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Prom Night

1980 · 93 min

A slow-building slasher that mixes disco-era prom glamour with creeping dread, delivering a tense and slightly campy ride with a tragic sting.

Directed by
Paul Lynch
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Tagline
If you're not back by midnight...You won't be coming home!
Overview
At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

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Directed by
Paul Lynch
Genres
Horror, Mystery
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • guilt
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • deception
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour3
Realism6
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

In this series

Prom Night Collection

  1. Prom NightMovie · 1980 This title
  2. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night IIMovie · 1987
  3. Prom Night III: The Last KissMovie · 1990
  4. Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from EvilMovie · 1992

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Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Paul Lynch
Written by
William Gray
Starring
Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Michael Tough, Robert A. Silverman, Pita Oliver
Music
Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza
Cinematography
Robert C. New
Runtime
93 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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