Prom Night
| release date | July 18 1980 |
| studio | Anchor Bay |
| director | Paul Lynch |
| writer | William Gray |
| starring | Jamie Lee Curtis. Casey Stevens, Leslie Nielsen |
| rating | R |
| tagline | If you're not back by midnight... you won't be coming home. |
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[Interview] ‘Straw Dogs’ Star Drew Powell
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First Official Imagery from Idris Elba’s ‘Scream’-Inspired ‘Demons Never Die’
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Stephen King Doesn’t “Get” Remaking ‘Carrie’
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Bloody Disgusting’s List of ‘Horror Unmakes’!
One of the most infamous remakes of all time is Gus Van Sant’s pointless shot-by-shot interpretation of Psycho, which was released to a horde of “why did they bother?” admonishments and an almost complete lack of interest from the general public. Putting aside the relative merits of the film’s technical aspects, the update is generally regarded as a badly failed experiment and, perhaps even worse, an empty exercise on the part of a filmmaker too wrapped up in his own indulgences. READ MORE
Special Feature: ‘Scream 4,’ Slicing Into New Rules & Conventions
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Patrick Lussier Updates ‘Hellraiser’ – Won’t Necessarily Be in 3-D
In our exclusive chat with Drive Angry 3D director Patrick Lussier about his latest film – releasing in theaters this Friday! – B-D reporter Chris Eggertsen of course had to ask him about the planned Hellraiser reboot, the script for which he and partner-in-crime Todd Farmer are currently writing. As has previously been reported, the film will not be a traditional remake following the plot of the original story but rather a “reboot” that will come at the Hellraiser universe from a new angle focusing heavily on the “world” of the Lament Configuration puzzle box. READ MORE
Best & Worst ’10: BC’S BOTTOM 10 OF 2010
The worst list was much easier for me to make than my ‘best’ list – barely a week went by without me being massively disappointed with something. Overall, it seems the main problem is filmmakers being more in love with their technology than their stories. All of these movies (OK, SOME of them) are well made, but all the bells and whistles can’t make up for a shit script. There’s just way too much mediocrity out there as of late, and looking over this list and next year’s schedule, I fear a 90s style wasteland may be fast approaching. Try harder, studios and filmmakers. (more…) READ MORE
Best & Worst ’10: BC’S BOTTOM 10 OF 2010
The worst list was much easier for me to make than my ‘best’ list – barely a week went by without me being massively disappointed with something. Overall, it seems the main problem is filmmakers being more in love with their technology than their stories. All of these movies (OK, SOME of them) are well made, but all the bells and whistles can’t make up for a shit script. There’s just way too much mediocrity out there as of late, and looking over this list and next year’s schedule, I fear a 90s style wasteland may be fast approaching. Try harder, studios and filmmakers. (more…) READ MORE
Blu-ray Review: Anchor Bay’s ‘The Crazies’ Remake
I dug it in theaters, and I dug it again at home. While it’s not going to reinvent the genre, Breck Eisner’s update of George Romero’s (also imperfect) The Crazies is, like the Dawn of the Dead remake, an action movie version of the original horror tale, with much of the social commentary stripped to the bone in favor of scares (many of which are effective) and big action sequences. Two different approaches to the same story, both with merit. (more…) READ MORE
Brittany Snow Gets Carjacked in ’96 Minutes’
Principal photography will commence in Atlanta in May on Perfect Weekend’s cautionary thriller 96 Minutes starring Brittany Snow (Prom Night) and Evan Ross. Aimee Lagos wrote and is directing the interwoven stories of four young people caught up in a carjacking. This sounds like a new popular theme in Hollywood as ATM follows a group attacked at an ATM and the recent release of Shuttle took a group hijacked on the way home from the airport. (more…) READ MORE
Feel ‘The Wraith’ of This Week’s Horror In Your House
Getting back on track with our Horror In Your House, Tex Massacre has a list of films that will now be available on DVD and Blu-ray as of tomorrow morning. The highlight is Lionsgate’s loving re-release of The Wraith, with Fox kicking ass and taking names with hot chick violence in Bitch Slap. (more…) READ MORE
00′s Retrospect: Dead on Arrival — Ten Horror Duds of the Last Decade
