Prom Night (2008)

Prom Night is a 2008 American-Canadian slasher film directed by Nelson McCormick that is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. 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. It was released on April 11, 2008.

Plot
When a deranged high-school teacher kills the family of the girl, Donna, that he loves, in a disturbed attempt to force her into a relationship with him, the man is caught and sent to prison. However years later, at her high school prom, Donna is about to come face to face with the murderer once more. Will Donna and her friends escape the psychopath?

Why It’s Not A Night To Die For

 * 1) The movie has nothing to do with the original Prom Night film; the title was added to cash in on the original film's popularity.
 * 2) The characters are flat and uninteresting.
 * 3) Bad script and inane dialogue.
 * 4) The kills are all boring; the killer just stabs everyone to death with no creativity. Some kills are off-screen with characters are found dead with either slit throats or stab wounds.
 * 5) For a horror/slasher, there's very little tension or anything scary for that matter. It has more romance between the young couples, and some sad scenes (Ronnie grieving over finding out his girlfriend's death, and Donna in tears lost Bobby at end of the movie).
 * 6) Although it is a slasher film, the PG-13 rating means the kills and violence are all downplayed, and there are very few scares.
 * 7) Cliched horror elements, including an overreliance on jump scares.
 * 8) Despite not trying to subtle at all, the killer is basically invincible for the majority of the film, beyond the point of the willing suspension of disbelief.
 * 9) The characters are incredibly stupid and incompetent.
 * 10) * It takes three days for the local police to be alerted that the deranged killer escaped. Even Detective Nash acknowledges this.
 * 11) * When the police inform Donna's aunt and uncle that her killer is loose, they decide not to tell her because they think it would ruin her prom.
 * 12) * When the fire alarm is pulled, instead of evacuating, Donna goes up to the third floor (where the killer is) to retrieve an important item, despite, you know, the possibility that the building's on fire, also the elevator is not meant to be used during a fire.
 * 13) Plot holes:
 * 14) * Why wouldn't Donna lock the bathroom window when she found it open, after waking from a nightmare of being attacked in the bathroom. There's an obsessed killer, that killed her entire family, then escapes prison 3 years later, kills her friends in order to get to her, and she still leaves the window unlocked, simply does not make sense.
 * 15) * Why did it take 3 days for Detective Winn to be notified by his superiors that Richard Fenton had escaped the mental institution?
 * 16) * How was Richard Fenton able to sneak into and escape from the hotel when security guards and police officers are guarding every entrance and exit?

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Idris Elba's acting is pretty much the only good thing about the movie.
 * 2) The chemistry between Donna and Bobby is big as they much support each other greatly.
 * 3) Memorably good soundtracks, even Time of the Season by The Ben Taylor Band during the opening credits.
 * 4) The poster above is a bit terrifying.

Reception
The film was not screened for critics. Predictably, it received mostly negative reviews, with a 7% critic rating and a 38% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

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