Synopsis
Donna's senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic killer from her past has different plans for her and her friends.
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Cast
- Brittany SnowDonna Keppel
- Scott PorterBobby
- Jessica StroupClaire
- Dana DavisLisa Hines
- Collins PennieRonnie Heflin
- Kelly BlatzMichael
- Johnathon SchaechRichard Fenton
- Ming-Na WenDr. Elisha Crowe
- Idris ElbaDetective Winn
- James RansoneDetective Nash
Recommendations
- 70
Variety
A surprisingly effective teen-skewing thriller that soft-pedals graphic violence (in marked contrast to the R-rated 1980 original) while generating a fair degree of suspense. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Formulaic to the core, this reworking of the fondly remembered high-school slasher picture works surprisingly well on its own terms. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Without the gore, this old school slasher rehash is one anemic bore. - 30
Los Angeles Times
This is as listless, mindless and utterly useless a piece of corporate brain-clog as one is likely to come across for quite some time. - 25
ReelViews
Despite having the same title and a similar premise to a 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis flick (kids getting slaughtered on prom night), this is NOT a remake. In fact, it really doesn't have much of a plot. It's basically "The O.C." with a body count. - 20
L.A. Weekly
McCormick and screenwriter J.S. Cardone don’t have one original thought between them, but they do appear to share an obsession with characters opening hotel-room closets in which the steel hangers gleam ominously. - 20
The New York Times
The movie offers less gore than the average Band-Aid commercial and fewer scares than the elimination episodes of "Dancing With the Stars." - 16
The A.V. Club
There's really nothing much to Prom Night: No twists, no atmosphere, no big Grand Guignol setpieces, not a single moment when it tries to do something novel with the event, the killings, the villain, or the victims. It's a little like going on a tour of the slaughterhouse, where death is meted out with mechanical regularity, but visitors are kept at a safe, PG-13 distance from all the butchering.
