Prom Night

R

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1h 29m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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48%

23 Reviews

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34%

10,000+ Ratings

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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.

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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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Thom G

Prom Night exhibits uneven execution, characterized by fluctuations in the story and an erratic pace, likely to elicit mixed reactions. While it offers some satisfying moments for an evening's entertainment, particularly for fans of 80's slashers, it falls short of being groundbreaking.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/26/24

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Rich S

Jamie Lee Curtis (and Leslie Nielsen!) in the worst of her slasher-film appearances.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Joel H

If disco wasn't dead already, Prom Night would have killed it. I wasn't expecting much from this forgotten slasher flick and yet it continuously let me down. After the bizarre opening scene, nothing happens for the next hour or so. I found myself begging the film to kill someone just to stop the inane conversations and extended dance sequences. The killer's whispery voice is too ridiculous to be intimidating, the story is one high school horror movie cliché after another, and it ends like an after-school special. The original Friday the 13th isn't great, but it's better than its competitor, Prom Night.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/23

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Will G. F

It's a cult classic for a reason and that is because JLC is a queen.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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Edward F

Not amazing, but solid

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/02/23

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Unclericos T

A fun 80s slasher worth at least seeing once.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/07/23

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Paul Lynch

Director

Leslie Nielsen

Mr. Hammond

Jamie Lee Curtis

Kim

Casey Stevens

Nick

Anne-Marie Martin

Wendy

Antoinette Bower

Mrs. Jammons

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Variety

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.

Apr 10, 2008

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Time Out

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

Jun 24, 2006

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Why do people go to these movies?

Rated: 0.5/4

Oct 23, 2004

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John Brosnan

Starburst

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.

Jul 26, 2022

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

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.

Rated: 4/10

Sep 7, 2020

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Larry Vitacco

Philadelphia Gay News

[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.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 27, 2020

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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
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)

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