Prom Night - 1980
(This films rate a C ) The beginning has some nice intensity with the kids playing a creepy "game", repeating "Kill, Kill, Kill" over and over again. A girl falls to her death as a result and they run away while swearing to secrecy. Fast forward to Prom Night years later. It has moments where the build up is so slow and painful that it just drags on without much excitement. However, the prom scenes are so 80's exciting and the music is very entertaining. It also tries to give you several different believable suspects, but the killer is obvious from the start. There are some unintentional funny moments (the van kill scene, the school janitor) and some poor script writing through out this film. Not much gore. Brief boob shots. Some of the scenery is rather crude but it was the low budget early 80's after all. Leslie Neilson as the principle in a serious non comedic role and of course Jamie Lee Curtis is perfect in any role. But overall this movie is cheap and shallow with a really absurd ending.
(This films rate a C ) The beginning has some nice intensity with the kids playing a creepy "game", repeating "Kill, Kill, Kill" over and over again. A girl falls to her death as a result and they run away while swearing to secrecy. Fast forward to Prom Night years later. It has moments where the build up is so slow and painful that it just drags on without much excitement. However, the prom scenes are so 80's exciting and the music is very entertaining. It also tries to give you several different believable suspects, but the killer is obvious from the start. There are some unintentional funny moments (the van kill scene, the school janitor) and some poor script writing through out this film. Not much gore. Brief boob shots. Some of the scenery is rather crude but it was the low budget early 80's after all. Leslie Neilson as the principle in a serious non comedic role and of course Jamie Lee Curtis is perfect in any role. But overall this movie is cheap and shallow with a really absurd ending.