Prom Night (2008/I)

Director:

Nelson McCormick

Writer (WGA):

J.S. Cardone (written by)

Release Date:

11 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

A Party To Die For.

Plot:

Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Prom | Hotel | Killer | Murder

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Brittany Snow	...	Donna Keppel
Scott Porter	...	Bobby
Jessica Stroup	...	Claire
Dana Davis	...	Lisa Hines
Collins Pennie	...	Ronnie Heflin
Kelly Blatz	...	Michael
James Ransone	...	Detective Nash
Brianne Davis	...	Crissy Lynn
Kellan Lutz	...	Rick Leland
Mary Mara	...	Ms. Waters
Ming-Na Wen	...	Dr. Elisha Crowe (as Ming Wen)
Johnathon Schaech	...	Richard Fenton
Idris Elba	...	Detective Winn
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Aunt Karen Turner
Linden Ashby	...	Uncle Jack Turner
Jana Kramer	...	April
Rachel Specter	...	Taylor
Valeri Ross	...	Mrs. Hines
Lori Heuring	...	Mrs. Keppel
Jennie Vaughn	...	Donna's Stylist (as Jennie Lee Vaughn-Campbell)
Jay Phillips	...	DJ Tyler
Kevin Gould	...	Prom Photographer
Tom Tarantini	...	Inmate
Charles Hirsch	...	Clerk (as Charlie Hirsch)
Brian Oblak	...	Businessman
David Kaufman	...	Businessman
Ross Partridge	...	Businessman
Jacqueline Herrera	...	Maid
Hugh Scott	...	New Clerk
Nicholas James	...	Denny Harper (as Nick James)
Joshua Leonard	...	Bellhop
Andrew Fiscella	...	Officer
David Lowe	...	Officer
Shawn Driscoll	...	Officer Will
Marcuis Harris	...	Reporter
Troy Blendell	...	Reporter
Gina St. John	...	Reporter
Craig Susser	...	Officer Hicks
Nick DeMoura	...	Dancer
Morgan Nagatani	...	Dancer
Zena Foster	...	Dancer
Alex 'Shorty' Welch	...	Dancer (as Alex Welch)
Katie Orr	...	Dancer
Anthony Clark	...	Dancer
Allison Kyler	...	Dancer
Johnny Erasme	...	Dancer
Anthony Rue II	...	Dancer (as Anthony Rue)
Jennifer Talarico	...	Dancer (as Jen Talarico)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kellen DeRuy	...	Viking (uncredited)
Ken Hurst	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Tommy Kijas	...	Motorcycle Prom Kid (uncredited)
Kayla Laws	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Daphne Pe'a	...	Tiara Promgirl (uncredited)
Cory Rasmussen	...	Prom Attendee (uncredited)
Marciano Ricky	...	Cop (uncredited)

Directed by
Nelson McCormick

Writing credits (WGA)
J.S. Cardone		(written by)

Produced by
Christopher Ball	....	executive producer (as Chris J. Ball)
J.S. Cardone	....	executive producer
Marc Forby	....	executive producer
Glenn S. Gainor	....	executive producer
Toby Jaffe	....	producer
Bruce Mellon	....	executive producer
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer
William Tyrer	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Haslinger

Cinematography by
Checco Varese

Film Editing by
Jason Ballantine

Casting by
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger
David Rapaport

Production Design by
Jon Gary Steele

Art Direction by
Chris Cornwell

Set Decoration by
Traci Kirshbaum

Costume Design by
Lyn Paolo

Makeup Department
Bernadette Beauvais	....	makeup artist
Jennifer Greenberg	....	makeup artist
Robert Hall	....	special makeup designer: Almost Human Inc.
Zoe Hay	....	makeup artist
Eryn Krueger Mekash	....	makeup department head (as Eryn Krueger)
Mike Mekash	....	makeup artist (as Michael Mekash)
Debbie Mezera	....	office manager: Almost Human
Erik Porn	....	special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc.
K.G. Ramsey	....	hair stylist
Thomas Real	....	department head hair stylist
Mark Sanchez	....	makeup artist
Larry Waggoner	....	hair department head
Jay Wejebe	....	key makeup artist
Bret Mayo	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Nicolas Stern	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ingrid K. Behrens	....	second second assistant director
Adam Druxman	....	first assistant director
Lance Gilbert	....	second unit director
Danny Giles	....	second assistant director: second unit
James Moran	....	second assistant director
Marc Newland	....	day player second second assistant director

