Poor remake of a not-so-great horror slasher movie.
Added 3/18/2010
3 years ago, Donna Keppel (Betthany Snow) was devestated to find her family murdered by a mad psycho named Richard Fenton (Johnation Schaech) as she now lives with her aunt (Jessalyn Gigslig) and uncle (Linden Ashby). As her friends like boyfriend Bobby (Scott Porter), Lisa (Dana Davis), Claire (Jessica Strot), Ronnie (Collins Pennie) and Michael (Kelly Blatz) are gonna spend a night at one of the town's grand hotels as the senoir prom is being held over there. However Detective Winn (Idris Elba) has some problems as the killer has escaped from the mental institute to become a party crasher killing off the students in their rooms and at the Prom.
In-name-only remake of 1980's not-so-classic slasher flick "Prom Night" which originally starred Jamie Lee Curtis. The whole film is one big mess! i mean the film does have bad acting and direction. One of the biggest problems with this one is that it's a dull slasher flick with no imagination, no good kills or even a sense of fun as it's a total loser.
This Blu-Ray offers terrific sound and picture quality but that still doesn't make up for the movie not even the unrated version here. The extras are plenty such as commentary, deleted scenes, alternate ending, gag reel, video yearbook, bonus view PIP, storyboard track, featurettes, trailer and TV Spot.
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DONT MESS WITH THE ORIGINAL!!
Added 1/13/2010
THEY ALWAYS screw up with these lame re-makes, like pyscho, leave well enough alone. loved the original prom night..this version was crap
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Fun with closets
Added 1/6/2010
I saw the "Unrated" version of this film, and find it unbelievable that there could actually be a more watered down version than this. I have seen more blood when I cut myself shaving. I usually find blood in horror films to be gratuitous and overdone, but it's unrealistically understated in this film, which I'm sure will disappoint real horror fans. If you saw the PG13 version, the unrated is no better. This movie is really just a movie about a prom and overblown relationships between over-indulged teens that happens to have an obsessed slasher in it, rather than a slasher/thriller. We are shown the killer at the very start of the film as he falls for the "hiding under the bed trick" for the first time. It's one of the girl's teachers that looks like a cross between Jesus and Charles Manson. Three years of therapy pass, and the girl is getting ready for prom when the killer escapes from the mental institution and is wearing a clever disguise that makes him look like a cross between Billy Bob Thornton and Harry Connick Jr. He actually just got a shave and haircut, but nobody recognizes him. Must've been the ball cap. Truly a master of disguise. The police decide to stake out the prom, and what a prom it is. Red carpet and ropes, grand ballroom, it makes the Oscars look like league night at the bowling alley. The rest of the film is kids crying about going off to college as Billy Bob stabs everyone in sight. He does have the fastest, most deliberate stabbing motion that I've ever seen, and the killings take about 3 seconds as the victims go as limp as a gazelle in a lions jaws. No defensive wounds here. There will be none of that long, drawn out murder like the shower scene by that Hitchcock guy, cuz Billy Bob's motto is "Git'er done", besides, they are about to announce the King and Queen.
This movie is basically one big collection of every overused cliche ever devised, minus the screeching black cat. Open a door, someone's there, close a door, someone's there, yank back the shower curtain, hide under the bed, cue pigeons, hide uner the bed again, yank back another shower curtain, fiddle in closet, take your meds, walk backwards, check closet again, run into lamp, yank back shower curtain, so that's what happened to the maid's body. I guess it never hurts to look. While this movie isn't really appallingly bad, it's still pretty bad. I did make it to the end, which is more than I can say for "Black Christmas", but I think alot of that has to do with how much fun I was having playing Nostradamus for my kid as I predicted every move onscreen, and at one point even got the dialog word for word. Extra bonus points for the dialog. It might make a good drinking game. It was THAT predictable, and since predictability is the opposite of suspense, this movie is a huge FAIL. There's no blood, guts, nudity, suspense, terror, good music, sympathetic characters, comedy, drama, nothing except pretty people at a dance.
Move along folks, there's nothing to see here. Now I'm off to walk backwards into my bathroom to pull back the shower curtain, then check my closet again. Housekeeping? Where's that darn maid?
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You know the point in scary movies where...
Added 11/14/2009
...somebody does something really stupid and everyone hates them for it? well this was a 90 minutes movie of stupidness. Honestly, I found myself yelling at the screen saying "don't go back there". Truthfully this was a pointless movie, predictable in every way, and the characters were just too stupid to survive.
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What's the Point...?
Added 11/4/2009
What was the point of this?
