Synopsis at a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. The original music score is composed by paul zaza and carl zittrer. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Vintage original theatrical trailer from the 1980 film, prom night, coming soon in a new 2k restoration from synapse films. The story concerns a group of high school seniors who are targeted by a mysterious masked killer in revenge for their culpability in the accidental death of a young girl six years earlier. Bought this for the wonderful first film and thought it was great value to buy the set which contains a further 3 films. Part of the potential appeal of the movie was the soundtrack, which heavily features disco music written specifically for the film.
Emi music publishing, sony atv publishing, and 3 music. Its a very cheap ripoff of halloween with a splash of carrie at the end, dialed up by the producer of halloween. Prom night 1980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Directed by paul lynch a masked killer stalks four teens responsible for the accidential death of a child six years earlier at their high schools. Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher film directed by paul lynch, based on a story by robert guza jr. Simpson, focusing on teenagers being stalked and murdered by a masked killer at their prom. Reinserted the deleted scenes back into the film and deleted the leonard murch subplot to make the film look as originally intended. Those who caused it have kept the secret the whole time and are now being picked off one by one by a masked killer during what should be the best night of their lives. May 10, 2019 perseverance records presents the long awaited official release of the 1980 cult classic prom night original motion picture soundtrack. Once the film was shot, paramount expressed interest in distributing the movie. Met jamie lee curtis, leslie nielsen en casey stevens. Prom night 1980 directed by paul lynch, prom night is a low budget canadian slasher whodunit, starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen. I remember seeing prom night starring jamie lee curtis when it was first released back in the 80s and enjoy the old slasher movies far more than the films produced today. It is similar but inferior to carrie, halloween and when a stranger calls.
In other films of its genre, such as the superior friday the th series, the murders are usually evenly spread throughout the film, setting the tone for a climactic ending. Leslie nielsen, jamie lee curtis prom night 1980 youtube. Although it was financially successful, critics tore. A masked killer stalks the teenagers responsible for the accidental death of a little girl at the highschool prom six years earlier. Prom night 1980 leslie nielsen horror mystery movies william stone.
Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher horror film directed by paul lynch, based on a story by robert guza, jr. At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years earlier. Click an image to view bluray screenshot with 1080p resolution. It pales in comparison, but does feature that film s star.
Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher film directed by paul lynch, written by william gray, and starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen. Prom night 1980 trailer watch movie curtis and three popular girls, who are responsible for the accidental death of a little girl six years earlier at their high schools senior prom, finds themselves pursued by a vengeful hooded slasher who ruins prom night. A conventional horror film with several jolting moments, prom night features jamie lee curtis in one of her last scream queen roles before. Many past releases of the film on dvd have not been that great. Released in 1980, prom night opens with an unfortunate death of a child, caused by a group of kids playing a variation of hideandseek in an abandoned building teasing a girl, leading her to fall from a window. The anniversary of the incident falls on their high. The songs were disco infused and when the film was released disco was dead. Certainly prom night boasts some idiosyncracies of its own. Oct 24, 2019 uk label 101 films has announced the release of director paul lynchs prom night 1980 on a limited edition bluray. Paul lynchs prom night is just one of the many slashers released in the wake of halloween. Prom night suffers the same problems that hinder a lot of films in the slasher cycle. This premise sets up a decent 80s slasher starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen.
The film prom night was released theatrically in 1980. Prom night 1980 original theatrical trailer youtube. The plot follows a group of high school seniors who are targeted at their prom by a masked killer seeking vengeance for the accidental death of a young girl six years earlier. At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a.
Prom night 1980 wpixtv, 11 alive saturday night movie. Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher film, prom night was directed by paul lynch, based on a story by robert guza jr. Prom night is easily one of the better slashers from the early eighties. Imdb a masked killer stalks four teens, responsible for the accidental death of a child. Prom night 1980 full movie online imdb a masked killer stalks four teens, responsible for the accidental death of a child six years earlier, at their high schools senior prom. The first film, prom night 1980, was a slasher film directed by paul lynch and produced by peter r.
Prom night is a 1980 canadian 5 slasher film directed by paul lynch, written by william gray, and starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen. It almost 40 years for an official soundtrack release. Prom night is a 2008 americancanadian slasher film directed by nelson mccormick that is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same title. The story concerns a group of high school seniors who are targeted by an unknown killer in revenge for their culpability in the accidental death of a young girl.
Prom night takes place six years after a tragic accident. The voice of terror 1942 full movie the best classic movies. Original 1980 motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by music video distributors on behalf of perseverance records. The story is given respect and the characters despite not having much to do are given almost an hours worth of screen time before the mayhem begins. Prom night 1980 leslie nielsen horror mystery movies.
Prom night is a film directed by paul lynch with leslie nielsen, jamie lee curtis, casey stevens, annemarie martin, year. Prom night 1980 r 1h 32min horror, thriller 18 july 1980 usa at a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. Now the reason why the film never had a release is of course marketing. Watch prom night 1980 on yesmovies, curtis and three popular girls, who are responsible for the accidental death of a little girl six years earlier at their high schools senior prom, finds themselves pursued by a vengeful hooded slasher who ruins prom night. 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. And when it does, the film slightly subverts the genres early conventions by having the masked killer be a rank amateur. Perseverance worked closely with carl zittrer and paul zaza to locate and unearth the original masters and all music recorded for the film including unreleased disco songs and score not used in the final production, never heard before anywhere.
Its probably the only horror flick with a disco theme song prom night everything is all right, which plays during the titular festivities and goes on two minutes shy of forever. Director paul lynch has given his film some interesting touches also love that slow dissolve into a bloodred punch bowl. Prom night is a 1980 american horror film filmed in canada and directed by paul lynch and starring leslie nielsen and jamie lee curtis. A slowmoving but otherwise efficient canadian bmovie that gives the audience what it came for. However, they only wanted to open it in 300 theaters whereas avco embassy pictures offered to release it in 1200 theaters. After a childhood game leads to the death of a young girl, a killer appears and starts to stalk down each of the games players, to play. At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously. Synapse films has released this awesome dvd blu ray as well for those prom night fans who have been screaming for something special. Prom night 1980, embassy pictures wpixtv, 11 alive saturday night movie edited for television and contains commercial interruptions. A conventional horror film with several jolting moments, prom night features jamie lee curtis in one of her last scream queen roles before she branched out from the genre. The first hour of prom night seems like it could be from some long forgotten 70s after school special. Hamilton high schools annual prom turns into a bloodbath. Prom night was a 1980 canadian horror movie starring leslie neilson and jamie lee curtis. That same year, paramount released another independent slasher film, friday the th 1980.
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