Prom Night (1980)

Director:

Paul Lynch

Writers:

William Gray (screenplay)
Robert Guza Jr. (story)

Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Tonight, someone has come to the prom alone. Someone who watches in the silent corridors. Someone who waits until no one can help.

Plot:

A masked killer stalks four teens responsible for the accidential death of a child six years earlier at their high school's senior prom.

Plot Keywords:

Prom | High School | Killer | Masked Killer | Night

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Mr. Hammond
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Kim
Casey Stevens	...	Nick
Anne-Marie Martin	...	Wendy (as Eddie Benton)
Antoinette Bower	...	Mrs. Hammond
Michael Tough	...	Alex
Robert A. Silverman	...	Sykes (as Robert Silverman)
Pita Oliver	...	Vicki
David Mucci	...	Lou
Jeff Wincott	...	Drew
Mary Beth Rubens	...	Kelly (as Marybeth Rubens)
George Touliatos	...	McBride
Melanie Morse MacQuarrie	...	Henri-Anne
David Gardner	...	Dr. Fairchild
Joy Thompson	...	Jude

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1981) (theatrical release) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2005) (DVD) | Finland:K-18 (heavily cut) (1983) (video) | France:-12 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:X (original rating) (1980) | Italy:T (VHS) | Italy:VM18 | Australia:M | Norway:18 (1980) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1987) | USA:R | West Germany:18 (nf) | Iceland:(Banned) | Sweden:(Banned) (original rating) | Sweden:(Banned) (re-rating) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Don Mills Collegiate, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Quadrant Trust Company

Trivia:

Hamilton High is the one setting that all of the Prom Night movies have in common.

Goofs:

Continuity: Kim is at the kitchen table with her brother Alex. Kim has a necklace on. Kim asks Alex about having a date for the prom and all that is around her neck is a gold chain. The shot then cuts to Alex and then back to Kim and now there is a gold star hanging from her necklace.

Quotes:

Kim Hammond: You seem a little anxious, Wendy. By the way, who are going with tonight?
Wendy Richards: It's not who you go with, honey. It's who takes you home.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Scream 2 (1997)

Soundtrack:

Fade to Black

"Prom Night" is a standard, talky slasher movie.

Five children, who are playing a hide-and-seek game in an old house, accidentally kill one of their friends when she crashes out of a window. Six years later, someone knows about the crime, grabs an axe and a ski-mask, and proceeds to stalk the teenagers during prom night. This movie starts out slowly, with many boring scenes, but slowly degenerates into a quite watchable film. There are some good shocks, and the chase scene through the campus is riveting. It would have been better if it had better lighting though. Plus, the sound and picture are not very good. Overall, a mild film that takes to long to start, and just when it gets good, it ends too quickly. A must for Jamie Lee Curtis fans!