Prom night begins, as many horror films do, with a tragic accident. Hammond is the chaperone and alex is the dj for the disco music. Reinserted the deleted scenes back into the film and deleted the leonard murch subplot to make the film look as originally intended. A masked killer stalks the teenagers responsible for the accidental death of a little girl at the highschool prom six years earlier. There is also a lengthy, dated discodancing scene sure to make those who hate that musical genre. Its the horror movie madness finals whos gonna win. Watch prom night 1980 full movie free online streaming. The film stars an ensemble cast including brittany snow, scott porter, jessica stroup, dana davis, collins pennie, kelly blatz, james ransone, brianne davis, johnathon schaech, and idris elba.
Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher film directed by paul lynch, based on a story by robert guza jr. Prom night is a 2008 americancanadian slasher film directed by nelson mccormick that is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. Bringing us to this movie, however, is an interesting time capsule, given that this movie, released in 1980, is still very much 70s inspired with the disco music and the discothemed prom. In this slasher essential, a masked killer stalks four teenagers at their high schools senior prom. Some film scholars have cited prom night as one of the most influential slasher films of the period.
Elevenyearold robin tammy bourne is taunted by classmates during an aggressive game of hideandseek. Although it was financially successful, critics tore. Prom night is a 1980 english language horror movie directed by paul lynch. Prom night 1980 directed by paul lynch, prom night is a low budget canadian slasher whodunit, starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen.
Fearing theyd be held responsible, they vowed never to tell. I stress its release date, because prom night truly is a film in and of its time. At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. It begins very promising and i must say the child actors in the opening scenes are probably better than some of the adult actors later in the picture. Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher horror film directed by paul lynch, based on a. The plot follows a group of high school seniors who are targeted at their prom by a masked killer seeking vengeance for the accidental death of a young girl six years earlier. Leslie nielsen in a scene from prom night simcom limited, 1980. Original 1980 motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by music video distributors on behalf of perseverance records, and 2 music rights societies. Prom night 1980 leslie nielsen horror mystery movies. That night, lou picks up wendy to take her to the prom.
Imdb a masked killer stalks four teens, responsible for the accidental death of a child six years earlier, at their high schools senior prom. Prom night 1980 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. A real thankyou to the commercial success of halloween 1977 and friday the th 1980, which saw the influx of slasher films and prom night was one of. At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental deat. The don mills collegiate institute served as the main school location, while the langstaff jail farm in richmond hill was used for the abandoned building featured prominently in the movies beginning. It almost 40 years for an official soundtrack release. Prom night 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Now the reason why the film never had a release is of course marketing. Prom night 1980 is part 1 of 5 in the prom night series. Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher film directed by paul lynch, written by william gray, and starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen. What kills me about prom night is that on its premise alone, it could totally be a great idea. Prom night is a comparatively genteel hybrid, part shock melodrama, like halloween, and part mystery, though its less a whodunit than a whosdoingit. Prom night was filmed over twentyfour days in toronto, ontario, canada from august 7 to september, 1979.
Except we fairly recently had carrie and honestly, that is the definitive prom movie. A high school girl named donna keppel snow is traumatized after. Free and full movie henry fonda hd spaghetti western duration. Everyone is having a good time dancing and listening to the music and watch kim and nick do their wellchoreographed dance on the dance floor before everyone. Perseverance worked closely with carl zittrer and paul zaza to locate and unearth the original masters and all music recorded for the film including unreleased disco songs and score not used in the final production, never heard before anywhere. However, in my opinion, prom night 1980 fails as a slasher. 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. A dreary, carrietype shocker about a high school student seeking to kill a bunch of classmates on their prom night. Prom night is an excellent canadian horrormystery movie from 1980. Released in 1980, prom night opens with an unfortunate death of a child, caused by a group of kids playing a variation of hideandseek in an abandoned building teasing a girl, leading her to fall from a window. With leslie nielsen, jamie lee curtis, casey stevens, annemarie martin. Prom night 1980 nude scenes prom night 1980 jamie lee curtis return to being a slasher heroine helped produce a canuxploitation drivein hit. A young girl they were picking on falls out the top window to her death.
However, someone else was there that day and now, is ready to exact their revenge on prom night. Perseverance records presents the long awaited official release of the 1980 cult classic prom night original motion picture soundtrack. The kids never told anyone what happened and the little girls death was blamed on leonard murch, a psychopathic sex fiend who is caught shortly after. As her tormenters approach, robin backs up toward a secondstory window and falls through the glass to her death. The film prom night was released theatrically in 1980. Again, if you like the 80s horror campy movies, this is a nice treat. A conventional horror film with several jolting moments, prom night. Synapse films is proud to present prom night in a beautiful new version, remastered and restored in. It starts with a group of kids playing a game in an abandoned building that turns horribly wrong. Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher horror film directed by paul lynch, based on a story by robert guza, jr.
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