 | ThisJamie Lee Curtis started her film career out with a string of horror films. Her big break was in the film Halloween, and she would continue to master the art of being the “survivor girl” over the rest of her career. Prom Night was one of her many outrageous slashers. The film starts out innocently enough with the accidental death of child, but much like I Know What You Did Last Summer it's going to come back to haunt them. All four responsible for screaming, “Kill! Kill! Kill!” at the little girl before she falls out of a window get a mysterious call warning them about the night to come. They ignore it. This isn't the Scream series after all. You have the virgin, the slut, and the bitch. All ready to die. |
One of the many flaws of the film is that no one realizes they're in a horror movie until the end. They're just dancing, laughing, not knowing their friends throat just got slit in the bathroom. The killer is amusedly inept at actually killing anyone. He bumbles around with a shard of glass and an axe. It's no wonder Jamie Lee Curtis takes him down. Her boyfriend is NO help. And, let's not forget when the killer had the chance to hack Nick to pieces just to hesitate long enough to have Jamie Lee Curtis intervene. WEAK.
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The film ends with enough melodrama to be predictably fun. The killer's motive was to avenge his sister's death. Like cool motive bro, still murder. Especially when you've killed a nurse and one girl's boyfriend who had nothing to do with pushing your sister out a window. But I digress. It's a great way to pass the time, with limited horror involved.
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