Prom Night (1980)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Paul Lynch

Writers:

William Gray (screenplay)
Robert Guza Jr. (story)

Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

There's a special night in the lives of all of us. A night to be beautiful. To be desirable. A night we can break all the rules and make our own. Prom night.

Plot:

A masked killer stalks four teens responsible for the accidential death of a child six years earlier at their high school's senior prom.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Prom | Killer | Hiding | Night

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Mr. Raymond Hammond
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Kim Hammond
Casey Stevens	...	Nick McBride
Anne-Marie Martin	...	Wendy Richards (as Eddie Benton)
Antoinette Bower	...	Mrs. 'Vi' Hammond
Michael Tough	...	Alex Hammond
Robert A. Silverman	...	Mr. Sanford Sykes (as Robert Silverman)
Pita Oliver	...	Vicki Cantrell
David Mucci	...	Lou Farmer
Jeff Wincott	...	Drew Shinnick
Mary Beth Rubens	...	Kelly Lynch (as Marybeth Rubens)
George Touliatos	...	Lt. Darryl McBride
Melanie Morse MacQuarrie	...	Henri-Anne Weller
David Gardner	...	Dr. Rupert Fairchild
Joy Thompson	...	Jude Cunningham

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1981) (theatrical release) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2005) (DVD) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1983) (video) | France:-12 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:X (original rating) (1980) | Italy:T (VHS) | Italy:VM18 | Australia:M | Norway:18 (1980) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1987) | USA:R | West Germany:18 (nf) | Iceland:(Banned) | Sweden:(Banned) (original rating) | Sweden:(Banned) (re-rating) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Don Mills Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Quadrant Trust Company

Trivia:

The line, "It's not who you come with, it's who takes you home," appears in all the Prom Night movies.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Kim is in the empty gym dancing, Wendy shows up to confront her. When the camera is on Kim you can see the boom mic coming from the bottom of the screen. Also on the wide reverse on Wendy the mike is visible at the top of the frame.

Quotes:

Young Nick: [after Robin falls out the window and dies] We've got to get somebody, quick.
Young Wendy: Are you crazy? They'll put us in jail. If we tell anybody they'll say it's our fault. Who would believe it was an accident?
Young Nick: But what if...
Young Wendy: Listen to me, we'll go home now and never ever tell anyone. No one but us will ever know. Jude, swear?
Young Jude: I swear.
Young Wendy: Kelly? Kelly!
Young Kelly: I don't want to go to jail!
Young Wendy: Swear?
Young Kelly: I swear.
Young Wendy: Nick? Nick!
[...]

Movie Connections:

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Soundtrack:

It's Time To Turn Around

A somewhat good slasher film.

I really didn't know what to expect with Prom Night all I really knew was that it was an old 80s slasher film with Jamie Lee Curtis.Also seeing how I like those old slasher films so I thought id like this.I did I thought it was somewhat good, gotta say I've seen better and I've seen worse.Well, it seemed very cheesy at times, and had a lot of stuff that seemed a bit unnecessary(like the over use of dancing and high school drama).Also at the beginning the acting from all the kids was very poor, and the killer seemed a bit like a spaz at times.Also it felt like it needed more to the slasher formula, like more people needed to be killed off.But, the chase scenes were kinda cool and its tone of revenge seemed believable and I liked the twist ending.So overall I really think you would not be missing out on anything great if you decide not to see this, but its worth at least 1 viewing.

7.2 out of 10 stars