Prom night is a 2008 horror film from screen gems directed by nelson. 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. The movie prom night is essentially the blending of two very popular film genres. Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of magic, beauty, and love. Donnas 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. It is an extremely loose remake of the 1980 film with the same name it is about an exteacher named fenton, who is murderously obsessed with one of his students, played by brittany snow. By far the worst slasher movie remake to date, replaying all the cliches, but. It features supporting performances from casey stevens, eddie benton, mary beth. Included in the set are prom night1980, prom night 2. Not even prom night is spared from her bloody wrath.
Cardones remake of the classic 1980 horror film, prom night. Managing to escape from the police, hes prepared and determined to get. Prom night is a canadian horror film franchise that comprises a total of five feature films, the first four of which are centered around events at the fictional hamilton high school. An alternate ending to prom night in which donna reflects on her life and everything that has happened so far. It was released in australia on bluray and 2 disc dvd edition on august 27, 2008.
So, prom night was supposed to be a horror and thriller movie. Prom night 2008 when a deranged highschool teacher kills the family of the girl, donna, that he loves, in a disturbed attempt to force her into a relationship with him, the man is caught and. Prom night is a 1980 canadian slasher film directed by paul lynch, written by william gray, and starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen. This weeks round of new movie release information contains release dates for the game plan, prom night, ice age 3. The making of prom night this minute featurette has the cast and crew talking about how the prom is a strong and powerful subject for a movie, and how the whole event is a coming of age and symbolic. Prom, an event for american and canadian high school students prom night 1980 film, starring jamie lee curtis and leslie nielsen prom night 2008 film, a remake of the 1980 film. Someone says that its a death of youth nice analogy. Our list of movies in theaters in 2008 is even more accurate than the imdb database. Im trying to figure out if there is a widespread problem, or an isolated one.
Donna keppel brittany snow is a high school senior whos still reeling from the murder of her family three years earlier at the hands of richard fenton johnathon. The last kiss the sequel to prom night 2 and the prom night remake from 2008. This weeks round of new movie release information contains release dates for the night watchman, high school musical 3, toy story 3 and more. After donna tries to reach the police car, you can see an extended shot of. The story follows donna keppel brittany snow, a senior in high school who witnessed the murder of her family three years ago at the hands of richard fenton johnathon schaech, an obsessive teacher of hers.
The original prom night movie was released in theatres in 1980. Wild about movies provides you the most uptodate 2008 movies information online. 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. Contentsshow plot in 2005, donna keppel brittany snow returns home to find her father and brother dead. The film is a remake of the 1980 film prom night, which starred jamie lee curtis. In 1957, mary lou maloney was accidentally set on fire by a scorned lover and killed before she could be crowned prom queen. When a deranged highschool teacher kills the family of the girl, donna, that he loves, in a disturbed attempt to force her into a relationship with him, the man is caught and sent to prison. A high school seniors prom is ruined when the stalker who killed her family three years earlier escapes from a mental institution and wreaks havoc on her life again. The film stars an ensemble cast including brittany snow, scott porter, jessica stroup, dana davis, collins pennie, kelly blatz, james ransone, brianne davis, kellan lutz, mary mara, mingna wen, johnathon schaech, and idris elba with. In 2005, bridgeport native donna keppel returns home from a movie date with a friend to. Prom night is a teenage slasher movie that is heavily influenced by the man in black gloves concept, which was a common story structure of italian giallo movies from the 1970s. Brittany snow in prom night 2008 jessalyn gilsig at an event for prom night. Brittany snow ended up with the role of donna the film is a remake of the original prom night in name only. After donna tries to reach the police car, you can see an extended shot of her.
Seuss horton hears a who, superhero movie and drillbit taylor. Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life. She hides under the bed as richard fenton johnathon schaech, her former teacher who is obsessed with. Simpson, focusing on teenagers being stalked and murdered by a masked killer at their prom. Yeah, well when you have a horror movie rated pg like prom night, they. Prom night ii is a 1987 canadian supernatural horror film directed by bruce pittman, and starring michael ironside, wendy lyon, louis ferreira and lisa schrage. Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her. Ten classic prom scenes from movies we love teen vogue. 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. Prom night is a 2008 horror film from screen gems directed by nelson mccormick and starring brittany snow.
Prom night is a 2008 american slasher horror film directed by nelson mccormick. Unfortunately the unique plot ha ha of this remake of the 1980s film starring jamie lee curtis fails to make up for the stale characters and even staler dialogue. Posted on friday, january 4th, 2008 by hunter stephenson. Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, though a sadistic. A modern scary film that advertised itself as one of the best remakes of our time is about as dull as your real prom. Scout taylorcompton was considered for the lead role of donna. Prom night 2008, horror thriller released in english language in theatre near you in.