Art Department
Claudia Bonfe	....	set dressing buyer
James W. Boyce	....	set dresser
Max E. Brehme	....	property master
Paul Cunningham	....	set dressing gang boss
Jay Dupuy	....	plaster department head
David Eckert	....	assistant art director
David Elliott	....	construction coordinator
Michael A. Heath	....	prop paperwork
Brock Helfer	....	set dresser
Vinson Jae	....	stand-by painter
Mark Kelly	....	daily props assistant
Eric Koo	....	sculptor
Holiday Landa	....	art coordinator
Scott W. Leslie	....	assistant property master
Vincent Lucido	....	storyboard artist
Brett McKenzie	....	art department assistant
John Naehrlich	....	leadman
Christopher Schultz	....	assistant property master
Trey Shaffer	....	graphic designer
Kevan Weber	....	set dresser
Christopher L. Williamson	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Mark Agostino	....	pro tools operator
Willie D. Burton	....	production sound mixer
Ed Callahan	....	sound editor
Anthony J. Ciccolini III	....	supervising sound editor
Linda Folk	....	adr supervisor
Gregg Frazier	....	boom operator
Samuele Grippo	....	additional dubbing engineer
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Jeffrey J. Haboush	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jonathan Jory	....	adr mixer
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Daniel Pagan	....	sound effects editor
David Parker	....	sound mixer (second unit)
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lynn Sable	....	assistant sound editor
Karen Spangenberg	....	dialogue editor
Gary A. Theard	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Jason Dodd	....	special effects foreman
Lynn Garrido	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Casey Allen	....	senior flame artist
Johnathan R. Banta	....	digital artist
Raoul Bolognini	....	visual effects producer
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios
Manda Cheung	....	roto artist
Trent Claus	....	flame artist
Sean Coonce	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
An H. Dang	....	technical consultant
Marissa L. Fraering	....	visual effects coordinator: Lola Visual Effects
Diana Hinek	....	digital compositor
William Hyler	....	flame artist
Chris Ingersoll	....	compositor: Flame artist
Benjamin Kutsko	....	flame artist
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer
Brian Nugent	....	flame artist
Rocco Passionino	....	visual effects supervisor
Bethany Pederson Onstad	....	compositor (as Bethany Pederson)
R. Matt Smith	....	compositing supervisor
Sean Tompkins	....	visual effects coordinator
Sean Wallitsch	....	Flame artist: Lola Visual Effects
Laura Elizabeth Wilcox	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects

Stunts
Dartenea Bryant	....	stunt double: Dana Davis
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunts
Lance Gilbert	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Hassenpflug	....	stunts
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt double: Brittany Snow
Rex Reddick	....	stunts
Kym Stys	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeff Andrus	....	grip
Jeff Andrus	....	key grip: second unit
Miguel Benavides	....	key grip
Cedric Bonier	....	electrician (2007)
Thomas Burns	....	additional lighting technician
Bruce Carothers	....	rigging key grip
Aaron Chervenak	....	camera production assistant: second unit
Jeffrey A. Cook	....	rigging electrician
Danny Eccleston	....	gaffer
Adam Harrison	....	best boy rigging electric
Carlos 'Los' Jackson	....	rigging electrician
Hilary Klym	....	best boy rigging grip
Seth Kotok	....	second assistant camera
Craig Langus	....	on-set video assist
Christopher Lucchese	....	grip
Tamas Mack	....	second assistant camera
Frankie Martinez	....	electrician
David McMillan	....	dimmer board operator
Glenn E. Moran	....	rigging gaffer
Ignacio Musich	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Patrick B. O'Brien	....	camera operator
Bonnie Osborne	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Nick Paige	....	camera operator
Chad Persons	....	Steadicam operator (2007)
Irv Press	....	generator operator
Donis Rhoden	....	grip
Joel A. Ruiz	....	rigging electric
Michael A. Savage	....	grip
Tim Soronen	....	best boy grip
Scott Sprague	....	best boy electric
Wayne Stroud	....	dolly grip
Suzanne Tenner	....	still photographer
Victoria Tidmarch	....	film loader
Kristy Tully	....	camera operator
Joshua Turner	....	camera production assistant
Karl Vindler	....	digital video assist operator
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: super g camera system
Scott Yancey	....	electrician
R. Michael Yope	....	electrician
Jason Cox	....	videographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Wendy Hoffman	....	adr voice casting
Anthony J. Kraus	....	casting assistant
Jeni Thornell	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Leoisick Castro	....	set costumer
Nina De Palma	....	costumer
Lisa Eisler	....	costumer
Laurel Frushour	....	set costumer
Philip Hayman	....	costume supervisor
Christopher Koelsch	....	set costumer
Kenn Smiley	....	key costumer
Kate Crowley	....	key costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
George Chavez	....	color timer
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Teressa Longo	....	assistant editor
Blair Miller	....	post-production assistant
Darin Wooldridge	....	additional digital colorist: Technicolor

