Prom Night

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R,1hr 31min

Genre:

Horror

Released:

January 1, 1980

Distributor:

Anchor Bay

Starring:

Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens ... More

Synopsis: This low-budget, tongue-in-cheek horror film of the slasher genre -- which had recently been popularized by Halloween (1978) -- stars that film's lead, Jamie Lee Curtis, as Kim Hammond, a prom queen who becomes a scream queen. Six years ago, a little girl was taunted by four classmates and fell to her death from an abandoned schoolhouse. The quartet of kids promised to keep their complicity in the accident a secret. Now it's their prom night and they've got the jitters because they have recently ... Full Synopsis

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	Donald Guarisco, AMG Review Prom Night suffers the same problems that hinder a lot of films in the slasher cycle: its "teenagers" are suspiciously long in the tooth, the surprise killer isn't too tough to guess, and a lot of the peripheral characters fall into easily labeled types (the bully, the reluctant virgin, etc.). There is also a lengthy, dated disco-dancing scene sure to make those who hate that musical genre running ... Read Review

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	Leslie Nielsen Mr. Hammond Jamie Lee Curtis Kim Casey Stevens Nick Eddie Benton Wendy

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