PROM
NIGHT
With
Brittany
Snow,
Johnathon
Schaech,
Scott
Porter,
Kellan
Lutz,
Dana
Davis,
Jessica
Stroup,
Ming-Na
Written
by
J.S.
Cardone
Directed
by
Nelson
McCormick
As
part
of
the
‘80s
slasher
remake
flood
of
recent
years,
Prom
Night
comes
in
as
a
not-too-terrible
installment.
Having
seen
everything
from
Friday
The
13th,
Halloween,
and
The
Funhouse,
to
My
Bloody
Valentine,
The
Burning
and
Nightmare
on
Elm
Street
at
the
time,
admittedly
I
never
caught
the
original
Prom
Night.
I
must
say,
its
sequel
title
of
Hello
Mary
Lou
Prom
Night
II
sounded
dumb
enough
for
me
to
avoid
the
first
one!
With
Prom
Night
it
is
not
a
case
of
a
senseless
masked
killing
machine
or
a
who-done-it
mystery
behind
the
slaughter.
The
perpetrator
in
question
is
an
obsessed
school
teacher
who
killed
Donna’s
family
three
years
ago.
He
was
locked
away,
but
on
her
prom
night
celebration
at
a
posh
hotel,
he
makes
his
return,
killing
anyone
who
comes
in
the
way
of
his
plan
to
have
them
together
forever.
For
the
most
part
it
goes
through
much
of
the
same
well-worn
motions
one
would
come
to
expect
of
a
stalking,
knife
wielding
killer,
but
it
has
more
of
a
twisted
psychological
love-story
at
its
core
than
a
body
count
and
creative
death
exercise.
Special
Features:
a
commentary
track
by
director
McCormack
and
cast
(Snow
&
Schaech);
several
featurettes
incl.
a
making-of,
a
killer
profile
and
a
look
at
the
gothic
feel
of
the
hotel
location;
real
prom
stories
from
the
cast;
blooper
reel;
and
a
brief,
but
not
very
different
alternate
ending.
3
/
C
-
Paul
Blom
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