MPAA: PG-13
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Prom Night (2008)
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Brittany Snow stars as a high school senior whose prom night turns deadly when a homicidal stalker from her past returns in this $43.5 million-grossing movie. Bonuses: alternate ending, deleted scenes, gag reel, commentary, featurettes, picture-in-picture Amazon.com An attractive cast of young performers lead by Brittany Snow (Hairspray) is the main selling point for Prom Night, a remake of the 1980 Canadian slasher film starring Jamie Lee Curtis. Snow makes for a capable lead as the sole survivor of her family's massacre at the hands of an obsessed teacher (Jonathan Schaech), who returns three years later to finish his campaign on the eve of her senior prom. While no one's idea of a classic horror film, the Paul Lynch-directed Prom Night offered viewers a modest whodunit angle in between the killings; here, the villain's identity is known from the get-go, and what's left is a string of mechanical stalkings (which feature a surprisingly modest amount of blood) and reams of turgid teenspeak, which is handled as best as possible by Snow and her cast mates. The end result is a dull, suspense-free chiller that manages to make its mediocre source material seem inspired by comparison. Older moviegoers may note the presence of actors Idris Elba and James Ransone, both used so well on The Wire, and so thoroughly wasted here. --Paul Gaita Actors: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica Stroup, Dana Davis, Collins Pennie Directors: Nelson McCormick Writers: J.S. Cardone Producers: Bruce Mellon, Christopher Ball, Glenn S. Gainor, J.S. Cardone, Marc Forby, Neal H. Moritz |
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Prom Night (2008)
