Prom Night

I just watched this a few nights ago, and I've been thinking, it's really not such a bad little movie as far as generic slasher flicks go.

There are a few scenes that seem to borrow a lot from 'Carrie' and 'The Shining' and it almost seems to make sure that it covers pretty much every horror movie cliche in the book. Kids getting murdered after doing drugs and having sex...check. Girl dying after almost losing her virginity...check. Big bitch dying horribly in a prolonged chase...check. Actually, that last scene really reminded me of when Paris Hilton dies in House of Wax, could this crappy movie have inspired that crappy movie?

There are also a few cinematography choices that are actually interesting, I quite liked all the scenes where the killer is calling people and the camera keeps rapidly cutting from the phone cord to his pencil to the phone then back to the chord. And all the scenes where the killer is chasing people are kind of interesting too, no scary music, no shots of the killer walking very slowly in a menacing way, no shots of the killer popping up in impossible places either. It's just a real guy in a black mask with an axe, stomping around and tripping over things and making an ass of himself.

And then of course we get to watch Jamie Lee Curtis disco dance in a long incredibly cheesy scene, that alone was worth my two bucks.

Did anyone else find this entertaining or should I be ashamed of myself?

Actually I think there is, not that that applies to me. There were a few good half naked male scenes if I remember correctly.

I'm not proud of it but yes.

...Believe it or not I ended up seeing that fucking movie twice.

I went originally because Devin seemed to think it was okay in his review, and there was the promise of decent gore and maybe some hilariously bad acting. Unfortunately it turned out to be one of those movies that isn't bad enough to be funny but is still bad enough to bore the hell out of you.

Then a few days later I was out drinking with some friends and they decided they wanted to see a movie, it was around 10:30 and guess which movie was the only one playing? Oh yes, that's right. I paid for my ticket and somehow convinced myself it wouldn't be too bad. As I was sitting through the trailers I pretty much forgot what I was about to see, then as it started up it hit me and I said really loudly "Holy hell, I have to sit through this piece of shit AGAIN!?!?"

It's a good thing the theatre was mostly empty...

Wow, you're right, I didn't even notice that. Usually they give some explanation for a characters disappearance.

"Airplane!" and "Prom Night" were both made in 1980....