When an innocent game of 'Murder' results in the accidental death of a young girl, the ... more
remaining children involved vow never to tell anyone what happened. Seven years pass and the children are now teenagers, preparing for their Senior Prom. Celebrations are cast aside, however, when each person receives a phone call from someone who witnessed the event all those years ago...
If youre not back by midnight, you wont be coming home...April 1973 - a game of Murder ... more
between schoolfriends results in the tragic, accidental death of a young girl. Terrified of the consequences, the children make a pact never to tell anyone but their actions have been witnessed by someone hiding in the shadows.Seven years pass...Its the anniversary of the little girls death and the same group of schoolfriends are now preparing for their Senior Prom. The preparations are tainted, however, by a series of cryptic phone calls from the person who saw what they did all those years ago. Their Prom Night should be the time of their lives, but none of them bargained an axe-wielding, homicidal maniac coming to the party..This horror pastiche of the slasher genre stars Jamie Lee Curtis (John Carpenters HALLOWEEN, TRUE LIES) and Leslie Nielsen (AIRPLANE, NAKED GUN) and, as a horror movie, it has everything - decapitations, revenge, axe-murders and escaped lunatics, all to the beat of a pounding Disco soundtrack. PROM NIGHT was nominated for Best Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Best Film Editing in Canadas 1980 Genie Awards.
Three years ago, Donna (Brittany Snow, John Tucker Must Die) watched in horror as an ... more
obsessed predator (Johnathon Schaech, That Thing You Do!) murdered her family. Tonight is her senior prom and although she's anxious about the past, she's excited to celebrate her future with her friends. What Donna doesn't know is that the deranged psychopath has escaped from the asylum. He's returned to hunt her down, intent on killing anyone who gets in his way. As the night races towards its heart-pounding conclusion, the question becomes not who will be prom queen, but who will survive the killer's rampage.
If you're not back by midnight... you won't be coming home! A little girl is accidently ... more
killed playing a game with other kids in an old deserted schoolhouse. The kids swear to silence but someone saw them do it. Six years later the same kids are anticipating the senior Prom and the night of their life. However that shadow from the tress - the one who saw their deed - has chosen this night to seek revenge. It is going to be a Prom no one will forget...
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Production Year: 2006 - Horror - Director: Dave Payne - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Michael Ironside, Arielle Kebbel, Derek Richardson, Devon Gummersall
Production Year: 1981 - Horror - Director: David Cronenberg - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Stephen Lack, Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside
Advantages: It's under 90-minutes Disadvantages: Tired old cliches of genre, no scares, tame
Has it really come to this? We're now being offered up remakes of seventies horror films that aren't even remakes, they're just borrowing the name.
Next along on this rancid meat train is PromNight, a film that puts the Ho Hum in Horror.
The Prom is the pinnacle of the year for high school seniors, a chance for students to let their hair down, smuggle in some booze and generally act more annoying that usual.
Our heroine Donna is dressed up and ready to move on with her life. She's still suffering the mental scars of having her family murdered by her former teacher who took obsession to a whole new level. But as the prom get's underway, wouldn't you know it, the crazy killer has escaped from his mental institution and is ready to put his knife skills in operation.
What ensues for about 80-minutes is bland and boring mix ...
Advantages: Chosen to reboot of the original Prom Night instead of remaking Disadvantages: Average characters and predicatable ending
***Why I watched the film***
As an avid horror fan, I try my best to go to the cinema to see any new horror films however as my partner is not a proper horror fan I tend to watch them on DVD as soon as they are released.
As my parents share my enthusiasm I have seen the original film so I was keen to see if the film had been totally rebooted or just simply remade.
***The cast***
Brittany Snow (John Tucker Must Die, Hairspray 2007)
Scott Porter (Friday Night Lights ? TV)
Jessica Stroup (The Hills Have Eyes 2)
Dana Davies (Coach Carter, Heroes ? TV)
Kellan Lutz (Twighlight, 90210 - TV)
***The plot***
Donna (Snow) has spent the last few years living with her aunt and uncle after her parents and younger brother were killed by the teacher that stalked her.
Cut to the day of her prom and she is finally ready to move on and have ...
Promnight is yet another remake about Donna Keppel, a girl, who, three years ago, saw her mother murdered before her very eyes by Richard Fenton, one of her high school teachers who has become obsessed with her. Tonight, it's her senior prom, and along with her friends, want to make it a night to remember. And it will be, but for all the wrong reasons...
If you're a fan of horror movies, avoid this, you've seen much better elsewhere. If not, don't see this because this will not show you how good a horror movie can be, quite the opposite in fact.
The cliches are too many to count. Everyone is impossibly handsome, you've got generic rock/indie band # 40987 playing tunes you won't remember 5 minutes from now and the characters barely register. The general shock tricks are pulled out here, from characters appearing out of the darkness ...
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Release date
24/10/2005
No of Discs
4
Catalogue No
7952333
Barcode
5027626233341
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Four features. In 'Prom Night' Jamie Lee Curtis continued her post-'Halloween' horror streak with this 1980 offering concerning the bloody avenging of the accidental death of a young girl six years later when those responsible are celebrating their prom. Also features: 'Prom Night II - Hello Mary Lou', 'Prom Night III - The Last Kiss', and 'Prom Night IV - Deliver Us From Evil'.
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