smatysia First, this film has zero relationship with the 1980 movie "Prom Night". It has its pluses. Much of the acting is pretty good. Some of the dialog is good. Some of the effects are good for the Eighties, some not so good. I thought it was going to be a slasher movie, but it isn't, it goes supernatural pretty quick. Wendy Lyon was pretty good, and looked awesome. But she is among the many actors who seem a bit old for high school. Overall, it is OK, just barely.

SnoopyStyle In 1957 Hamilton High, Mary Lou Maloney is a sexually aggressive girl who dump her stiff boyfriend Billy Nordham at prom after making out with another guy. He's hurt and sets off a stink bomb as Mary Lou is crowned prom queen. Her dress is set on fire and she dies a horrible death. In the present, Vicki Carpenter (Wendy Lyon) is a sweet girl suffering under her strict religious mother. Her boyfriend Craig Nordham is the son of principal Billy Nordham (Michael Ironside). Vicky finds Mary Lou's cursed crown. Her friend Jess releases the spirit when she tries to take the crown apart. She is hung to death by the spirit and it is declared it a suicide.There is a bit of comedy both intentional and unintentional. The 80s style is insane and the movie has to also have 50s style. For lower level 80s horrors, this is one of my favorites. I love the locker room scene. It is shoot perfectly. Every cut has something terrific. Then it ends in such a memorable way. The movie is an amalgam of some great horrors like Carrie. Sometimes the horror B-movie seams are showing but I do love the locker room.

callanvass Mary Lou is a promiscuous teenager who gleefully indulges in boys, sex, and booze. On Prom Night in 1957, she goes too far by leaving her boyfriend, Billy Nordham hanging to have sex with another guy. Billy decides to get revenge and kills her. 30 years later, Bill Nordham is now the principle of Hamilton High. Mary Lou is awakened by a trunk in the basement and possesses Vicki Carpenter. Bill must face his traumatic past before it's too late. I'm gonna get this out of the way right now! I loved this movie. It's not a great film by any means, but it's great fun! It goes all out to ensure the viewer has a good time, and I'd say it exceeded expectations in a pretty big way. This movie is NOTHING like the first one. It's full on fantasy, resembling a Nightmare on Elm Street movie more than anything else. Wait until you see Vicki being attacked in the bedroom! (That creepy unicorn, brr) I really enjoyed the different approach from the first one, and it was way more fun as a result. This movie wants you to have a good time, everything else is secondary. There isn't much gore, but we do get some light lesbianism in the shower! Even a weird incest scene! A newly pregnant student gets killed as well (Ouch! God, I miss the 80's!) I was really impressed by the creativity and the guts the director, Bruce Pittman had. The acting is surprisingly above average for the most part. Wendy Lyon is excellent as our heroine. She's sympathetic, vulnerable, even a little creepy when she goes completely in Mary Lou mode. Lisa Schrage is a blast as Mary Lou. I had no sympathy for her being killed, because she's so unsympathetic. But I think they intended it to be that way. Michael Ironside phones it in here. I hate to say it, but he looked visibly unsure on what to do here. This is clearly a paycheck role! There were only brief flourishes of what makes him so great. Louis Ferreira is OK as Vicki's love interest. He didn't embarrass himself and held his own. The ending is similar to Nightmare on Elm Street 2 in some ways. I dug it and even clapped a little bit. I dig the false happy ending if it's done correctlyWhere is the love for this movie? It's unabashedly corny, and I loved every minute of it. It represents everything I adored about the 80's! Where you at, Mary Lou? I'll go on a blind date with you any day!7/10

AaronCapenBanner Loose sequel to "Prom Night" only uses the same high school, Hamilton High, where another horror takes place as the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou Maloney, who was accidentally killed at her senior prom thirty years previous, is unleashed from a trunk(?!) by Vicki Carpenter(Wendy Lyon) who is dating the son of principal Bill Nordham,(played by Michael Ironside) who, just by one of those standard movie coincidences, happens to be Mary Lou's old boyfriend that she blames for her fiery death. So evil Mary Lou possesses poor Vicki to destroy Bill, and be crowned senior prom queen, no matter who has to die...Typically violent and idiotic horror exploitation is just another illogical and crass film where the supernatural protagonist has all kinds of superpowers because the script says they do, with no regard to plausibility or coherence, with the ending being the final insult.