Hey, a movie starring the “scream queen” Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen. This can’t be bad, right? Well, not so fast. I am going to give you a quick spoiler-ific synopsis and then provide you with my final thoughts and rating. Don’t expect much.
SPOILERS
We start off with some kids, like 11 or 12 playing and they fuck with this girl Robin Hammond, and keep saying “kill kill kill” until she backs up and falls to her death from a window. The kids promise not to tell anybody it was their fault, so this other dude takes the rap for it. Robin’s siblings, KIm (Jamie Lee) and Alex are now prom age, and her dad was Leslie Nielsen. After way too much talking and bullshit and dancing and getting dressed up, prom night is upon us. Well the killer starts picking off the kids that were involved in Robin’s death. In the end, the killer is Alex.
End Film
Final Thoughts – Wow, when typed out, it goes to show just how shitty and shallow this film was. It did spawn 3 sequels and a reboot. On top of that, it inspired many films like The House on Sorority Row and that remake called Sorority Row. So this is an inspirational film. I did enjoy the Lou character because he was that over the top 80’s dickhead. Jamie Lee proved to me once again to be undeserving of the title of scream queen because she did nothing to stand out in this one. If anything, the one chick survived for like 10 minutes and deserves credit. I think it was Wendy. Unfortunately, the pacing of this was lacking early on. I would have gotten to prom 20 minutes earlier and had more kills. Yeah, you like my version better already. You can keep the terrible dance sequence if you like. I think I would. Slick is my absolute favorite character in this film.
Rating: 4.2 mainly for influencing other films that I have enjoyed. Even something like I Know What You Did Last Summer was partly influenced by this. I don’t foresee me watching this ever again.
Please check us out at the actual 9 Deuce website, on Facebook at facebook.com/9deuceblog , on Twitter @official9deuce, or Instagram at Official9Deuce. Share this, like this, write us an email with a question at kent@9deuce.com. Thank you.
All the pictures used in this blog are for review purposes. They are the property of:
- Simcom Limited (as Simcom)
- Guardian Trust Company (copyright holder)
- Prom Night Productions (as Prom Night Productions Inc., a Simcom company)
Please go find a copy and support the creators.