Prom Night Reviews

This page contains reviews of the movie Prom Night, which is a remake of the 1980 cult classic starring Jamie Lee Curtis.

High school senior Donna Keppel and her friends are enjoying their final prom, when the fun turns to terror. A deranged former teacher who killed Donna's family escapes from a mental hospital and comes to claim her.

The movie received an average rating of 16% of Rotten Tomatoes, and 34% on Metacritic.

• Variety: Prom Night Review
  • "It's way too soon to tell if (Brittany) Snow ever will achieve the semi-iconic status Jamie Lee Curtis did in similar roles, but her performance here is everything it should be for her character, and the pic itself, to work."

• Film School Rejects (B-): Prom Night Review
  • "...infinitely better than the original (partly because it doesn't feature a ten minute disco segment in the middle). It's better paced and executed as a horror movie should."

• Urban Cinefile: Prom Night Review
  • "...delivers pretty much what you expect with enough scares to satisfy but not to keep you awake til the wee small hours."

• E! Online (F): Prom Night Review
  • "This may not be one of the worst films of all time—that's a pretty tough list to crack. But it is definitely one of the stupidest."

• Cinema Blend (2/5): Prom Night Review
  • "If you want a superficial amalgamation to go see with your girlfriend, take her to Prom Night. You'll probably have a decent time and never think about it again. If you want to see a piece of art that pushed the genre forward even an inch, skip this neutral piece of cake."

• ReelViews (1/4): Prom Night Review
  • "This is a case study for Filmmaking Ineptitude 101."

• Metromix (2/5): Prom Night Review
  • "While this Prom Night is more streamlined and avoids the original's mid-movie dance sequence, most viewers would probably prefer seeing a minute-long disco boogie than every horror cliche in the book."

• eFilmCritic.com: Prom Night Review
  • "Essentially, the film is little more than a string of the hoariest horror cliches known to mankind repeated ad nauseam until it reaches a feature-length running time."

• msnbc: Better Off Staying Home From Prom Night
  • "...for the talent behind the 2008 remake to have created a movie that's completely different and yet even stupider than the original has to represent some kind of achievement."

• Dread Central: Prom Night Review
  • "...poorly written, ill conceived, and executed with the excitement of a children's cough medicine commercial."