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      Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

      R 1989 1h 37m Horror List
      Reviews 16% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Dead Mary Lou comes back again 30 years later, to seduce a high-schooler (Tim Conlon) and kill people. Read More Read Less

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      Charles T In the third, but not the last, entry in the series, the horror is played for laughs. Alex (Tim Conlon) is an average high school student, and he is tired of it. His height is average, his shoe size is average, his grades are average, there is nothing special about him except his relationships with his girlfriend Sarah (Cyndy Preston) and best friend Shane (David Stratton). Luckily, Mary Lou Maloney (Courtney Taylor) has escaped from hell and is headed back to her old high school. Mary Lou was wronged in the past and decides to help Alex. He is soon the star of the football team, making the honor roll, and has the love of Mary Lou to thank for it all. The problem is Mary Lou is killing those who have hindered Alex in the past, and Alex is burying the bodies in the school's football field. Alex's parents celebrate their son's newfound popularity and scholastic abilities by giving him a motorcycle, but Sarah and Shane have cut themselves off from him, not knowing who he is anymore. The school's prom is fast approaching, and the bodies start turning up. When a horror comedy works, it can really work. Some of Stuart Gordon's films come to mind, or Tobe Hooper's. "Ghostbusters" wasn't perfect, but it had laughs. This film has the distinction of failing as both a comedy and a horror film. While two people are credited with directing, some of the camera angles do not work. The physical placement of the camera is wrong for many scenes, like when shoved in the face of actor Conlon. One time is enough, but the film makers revert back to this angle often. The script has few funny scenes, and the gallows humor never works. The actors are okay, but they are five to ten years too old for their parts. The special effects are shoddy. Cheap glowing animation punctuates cheap gore effects. I can see that this started as a really bizarre bloodbath, but it is trapped by its sequel origins, and never gets going. The finale is predictable and dopey. "Prom Night III: The Last Kiss" sucks. Hello Mary Lou, goodbye an hour and a half of my life. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/15/23 Full Review ryan s 3.5/5. This is a more of a wacky Nightmare on Elm Steert rip-off than a true Prom Night sequel, but hey, I prefer it this way. If you're going to do a rip-off, I'm glad it's at least a creative one. This is a fun, if stupid movie, and a lot more entertaining and funny than I expected. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Liam D While not the worst Prom Night movie but the writer and directors Peter R. Simpson (Blown Away, Iron Eagle IV) and Ron Oliver (Third Man Out, Beethoven's Treasure Tail) don't get the even tone Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/24/21 Full Review Emil T The 'Prom Night' series is actually not so bad...each movie (so far) is entirely its own thing and brings something different to the table. Although this third entry into the series hasn't aged gracefully, it's certainly at least a fun time. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/20 Full Review steve d The wheels are completely off at this point. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A fairly decent follow-up to "Hello Mary Lou". Some great deaths and fun one-liners. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy As cheap and as horrendously acted as you'd ever want a DTV movie released in 1990 to be. Rated: 3/10 Aug 23, 2013 Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...easily as ineffective as its two predecessors... Rated: 1/4 Jul 25, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 31, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Dead Mary Lou comes back again 30 years later, to seduce a high-schooler (Tim Conlon) and kill people.
      Director
      Ron Oliver, Peter R. Simpson
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Sep 23, 2003
      Runtime
      1h 37m
      Sound Mix
      Stereo