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Overall Rank: 12111

Average Rating: 2.3/4

# of Ratings: 53

Theatrical Release Date: 08/15/1980

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Horror

MPAA Rating: R

Director: Paul Lynch

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Michael Tough

Plot: Six years ago a group of friends caused a horrible accident and vowed
never to speak of it to anyone. Now, on their prom night, someone knows
their secret and wants revenge. -- Chris Kavan

Matthew Brady - wrote on 10/01/2023

Jamie Lee Curtis is the only cast member to go on to be an Oscar winner. I don’t know what to do with that information. I loved the kill scenes, as they got a huge reaction out of me due to how over-the-top it gets. Also, Leslie Nielsen is in this!? Like another horror slasher film called The Buring, which starred a young Jason Alexander and Holly Hunter. I guess this was before Leslie Nielsen's comedy peak. We all start somewhere.

Indyfreak - wrote on 01/01/2020

Prom Night has a great premise and the opening scene shows promise. Unfortunately it’s pretty boring. And aside from Jamie Lee Curtis’ character, everyone else is thoroughly unlikable. Also, the lighting is extremely dark and I could barely see anything for half of the movie.

Kyle(The Rebel) - wrote on 08/27/2012

Superb mystery/slasher film with Jamie Lee Curtis really shining in the lead role. The look on her face when she realized who the killer is...it's priceless. Scary horror film with a haunting score, and Leslie Nielsen is great as Curtis's father.

Franz Patrick
Movie God

Not as Terrible as the 2008 Update

Franz Patrick - wrote on 05/17/2009

I decided to see this classic (but horrendous) slasher flick because I was curious about how different it was compared to the 2008 version. Although both are pretty bad, I can stand this one a bit more because I could sympathize with Jamie Lee Curtis’ character. Even though she’s not in it as much as I wanted her to (considering she’s the supposed star of the film), she made the best of her scenes, especially that dated dancing sequence during the prom. After six years of a little girl’s death, a masked serial killer decides to kill one by one those who are responsible. It’s a simple premise that could’ve been effective. Unfortunately, the stalker scenes lacked suspense, the kills weren’t creative and all of the characters are one-dimensional. That’s a common trap in the …

kcvidkid
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2 proms for the price of 1 (1980)

kcvidkid - wrote on 05/13/2008

I have an obsessive compulsion to revisit the original movie when its remake is released in theaters. I just love to compare and contrast, then bitch about how the new one is not as good as its source material.

But something different happened with "Prom Night", not the least of which, this year's version seems to have borrowed only the title and most general of concepts from the 1980 version. Also, neither one is very good, the quality of the new one actually edging out the earlier version by the slimmest of margins.

I remember seeing the first "Prom Night" when it was first released in theaters in July of 1980. While I could not tell you much about it 28 years later, I do remember not particularly liking it. Upon my recent viewing, it is indeed a poor attempt to capitalize on …