"Prom Night" - Page 4

02-01-2003, 09:32 PM

Abysmally made. Dull and protracted and about as scary as a shoe shine. However, Part 2 is actually pretty agreeable trash.

(For the record, I'll take Roger Spottiswoode's 1981 Terror Train as the better non-Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis-starring slasher.)

02-02-2003, 01:39 AM

Prom Night was damn good and I hope it gets the SE treatment soon.

wago70 · 02-04-2003, 06:22 PM

Prom Night has all the elements that make a good slasher film.

02-04-2003, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wago70
Prom Night has all the elements that make a good slasher film.

'could have used more nudity...

wago70 · 02-12-2003, 07:01 PM

True... and the gore is rather tame but I don't blame the ratings, I think they just didn't have Savini-esque special effects technology up in Canada at the time.
Of all the things I liked about this film is the foggy-ish photography. The current disc is very much close to theatrical experience I witnessed back in '81 (on a double bill with FINAL EXAM)

You guys would have loved it - the disco scenes were blasted out of the theater's mono speakers...ear-splitting I tell ya! Simply ear-splitting!

Mark Relford · 02-12-2003, 09:49 PM

I liked Prom Night for one reason: Jamie Lee Curtis!

The decapitation scene was kinda cool.
As for the sequels, Hello Mary Lou and Last Kiss were entertaining. (especially, the unrated vers. of Last Kiss. What a hoot!) The fourth one was stale.

rhett · 02-13-2003, 03:14 AM

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Originally posted by wago70
True... and the gore is rather tame but I don't blame the ratings, I think they just didn't have Savini-esque special effects technology up in Canada at the time.

Yeah, it was tough for us to get special effects artists because it was tough to communicate living in igloos back in the dark ages of the 1980's.

There were actually some great gore bits in the Canadian made My Bloody Valentine that were cut because of the MPAA, so no, it was not due to a lack of technology...

Fistfuck · 02-14-2003, 02:48 AM

Why the hell is this thread still going? It's 8 months old!

02-14-2003, 03:15 AM

So, is it a crime to post in older threads?

I am not really a fan of PROM NIGHT. It was quite dull, and I would call it decent at best. I loved the sequel though, and because of that, I plan on checking out part three.

wago70 · 02-14-2003, 05:26 PM

Okay Rhett - then it was the budget....

Fistfuck · 02-14-2003, 05:28 PM

When you have 4 pages of everybody's two-line junior film critic reviews it is! By saying it's lame, bore, and dull you're not adding anything insightful that anybody hasn't said in the first page.

rhett · 02-14-2003, 05:30 PM

Fistfuck, films this great deserve to be talked about for years, not months!

Haha wago, alright I will agree with you on that one.

rhett · 02-14-2003, 05:33 PM

As far as the sequels go Cujo, Part 2 and Part 3 are both solid. Part 2 is actually pretty damn creepy, while Part 3 is delightfully over the top and gruesome. I believe there is one death where Mary Lou actually makes a sundae with one of her victims (cherry and all!).

Hellbilly · 02-14-2003, 05:44 PM

Heck, I even liked part 4

Never knew there was a unrated version of part 3 available though.

Fistfuck · 02-15-2003, 04:48 AM

Alright, well at least talk about part 4, which is probably the best made, if not most enjoyable of the entire series.

02-01-2003, 09:32 PM	#46
Jack Sommersby Guest Posts: n/a	------- Abysmally made. Dull and protracted and about as scary as a shoe shine. However, Part 2 is actually pretty agreeable trash. (For the record, I'll take Roger Spottiswoode's 1981 Terror Train as the better non-Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis-starring slasher.)

02-12-2003, 09:49 PM	#51
Mark Relford Chairman of the Bored Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Indy Posts: 2,610	Put on those boogie shoes & kill! I liked Prom Night for one reason: Jamie Lee Curtis! The decapitation scene was kinda cool. As for the sequels, Hello Mary Lou and Last Kiss were entertaining. (especially, the unrated vers. of Last Kiss. What a hoot!) The fourth one was stale. __________________ "Have you ever had an Egyptian feast?"

02-14-2003, 02:48 AM	#53
Fistfuck Drama Queen Die-fanatic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,753	Why the hell is this thread still going? It's 8 months old! __________________ The only reason you hate vanilla is because your mother once shoved a **** up her **** and life is now like this, etc...* -Baggio

02-14-2003, 05:28 PM	#56
Fistfuck Drama Queen Die-fanatic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,753	When you have 4 pages of everybody's two-line junior film critic reviews it is! By saying it's lame, bore, and dull you're not adding anything insightful that anybody hasn't said in the first page. __________________ The only reason you hate vanilla is because your mother once shoved a **** up her **** and life is now like this, etc...* -Baggio

02-14-2003, 05:30 PM	#57
rhett Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 8,874	Fistfuck, films this great deserve to be talked about for years, not months! Haha wago, alright I will agree with you on that one. __________________ "It's a good scream...it's a good scream..."

02-02-2003, 01:39 AM	#47
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Prom Night was damn good and I hope it gets the SE treatment soon.

02-04-2003, 06:22 PM	#48
wago70 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco - down by them two ol' sheds Posts: 2,980	Prom Night has all the elements that make a good slasher film.

02-12-2003, 07:01 PM	#50
wago70 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco - down by them two ol' sheds Posts: 2,980	True... and the gore is rather tame but I don't blame the ratings, I think they just didn't have Savini-esque special effects technology up in Canada at the time. Of all the things I liked about this film is the foggy-ish photography. The current disc is very much close to theatrical experience I witnessed back in '81 (on a double bill with FINAL EXAM) You guys would have loved it - the disco scenes were blasted out of the theater's mono speakers...ear-splitting I tell ya! Simply ear-splitting!

02-14-2003, 03:15 AM	#54
Cujo108 Guest Posts: n/a	So, is it a crime to post in older threads? I am not really a fan of PROM NIGHT. It was quite dull, and I would call it decent at best. I loved the sequel though, and because of that, I plan on checking out part three.

02-14-2003, 05:26 PM	#55
wago70 Robinson Crusoe on Mars Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Francisco - down by them two ol' sheds Posts: 2,980	Okay Rhett - then it was the budget....

02-14-2003, 05:33 PM	#58
rhett Moderator Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Canada Posts: 8,874	As far as the sequels go Cujo, Part 2 and Part 3 are both solid. Part 2 is actually pretty damn creepy, while Part 3 is delightfully over the top and gruesome. I believe there is one death where Mary Lou actually makes a sundae with one of her victims (cherry and all!). __________________ "It's a good scream...it's a good scream..."

02-14-2003, 05:44 PM	#59
Hellbilly Water-squirting greatness Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Franconia Posts: 13,664	Heck, I even liked part 4 Never knew there was a unrated version of part 3 available though. __________________ "Common sense turns me on"

02-15-2003, 04:48 AM	#60
Fistfuck Drama Queen Die-fanatic Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,753	Alright, well at least talk about part 4, which is probably the best made, if not most enjoyable of the entire series. __________________ The only reason you hate vanilla is because your mother once shoved a **** up her **** and life is now like this, etc...* -Baggio

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