Music Department
Gerry Cueller	....	music supervisor
Mark Curry	....	score mixer
Greg Danylyshyn	....	music supervisor
Brian Richards	....	music editor
Boris Salchow	....	composer: additional music
Travis Smith	....	score mixing assistant
Chris Newlin	....	score production coordinator (uncredited)
John von Seggern	....	additional score sound designer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Dan Brizendine	....	transportation coordinator
Jayson Ehlers	....	transportation co-captain
Mike Fenster	....	picture car captain
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Chris Haynes	....	driver
Doug S. MacLean	....	driver
William R. Peck	....	driver
Irv Press	....	driver generator operator
Luther Trotter	....	driver: Nelson McCormick

Other crew
Edward Allen	....	production accountant
Jennifer Blair	....	production coordinator
Maxine Brooks	....	studio teacher
Linda Brown	....	unit publicist
Randin Brown	....	production assistant
Matthew Dickey	....	production assistant
Brian Dittmar	....	assistant location manager
Caleb Duffy	....	location manager
Jay Ellison	....	super scorpio crane assistant
Matthew F. Fuller	....	assistant: Mr. McCormick
Patricia A. Fullerton	....	script supervisor
Danny Giles	....	key set production assistant
Sherri Robin Goldman	....	first assistant accountant
Mackenzie Horras	....	production assistant
Simeon Jones	....	production assistant
Zachary Kahn	....	assistant location manager
Chris Kerner	....	production crew
Jeff Ketcham	....	production assistant
Lauren Brooke Kurfirst	....	assistant: Mr. Gainor (as Lauren B. Kurfirst)
Craig Langus	....	production assistant
Ivette Ledon	....	second assistant accountant
Jeni Mulein	....	assistant: Mr. Moritz
Frédéric North	....	helicopter pilot
Matthew J. Ryan	....	production assistant
Lee J. Santillan	....	second assistant accountant
Charlie E. Scott Jr.	....	craft service
Ben Scott	....	assistant: Mr. Jaffe
Charlie Scott	....	key craft service
Dave Scott	....	choreographer
Tim Seitter	....	production assistant
Tyrrell Shaffner	....	production assistant
Sue Smith	....	assistant production coordinator
Sophia Tapia	....	payroll accountant
Donna Tegan	....	set production assistant
Luther Trotter	....	assistant: Nelson McCormick
Clay Valenti	....	assistant location manager
Keomanee Vilaythong	....	location coordinator
Derek Wade	....	production secretary
Christina Hwang	....	title producer (uncredited)
A. Rachel Tobias	....	assistant to director (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Alliance Films
• Newmarket Films
• Original Film

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures of Philippines (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Screen Gems (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• LK-TEL (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Nordic (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Greece) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (unrated)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Argentina) (all media)

Special Effects

• Almost Human (special prosthetic makeup)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)
• Zoic Studios (visual effects)

Other Companies

• All Balloons All The Time  balloon decor
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Keslow Camera  camera equipment provided by
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  cellular fax rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies

Also Known As:

"TV Dinner" - Philippines (English title) (review title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, some sexual material, underage drinking, and language

Runtime:

88 min | 89 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41474) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | South Africa:13V | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U | USA:Unrated (unrated DVD version) | Finland:K-15 | France:-12 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | UK:18 (special edition DVD) | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Peru:14 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:M | Germany:16 (unrated version) | Iceland:16 (DVD rating) | Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:PG13 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Biltmore Hotel - 506 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Alliance Films

Goofs:

Continuity: During one of the dancing sequences, gold strips of confetti fall from the ceiling to the dance floor. However, when the camera angle changes and the music stops, the confetti has disappeared.

Quotes:

Lisa:What color is your dress?
Donna:It's a champagne color. Then it's a little sexy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Holliston: Laura's Little Twitter (#1.8)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Say What

Prom night is probably the worst film of 2008

Prom Night is about a girl named Donna (Brittany Snow) who is being chased by a psycho killer trying to kill her at her prom night. And by doing so killing her family, friends, and her enemies.

Now before I begin let me say have you been tired of PG-13 horror movies that haven't been scary lately. Are you tired of stupid girl dialog 'Oh my god' and talking about girlish things. And are you really tired of girls in relationships and then crying. And the last thing are you tired of the US remaking Asian, Japanese, and Chinese films. That pretty much sums up Prom night but I'm still not done with the review.

The only reason to see 'Prom night' is to crack a laugh at the kills. If not, don't see Prom night. You never see the kills an only hear screaming and you see some blood on the wall. And by the way the deaths are repeating like 24/7. So not only aren't they scary but it's obnoxious. By the time I met the cast I think I was ready to hurl. Too much girl talk, too much guy talk, and lots of 'Oh my gosh. It's our prom'. I understand it's fun but seriously is it too much to ask not to concentrate.

If I were to put Prom Night on the list of worst films of 2008 without seeing the other films I'd be the first one too. I'm not going to be surprised if it gets released on DVD for cheap and quick. Seriously don't spend your money or the time for dull acting, cheap scares, and a 'Night to die for' when watching the film.

1 star out of 10. (P.S. If I could give the film zero stars I would).