To hell with being objective or whatever one is supposed to be when reviewing movies: 1) it's an exploitation movie site, the rules can be a little lax; 2) Prom Night is a terrible fucking movie.
Remake in name only, Prom Night is the story of a group of friends and a last hurrah at senior prom before going their separate ways after high school. Of course, the kink is that one of the girls witnessed her family being murdered years ago by her teacher because he's psychotically obsessed with her. What are the odds he's broken out of the mental institution?
The entirety of Prom Night is made possible because every single character from the dimmest of high school bimbos to the most hardened of seasoned detectives is an absolute moron, even by standards of the typical slasher movie. The first two-thirds of the plot is coming up with increasingly mind-boggling reasons, ranging from quickie sex (no nudity, of course) to washing one's hands (really, there's no bathroom anywhere else), for each teen to go up to their post-prom suite one by one to get murdered by the oh-so-handsome psychopath.
Forget plot line though, even as an exploitation slasher, Prom Night is a complete failure. A bloodless, frightless, sexless affair that plays like a primetime sitcom. I've seen more chilling episodes of CSI.
What's the point of making a slasher film where every single kill happens offscreen? There's ni visceral thrill, there's not even a decent jump-scare. Stalk scenes are so drawn out that they fail to even be engaging. Honestly, I fell asleep at least three times during this thing. Prom Night even lacks the rudimentary excitement of the mystery of the killer's identity. The killer is revealed in the prologue to the film and that's about that.
A horror movie without scares, suspense, or excitement. I won't even continue. There's no reason to watch this movie unless for some reason you care about the characters and want to see who makes it out alive. I can't imagine anyone being that invested in this flick.
* out of ****
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