Calling it a great, or even a good, movie would be a mistake, but as genre programmers go, it mostly gets the job done.
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04/14/08
Prom Night (2008)
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Reviews Counted:58
Fresh:5
Rotten:53
Average Rating:2.7/10
Consensus: A dim and predictable remake of an already dull slasher film, this Prom Night fails to be memorable.
Theatrical Release:Apr 11, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $43,818,159
Synopsis: It's been three years since her family was murdered by a teacher obsessed with her, and Donna (Brittany Snow) is getting ready to go to the prom with her boyfriend, Bobby (Scott Porter). Now living... [More]
Starring: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup, Dana Davis
Director: Nelson McCormick
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Reviews for Prom Night
A bland, timid and thoroughly un-thrilling teen thriller.
04/14/08
Top CriticIf early slasher films, as their critics claimed, punished teens for having sex, the new 'Prom Night' punishes teens for their conspicuous consumption (stretch limos, hotel suites, and so on).
04/21/08
It's a bore, even taking into account unintentional moments of humor that resulted in audience members jeering. This is a case study for Filmmaking Ineptitude 101.
04/11/08
Top CriticDirector Nelson McCormick has assembled a fairly valuable compendium of almost every kind of false scare known to exist.
04/15/08
I liked the way in which the teens find ever-more elaborate pretexts to take themselves off, alone, into the darkness to investigate this or that.
10/18/08
For being such a raging cliche, I was surprised at the fact that I really didn't get that bored with it.
04/11/08
For a film about erotomania, Prom Night is a curiously flaccid affair.
04/14/08
Top CriticThere's no need to wear a corsage to Prom Night. And leaving your higher brain functions at home might be a good idea, too.
04/17/08
Top CriticThis date is a dud.
04/14/08
Snow makes an appealing lead but the movie is a routine slice em up thriller
04/14/08
For the talent behind the 2008 remake to have created a movie that’s completely different and yet even stupider than the original has to represent some kind of achievement.
04/11/08
Annoyingly, it's a rich premise that offers all sorts of possibilities...yet McCormick doesn't appear to be bothered.
06/06/08
By far the worst ‘slasher movie’ remake to date, replaying all the clichés, but delivering none of the guilty pleasures.
06/05/08
Often, fanboys offended by an unsolicited remake of an adored film say "Why don't they remake a bad movie?" Well, they have remade a bad movie, and the result is a worse movie.
04/13/08
It's tepid fare with a vacuous cast, particularly when compared with the previous version featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as the scream queen.
04/20/08
One of the most memorable nights in a teenager's young life is grist for a pretty unmemorable movie in this tame horror entry that follows conventions to the letter.
07/23/08
A caffeine-free horror that's just as dull, disappointing and dispiriting as attending a real high school prom.
06/06/08
It's a PG-13 slasher picture. This means the results are vaguely on par with having sex through a blanket.
04/16/08
What do you call a slasher movie with no slashing? Dull, for starters.
04/11/08
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