Una noche para morir

An average representative of the teenage-slasher subgenre. Formally speaking, it’s good, but when it comes to the story and everything around it, it’s a dud. It has a lot of shallow and cheap jump-scares that, if anything, at least manage to keep the viewer conscious during the leisurely pace of the first 60 minutes. Prom Night is one cliché after the next, the murders are hardly seen (they take place mostly out of frame), and the ending is something that only someone who’s never seen a slasher can’t see coming. This isn’t a film for horror fans, it’s only for American teens and that is bloody clear. (21.04.2008)

Isn’t it a bit obsolete to make a horror movie like this in this day and age? (22.10.2016)

Another and completely unnecessary variation on the rather clichéd I Know What You Did Last Summer. The main faces, the murderer, and the location where the action takes place may have changed, but the rest of the concept is the same. So we can look forward to standard jump-scares, the same twists, and a predictable ending. The light exaggeration and relatively watchable main characters can be considered a positive, although the dialogues sometimes feel a bit forced. (14.11.2008)

"The Prom" is a bad movie and it proves it every second. It is predictable, it lacks creativity, it lacks good performances, it is empty and it lacks tension, which is probably the biggest problem. You will only watch the film out of obligation if you have already started it. This definitely should not be the direction in which a slasher should go. But that genre itself can hardly bring anything truly stunning. (25.04.2016)