Prom Night (2008/I)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Nelson McCormick

Writer (WGA):

J.S. Cardone (written by)

Release Date:

11 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

It's Midnight Everyone's Ready To Go Home...But Someone Has Other Plans.

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:

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	...	Dr. Elisha Crowe (as Ming Wen)
Johnathon Schaech	...	Richard Fenton
Idris Elba	...	Detective Winn
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Aunt Karen Turner
Linden Ashby	...	Uncle Jack Turner

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

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Italian

Colour:

Colour (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)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Alliance Films

Goofs:

Continuity: On the dance floor, Donna asks her boyfriend for the room key. In the long shot, he gives her the housekeeper's master key, which is white with a green circle, not the gray room key.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Features The Matrix (1999)

Soundtrack:

Time After Time

Not NEARLY as bad as people say

I saw Prom Night on opening night, and it was a total blast.

The story revolves around Donna, a girl in her senior year, who's been traumatized by a former teacher she had 3 years ago, who went crazy and did something terrible to her. She lives with her aunt and uncle now, and on Prom Night, everything seems perfect, as if nothing can go wrong. Then, they get word that Donna's stalker has escaped from his insane asylum 300 miles away, but will stop at nothing to get to her. He ends up turning her night of fun into a night of horror.

Now, you've read the bad reviews, heard angry people say it sucked, and looked at the ridiculous rating people have given "Prom Night" Here's a few reasons why these are crazy 1) The movie is aimed at teenagers. Guess what. Adults won't like it. It's like sitting a bunch of old woman in a theater to review Cloverfield. They aren't gonna like it.

2) IMDb logic. Voting without seeing it. Nuff said.

Acting in the film is wonderful, especially by Britney Snow. She gave a truly good performance, as she usually does. The side characters (Donna's friends) are not half bad, either. In fact, I actually cared about them, and didn't want them to die. I really felt bad for them.

Scary? Not terrifying, much more of a thriller. There are a lot of jump scenes, and the killer is down right creepy. Very disturbing guy.

So, what I'm getting at is the film is not bad at all. This is the world we live in, where movie reviewers think all movies are aimed at them. Think of a horror movie you liked as a teenagers, and was slaughtered by the press. It doesn't even have to be a horror movie, just any movie in general. People need to learn movies are made for different reasons and different people. Not everything's for you.