Prom Night (2008)

Director:

Nelson McCormick

Guionista (WGA):

J.S. Cardone (written by)

Release Date:

11 abril 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Frase comercial:

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:

Evacuation | Nightmare | Police | Prom Queen | Chase Scene

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Review - Prom Night (2008)

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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

MPAA:

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

Duración:

88 min

País:

USA | Canada

Idioma:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

South Africa:13V | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | Ireland:15A | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Québec) | UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41474)

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Alliance Films

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie, Donna and her friends are seen at the hair salon getting their hair done and recolored. However, near the end of the movie, which is that same night, her brunette roots can clearly be seen through her blonde hair.

Quotes:

Claire: [annoyed by Michael, to Donna] Michael is making me so darn mad. And on top of that, I have killer cramps!

Movie Connections:

Features Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

Soundtrack:

The Way I Are

Review - Prom Night (2008)

There's nothing a hormone-driven teenager gets more excited about than her senior prom. You buy the dress, you wear the corsage, and in the case of Donna Keppel, played by Brittany Snow, you spend the night trying to dodge a psychotic pedophile teacher who's slashing up your friends.

"Prom Night" follows Donna on the biggest night of her high school career (y'know, other than that graduation thing), while a teacher that once lusted for her, played by Johnathan Schaech, murders her friends one-by-one to get to her. It's never explained why exactly he does this, other than out of rage or something. He just kills to kill I guess. At any rate, he won't stop until Donna is all his.

From the very beginning the movie is nothing more than another generic slasher flick. What's even more pathetic is that it's a =rip-off= of a generic slasher flick. The only plot is the background story, most of the actual film just being senseless murders. I'd be okay with this if the movie was entertaining, but the killings are anything but thrilling. They tried so hard to not allow any subtext or plot development into the story. It's as if they intentionally made a slasher that had no point, most likely just for the money.

In most slashers, the villain can appear anywhere. They'll be a couple feet away from their victim, the victim will turn around, and they're behind a pillar or something. This movie takes that idea to the extreme, having the killer practically teleporting to other rooms. The victims, of course, have the opposite effect, where they can't get away even in the simplest circumstances.

I think there are two things that could have made the movie more thrilling: 1) More character development and 2) if they had made it a psychological thriller rather than a pointless slasher (yes, I know it's a remake, but remakes can be changed; look at Rear Window and Disturbia). If they had put a little more thought and a lot less uninteresting murders into this film, it probably wouldn't have been so bad.

Acting: 7/10 Writing: 1/10 Video/Editing: 2/10 Audio/Music: 3/10 Entertainment: 2/10

Final Score: 3/10