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this has been a great decade for horror films. Anyone who doesn’t think so simply hasn’t been paying attention. Of course, those successes likely wouldn’t have felt as sweet had there not been about four or five times as many bad ones, and following from that observation I’ve sifted through the cinematic garbage bin to put together this list of the worst. We’re not talking direct-to-DVD bargain-bin burners here; we normally expect those to be bad. We’re talking studio-released, mostly moderate-to-big-budget disasters with a lot of marketing and moolah behind them. These aren’t the hand grenades; these are the atom bombs whose explosions of craptastic-ness were too big to ignore. They’re listed in order of release rather than badness, since there’s just no way to rank these suckers in any meaningful order. They’re all terrible in their own unique and special way. (more…) READ MORE
Update: ‘The Stepfather’ HD Trailer Now Online
This morning B-D reader Joey M. tipped us off to the trailer for The Stepfather remake, which was directed by Prom Night‘s Nelson McCormick. While I typically shy away from Sony Screen Gems movies (they’re made for kids), seeing Dylan Walsh from “Nip/Tuck” and the sexy, sexy Amber Heard (All the Boys Love Mandy Lane) have made it worth checking out. What did you guys think of the trailer? I got a kick out of the “America’s Most Wanted” image that looks nothing like Walsh’s character. Screen Gems has slated the pic for release on October 16th, 2009. (more…) READ MORE
Sony Screen Gems Remaking ‘Blind Terror’
Another remake tip came in this evening (this has been one crazy mother-friggin’ month) as we were tipped off that Sony Screen Gems is developing Unseen, a remake of the 1971 classic Blind Terror (aka See No Evil) that starred Mia Farrow as a recently blinded woman who’s sent off to her relatives’ farm and what happens when they are murdered. J.S. Cardone – who wrote The Stepfather, The Covenant and Prom Night for Screen Germs – is penning the screenplay. (more…) READ MORE
Year in Review: Mr. D’s Worst Horror Films of 2008!
What a year, what a year. While everyone else includes DVDs in their best and worst lists, I solely focus on films that hit theaters. While compiling my lists, I couldn’t believe how hard it was to pick ten films that I felt were worth even mentioning as “the best”. While I barely succeeded, the worst list was much easier, which was pretty disappointing from my standpoint. That means this was a lousy year for horror and that the majority of horror films released were bad. Looking forward to 2009, I can’t say I expect anything different next year, but one can only hope… beyond the break you can check out my list of the worst horror films of 2008. Don’t forget you can chime in with your own lists and thoughts below, or write your own reviews in our MoviePit. (more…) READ MORE
Year in Review: BC’s Best Horror Films of 2008!
Leading up until the New Year we’ll be unloading the best and worst lists of 2008 from all of Bloody-Disgusting’s official reviewers. Beyond the break you can check out BC’s Best Horror Films of 2008, with lists from David Harley, Ryan Daley and myself coming soon. Click here to keep up with the full year in review and also feel free to post your thoughts below, or at our forum’s Top 10 of 2008 forum thread. (more…) READ MORE
Year in Review: BC’s Worst Horror Films of 2008!
Leading up until the New Year we’ll be unloading the best and worst lists of 2008 from all of Bloody-Disgusting’s official reviewers. Beyond the break you can check out BC’s Worst Horror Films of 2008, with lists from David Harley, Ryan Daley and myself coming soon. Click here to keep up with the full year in review and also feel free to post your thoughts below, or at our forum’s Top 10 of 2008 forum thread. (more…) READ MORE
Year in Review: The Best & Worst Posters of 2008
The annual Bloody Disgusting Best & Worst list kicks off with my favorite portion, the best and worst posters of 2008! Beyond the break you can chew on some beautiful one sheets, along with ones that will make your eyes melt (Indiana Jones style). Watch this spot for a new top 10 list from our reviewers every day leading up to the New Year. Feel free to post your thoughts below, or at our forum’s Top 10 of 2008 thread. (more…) READ MORE
‘Prom Night’ DVD/Blu-ray Sales Art
Today DVD Active posted the sales sheet for Sony Home Entertainment’s Prom Night DVD release, which features the DVD cover art for all three releases. The unrated edition is only a minute longer, so big whoop. As well as a 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation and English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track, the discs will include commentary with Director Nelson McCormick, Brittany Snow and Johnathon Schaech, deleted scenes with optional commentary, an alternate ending, 4 featurettes (A Night to Remember: The Making of Prom Night, Profile of a Killer, Gothic Spaces: Creating the Pacific Grand Hotel, Prom Night Photo Album: Real Prom Stories from the Cast), and a gag reel. A Blu-ray release will also be available for $38.96 with an additional storyboard track.
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