I know that movies are made to make money and the simplest movie to turn a buck is the teen slasher film. No thought, all formula. But this particular film is so empty and soul-less that I was overwhelmed with the numbness of indifference. The villain isn't that interesting. The kids solemnly spout lines that were used a bridges between the songs in GREASE ("The prom is the end of school--what if we never see each other again!"). The production values are good, which only highlights the utter lameness of the proceedings.
In the 70s and 80s, drive-in horror flicks provided fun through over-the-top violence, ridiculous storylines, and hot chicks in various stages of undress. Well, it looks like we've progressed in our politically-correct thinking that even the cheap drive-in horror movie doesn't indulge in the same old thrills anymore.
So what does that leave?
Not a whole lot. Just take a look at this PROM NIGHT.
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Poor remake of a not-so-great horror slasher movie.
Added 3/18/2010
3 years ago, Donna Keppel (Betthany Snow) was devestated to find her family murdered by a mad psycho named Richard Fenton (Johnation Schaech) as she now lives with her aunt (Jessalyn Gigslig) and uncle (Linden Ashby). As her friends like boyfriend Bobby (Scott Porter), Lisa (Dana Davis), Claire (Jessica Strot), Ronnie (Collins Pennie) and Michael (Kelly Blatz) are gonna spend a night at one of the town's grand hotels as the senoir prom is being held over there. However Detective Winn (Idris Elba) has some problems as the killer has escaped from the mental institute to become a party crasher killing off the students in their rooms and at the Prom.
In-name-only remake of 1980's not-so-classic slasher flick "Prom Night" which originally starred Jamie Lee Curtis. The whole film is one big mess! i mean the film does have bad acting and direction. One of the biggest problems with this one is that it's a dull slasher flick with no imagination, no good kills or even a sense of fun as it's a total loser.
This Blu-Ray offers terrific sound and picture quality but that still doesn't make up for the movie not even the unrated version here. The extras are plenty such as commentary, deleted scenes, alternate ending, gag reel, video yearbook, bonus view PIP, storyboard track, featurettes, trailer and TV Spot.
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DONT MESS WITH THE ORIGINAL!!
Added 1/13/2010
THEY ALWAYS screw up with these lame re-makes, like pyscho, leave well enough alone. loved the original prom night..this version was crap
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Fun with closets
Added 1/6/2010
I saw the "Unrated" version of this film, and find it unbelievable that there could actually be a more watered down version than this. I have seen more blood when I cut myself shaving. I usually find blood in horror films to be gratuitous and overdone, but it's unrealistically understated in this film, which I'm sure will disappoint real horror fans. If you saw the PG13 version, the unrated is no better. This movie is really just a movie about a prom and overblown relationships between over-indulged teens that happens to have an obsessed slasher in it, rather than a slasher/thriller. We are shown the killer at the very start of the film as he falls for the "hiding under the bed trick" for the first time. It's one of the girl's teachers that looks like a cross between Jesus and Charles Manson. Three years of therapy pass, and the girl is getting ready for prom when the killer escapes from the mental institution and is wearing a clever disguise that makes him look like a cross between Billy Bob Thornton and Harry Connick Jr. He actually just got a shave and haircut, but nobody recognizes him. Must've been the ball cap. Truly a master of disguise. The police decide to stake out the prom, and what a prom it is. Red carpet and ropes, grand ballroom, it makes the Oscars look like league night at the bowling alley. The rest of the film is kids crying about going off to college as Billy Bob stabs everyone in sight. He does have the fastest, most deliberate stabbing motion that I've ever seen, and the killings take about 3 seconds as the victims go as limp as a gazelle in a lions jaws. No defensive wounds here. There will be none of that long, drawn out murder like the shower scene by that Hitchcock guy, cuz Billy Bob's motto is "Git'er done", besides, they are about to announce the King and Queen.
This movie is basically one big collection of every overused cliche ever devised, minus the screeching black cat. Open a door, someone's there, close a door, someone's there, yank back the shower curtain, hide under the bed, cue pigeons, hide uner the bed again, yank back another shower curtain, fiddle in closet, take your meds, walk backwards, check closet again, run into lamp, yank back shower curtain, so that's what happened to the maid's body. I guess it never hurts to look. While this movie isn't really appallingly bad, it's still pretty bad. I did make it to the end, which is more than I can say for "Black Christmas", but I think alot of that has to do with how much fun I was having playing Nostradamus for my kid as I predicted every move onscreen, and at one point even got the dialog word for word. Extra bonus points for the dialog. It might make a good drinking game. It was THAT predictable, and since predictability is the opposite of suspense, this movie is a huge FAIL. There's no blood, guts, nudity, suspense, terror, good music, sympathetic characters, comedy, drama, nothing except pretty people at a dance.
Move along folks, there's nothing to see here. Now I'm off to walk backwards into my bathroom to pull back the shower curtain, then check my closet again. Housekeeping? Where's that darn maid?
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