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The remake is becoming a trend. If yet a disastrous remake is made of an already bad movie, it's hard to understand its purpose. "Prom Night" is a 2008 slasher directed by the unknown Nelson McCormick, who directed this remake of the horror "Don't Go in the House" from 1980.
A girl witnesses her entire family die before her eyes. The killer is caught and imprisoned. With her uncles' help, she manages to overcome this difficult time. On the day of the prom, the protagonist (a Brittany Snow whose performance is nothing short of scandalous) hopes that this event will be the beginning of a new life with her boyfriend. But incredibly, the long-awaited day turns into a nightmare: the killer escapes from prison. How? On the very last day of school? Really?
Prom Night is a slasher-thriller that heavily relies on suspense and less on gore. A positive aspect is certainly the tension: the director partly succeeds in creating thrilling scenes with a good amount of suspense, even without the acting support of the cast, who demonstrate an unparalleled flatness.
Moving on to the film's negative aspects, an embarrassing lack of ideas immediately stands out: when moving through the rooms of the hotel (hosting the party), we deal with our killer only to then switch to the party where we are "forced" to endure disarmingly superficial dialogues born from a script that feels like it's from elementary school. The alternation between suspense scenes (albeit well executed) and the party shows that the director hardly thought about how to liven up the film.
What leaves you most baffled is the absolute lack of any character development: the villain, played by Johnathon Schaech, stands out as one of the most poorly realized killers in recent cinema history.
A film not recommended for its attempt to cater to teenagers looking for a horror night with romantic big words as a backdrop. Terrible actors, lack of ideas. The thrilling atmosphere isn't enough to lift the fate of an embarrassing film. Avoid it.
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