Prom Night (2008)
8 %
Reviews Counted: 53 Fresh: 4 Rotten:49 Average Rating: 2.7/10
Consensus:
A dim and predictable remake of an already dull slasher film, this Prom Night fails to be memorable.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 89 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 11, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $43,818,159
Synopsis: It's been three years since her family was murdered by a teacher obsessed with her, and Donna (Brittany Snow) is getting ready to go to the prom with her boyfriend, Bobby (Scott Porter). Now living with her aunt and uncle, Donna has just started having nightmares again about the tragedy,... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Brittany Snow, Idris Elba
Director: Nelson McCormick
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PROM NIGHT is a must avoid and is the real reason why studios don't screen certain movies for critics.
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06/08/08
Annoyingly, it's a rich premise that offers all sorts of possibilities...yet McCormick doesn't appear to be bothered.
06/06/08
Well-dressed, sure, with a few kicks for green teens, but hardly a wild night.
06/06/08
A caffeine-free horror that's just as dull, disappointing and dispiriting as attending a real high school prom.
06/06/08
By far the worst ‘slasher movie’ remake to date, replaying all the clichés, but delivering none of the guilty pleasures.
06/05/08
Every cheap-scare trick in the genre is deployed, but so feebly that not one of them works.
04/22/08
If early slasher films, as their critics claimed, punished teens for having sex, the new 'Prom Night' punishes teens for their conspicuous consumption (stretch limos, hotel suites, and so on).
04/21/08
It's tepid fare with a vacuous cast, particularly when compared with the previous version featuring Jamie Lee Curtis as the scream queen.
04/20/08
While it's certainly not as atrocious as the likes of "One Missed Call," it's certainly one of the worst of 2008, so far...
04/20/08
This movie accomplishes the impossible: It makes you disappointed not to be disappointed by a disappointing twist ending.
04/18/08
There's no need to wear a corsage to Prom Night. And leaving your higher brain functions at home might be a good idea, too.
04/17/08
Top Critic
It's a PG-13 slasher picture. This means the results are vaguely on par with having sex through a blanket.
04/16/08
Director Nelson McCormick has assembled a fairly valuable compendium of almost every kind of false scare known to exist.
04/15/08
The 1980 Prom Night was by no means a masterpiece, yet it begs the question of the remake: If you're going to make a slasher movie and you take out all the actual slashing, what else is left?
04/15/08
Snow makes an appealing lead but the movie is a routine slice em up thriller
04/14/08
Calling it a great, or even a good, movie would be a mistake, but as genre programmers go, it mostly gets the job done.
04/14/08
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