Prom Night

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Prom Night

R

1980

1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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45%

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22 Reviews

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This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, but when they start being murdered, one by one, it's clear that someone knows the truth. Also coping with the past are members of the dead girl's family, most notably her prom-queen sister, Kim Hammond.

Critics Consensus

Horror aficionados might have a ball with Prom Night, but a lack of mystery and inability to capitalize on the dance hall setting makes for a generic night of mayhem.

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Variety Staff

Variety

04/10/2008

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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Time Out

06/24/2006

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

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

10/23/2004

0.5/4

Why do people go to these movies?

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John Brosnan

Starburst

07/26/2022

Prom Night proves once again that it's not sufficient to simply rip-off a successful movie formula — you've got to add something to it, even if it's simply coming up with ingenious new ways of disposing of your victims.

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

09/07/2020

4/10

While it endeavors to be genuinely scary, it rarely succeeds, only becoming a cult B-movie due to boundary-pushing violence, which has since been tremendously surpassed.

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Larry Vitacco

Philadelphia Gay News

05/27/2020

2.5/4

[Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis] perform well. In fact, Curtis (an alumna of Halloween and The Fog, and soon to be seen in Terror Train) is very good... it would be great to watch her perform in a riproaring comedy or a searing drama.

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Brenden D

@WestWardReviews 4d

An 80s Horror Slasher Classic That Is Certainly A Product Of Its Time. I Dug It Enough, Although Some Of The Stoey Reminds Me Of Elements Of The Show "His & Hers" Where A Lot Of The People Are Just Unpleasant And Outside Of Jamie Lee curtis' Family, There's No One To Root For People Who Wronged Her In The Past Are Now Either Close To Her And It Mzkes You Feel Gross, Or They're Downright Awful To Her And You Want To See Them Taken Out. One Creep In The Film Literally Tries To Assault Her Like A Predator. The Killer Definitely Goes For The Creepy Vibes, But Some Of Their Movements Are Bizzare. I Can't Believe It Didn't Realize Who The Killer Was, It Felt So Obvious. The Final Reveal Plays Strange With The Music Snd Lack Of Consequence For The Survivor. Some People Make Terrible Survival Choices. I Dug The Disco Scene, Like The Esthetics, And The Erie Creepy 80s Vibe. Still Some Fun To Be Had Here. C+ 5.6-6.6/10 Worth A Watch For Horror Slasher Fans

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Ricky M.

@RT93491117 Apr 28

Movie drags for a solid hour. The murders don’t even start until the last thirty minutes. But it was interesting to see Leslie Nielsen in a non-comedy film.

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Charles T.

@CharlesGaming1000 Mar 27

Its a classic funny characters solid preforms and an awesome sequence with the main character and her love interest if its good enough for Jenna Ortega its Good enough for you

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Mar 27

I can't imagine anybody liking this if they didn't watch it in their youth. I did - and I think it's pretty groovy.

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Julian C

@juliancooper_12 Mar 22

The movie lacks suspense and all of the kills happen within the last 30 minutes of the film. The final reveal of the killer is very obvious. It feels more like a prom drama film than a horror film

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Jeepers C

@RT12312147 Mar 8

I don't know why this movie gets all the negative reviews when overrated Scream movies get treated like they are masterpieces.

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Synopsis

This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, but when they start being murdered, one by one, it's clear that someone knows the truth. Also coping with the past are members of the dead girl's family, most notably her prom-queen sister, Kim Hammond.

Director: Paul Lynch
Producer: Peter R. Simpson
Distributor: Astral Films
Production Co: Guardian Trust Company
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 18, 1980, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 31, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)