Prom Night

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Prom Night

(1980)

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Overview

This slasher movie follows a relentless killer who is out to avenge the death of a young girl who died after being bullied and teased by four of her classmates. Now high-school students, the guilt-ridden kids have kept their involvement a secret, but when they start being murdered, one by one, it's clear that someone knows the truth. Also coping with the past are members of the dead girl's family, most notably her prom-queen sister, Kim Hammond (Jamie Lee Curtis).

Featured Crew

Paul Lynch

Director
William Gray

Screenplay
Robert Guza Jr.

Story

Top Billed Cast

Leslie Nielsen

Mr. Hammond
Jamie Lee Curtis

Kim
Casey Stevens

Nick
Anne-Marie Martin

Wendy (as Eddie Benton)
Antoinette Bower

Mrs. Hammond

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A review by Wuchak

6.0

Written by Wuchak on November 4, 2018

Quality slasher from 1980 with Jamie Lee Curtis

Six years after a girl is accidently killed near Lake Erie in the Cleveland area, each of the offenders gets picked off on prom night by an unknown killer. Leslie Nielsen plays the principal of the school and father of the girl who died.

“Prom Night” (1980) combines elements of “Carrie” (1976), “Halloween” (1978) and “Saturday Night Fever” (1977). It contains the prom set-up & conniving students of the first one, the slasher killer & Jamie Lee Curtis of the second and the disco dancing of the third. The emphasis of a group of teens in... read the rest.

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Status Released

Release Information

July 18, 1980

R
Theatrical

Meaning

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian 21 or older. The parent/guardian is required to stay with the child under 17 through the entire movie, even if the parent gives the child/teenager permission to see the film alone. These films may contain strong profanity, graphic sexuality, nudity, strong violence, horror, gore, and strong drug use. A movie rated R for profanity often has more severe or frequent language than the PG-13 rating would permit. An R-rated movie may have more blood, gore, drug use, nudity, or graphic sexuality than a PG-13 movie would admit.