliminating some suspense.

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04/10/08
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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so so so boring

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02/21/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

If you forget motivation, the visual trick-or-treat of slow revenge is entertaining enough.

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06/24/06
Time Out

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07/05/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Great soundtrack.

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04/20/05
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Now this is a horror classic!

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03/11/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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03/04/05
Michelle Alexandria
Michelle Alexandria
Eclipse Magazine

Why do people go to these movies?

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Because it's quite easy to figure out the killer's identity by simply keeping track of who is off screen a lot, much of the movie is just vamping for time.

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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
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07/26/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
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Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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07/25/02
Scott Weinberg
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