Prom night full movie 2008 lets join, fullhd movies seasonepisode here. Directed by nelson mccormick donnas 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. Imdb remake of 1980 original movie which can be seen here. She also auditioned for the remake of friday the th. January 2008s best movies were 27 dresses, meet the spartans, cloverfield and one missed call. The fittingly titled prom night, a remake of a sequelspawning 1980 film starring jamie lee curtis, attempts to rectify this.
Thirty years after her accidental death at her 1957 senior prom, the tortured spirit of prom queen mary lou maloney returns to seek revenge. The fittingly titled prom night, a remake of a sequelspawning 1980 film starring. Prom night is a slasher movie from the year 2008 starring brittany snow, idris elba, scott porter, johnathan shaech, and james ransone. A dim and predictable remake of an already dull slasher film, this prom night fails to be memorable. This movie is not really that much of a sequel to prom night which starred. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. With brittany snow, scott porter, jessica stroup, dana davis. Prom night on dvd august 19, 2008 starring brittany snow, dana davis, jessica troup, scott porter. Prom night is a 2008 americancanadian slasher film directed by nelson mccormick that is a. Lizzie returns to create even more havoc among students of a local college.
This is the first sequel to drop the whole simple masked killer and go with a supernatural revenge story. Brittany snow,thomas kijas,johnathon schaech,jessica stroup,kellan lutz synopsis. The first film, prom night 1980, was a slasher film directed by paul lynch and produced by peter r. Leslie nielsen is inevitably present in superhero movie doing his. Prom night 2008 film prom night is a 2008 americancanadian slasher film directed by nelson mccormick that is a loose remake of the 1980 film prom night. But the most lamest and pathetic serial killer movie of all time has got to be the 2008 remake of prom night. Prom night 2008 cast and crew when a deranged highschool teacher kills the family of the girl, donna, that he loves, in a disturbed attempt to force her into a relationship with him, the man is. It was produced by original film and newmarket films in association with alliance films, which holds the rights to the original franchise, along with sequel rights. February 2008s best movies were step up 2 the streets, vantage point, the spiderwick chronicles and penelope. Inmiddels is hij bezig met het voorwerk en denkt zelfs aan een sequel van heat. The film stars brittany snow, scott porter, jessica stroup, dana davis. It is a typical horror film blended with a teen slasher movie.
Deeply flawed, prom night is a bythenumbers horror flick that confuses mere violence with real vitality and substitutes shock for suspense. Prom night feels more generic than anything else like it was assembled from a box labeled horror movie scenes. 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. By far the worst slasher movie remake to date, replaying all the. The film was released on april 10, 2008 in australia, and on april 11, 2008 in canada and the united states, followed by a worldwide release in may. We see movie posters of prom night, prom night 2, prom night 3 and prom night 4 first, a little history. Believe it or not, people actually showed up to see prom night this weekend. A high school girl named donna keppel snow is traumatized after. The film stars an ensemble cast including brittany snow, scott porter, jessica stroup, dana davis, collins pennie, kelly blatz, james ransone, brianne davis, kellan lutz, mary mara, mingna wen, johnathon schaech and idris elba.
Prom night 2008 official trailer high quality youtube. Watch prom night starring brittany snow in this drama on directv. It was produced by original film and newmarket films in association with. Brittany snow in prom night 2008 idris elba in prom night 2008 arielle. With randal malone, kate reavis, roxy darr, jeff burr. The night every high school girl dreams of turns from magic to.
I imagine the movie would have been less faithful to italian cinema if its production was a few more months after friday the ths release, which was only two. She did star in the remake of halloween and its sequel. Click on any of the 2008 movie posters images for complete information about all 2008 movies in theaters, including trailers. Alliance films, which holds the rights to the original franchise, along with sequel rights. I think that means 3 more months of crummy horror movie winter. It follows a high school student who becomes possessed by mary lou maloney, a student who died at her high school prom in 1957.
Prom night 88 mins, 15 directed by nelson mccormick. Compared to betterdone examples of the genre see below, it manages to be both violent. The plot is not the same as the original and the characters are different, although both do have the basic. Prom night is a 2008 american horror film from screen gems, directed by nelson mccormick and. Thankfully, prom nights predictable ending doesnt suggest a remake of the originals 1987 sequel, hello mary lou.
Dawn said as she holds up a dvd copy of prom night. There are no outstanding effects and the actors you got it average. With lisa schrage, michael ironside, wendy lyon, louis ferreira. The teen horror flick was produced in 2008 and rated pg. A sequel to the slasher film prom night 1980, it was originally intended to be a. The film is a reimagining of the 1980 canadian horror film of the same name. Purchase prom night 2008 on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Prom night 2008 opens with our heroin teenager donna recounting to her analyst a flashback of the brutal murder of her family at the hands of a killer. Everything you need to know about prom night movie 2008. Ten classic prom scenes from movies we love these timeless silver screen prom night movie moments make us swoon, cringe, and even scream in horror.