Prom Night is one of those slasher films regarded as a classic, but it seems the only reason is because it featured Jamie Lee Curtis. Jamie Lee is an excellent actress but seems bored all the way through this film. Prom Night starts off promising with some great camera-work and what seems to be an attempt to build suspense, but soon loses steam. About 3 quarters into the film I was wondering if I was watching a slasher or a high school drama, because nothing really happens until the end. When things do start to happen, your senses are bombarded with cheesy disco music and some tedious stalk and slash scenes which are completely devoid of suspense. There is also no real gore apart from a severed head. The severed head scene is cool in a cheesy way, but that's about it.
Watch this if you must, but please stop billing it as a classic. Halloween was a classic, and even Terror Train had something going for it, but Jamie Lee was really slumming it with Prom Night.
Watch this if you must, but please stop billing it as a classic. Halloween was a classic, and even Terror Train had something going for it, but Jamie Lee was really slumming it with Prom Night.