I can’t lie: diehard fans of the original Prom Night from 1980 give me the creeps. It’s not that it’s a low rent slasher, it’s just not very good, or even campy. If you want a comely Jamie Lee Curtis, revisit Halloween. She smokes a joint as “Don’t Fear the Reaper” plays in that one. Or put on Trading Places and pause it on her ta-tas as you vacuum your apartment. Be a champ. The new trailer for April’s PG-13 remake is tearing up the Internets like a glass dancefloor, and as you might expect, the bright eyed high school victims look like 30somethings who sprouted from an L.A. Petri dish. The actual prom is so extravagant and over-produced I expected Miss South Carolina to cameo and suddenly get her head knocked off by a globe. Telling fact: the next film of Jessica Stroup, one of the no name actresses in this, is a similar thriller entitled Homecoming.
Let’s not kid ourselves that this flick exemplifies humanity’s plasticity, but like Kurt Vonnegut says, there’s no need to put on a suit of armor to attack a hot fudge sundae. That’s why god made the Web, bed head, Hanes v-necks, pudding stains, and the word, “derrrr.” However, it is more disgruntling that Prom Night’s director, Nelson McCormick, is next remaking 1987’s groovy The Stepfather. Even worse, a remake of the cult classic April Fool’s Day is hitting theaters ten days before tiaras get showered in blood. Okay, now I’m friggin’ outraged. Who’s with me?
source: UGO
January 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
PG-13…WTF!?
January 4th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
This looks to be another failed remake with a sub-par cast and crew.
Its Halloween except with a different day and in a Hotel instead of a Neighborhood.
January 4th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
this movie lmao is gonna be soo bad when will they ever make a prom slasher movie with actual grade 12 students with an actual grad night lay out no ones grad is like this and i love how they have to get all the races accounted for so no one gets there panties in a bunch …and u know its gonna be good cuz every good slasher flick has a good scene with a girl hiding under the bed covering her mouth while she screams …come on total waste of time
January 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
This will be the motion picture event of 2008.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Whoa whoa…wait a minute…PG-13!??!?!?
How can you make a slasher film PG-13? That is f@%&*$. I can’t believe they are remaking this film too. For f$%# sakes…I’m getting soooooooooooooooooo sick and tired of all these remakes and sequels. I feel like puking.
January 7th, 2008 at 3:42 am
30somethings pretending to be 18 has always been the way of teentertainment. So I don’t see what the big deal is.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:02 pm
hm. looks predictable and unrelistic… it’ll probably be fun to laugh at.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
awsome GREAT movie!
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm
The film was not bad for a PG-13 but 30somethings trying to play 18 year olds- thats weird
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
The film was not bad for a PG-13 i quite enjoided it