Prom Night (1980)

Director: Paul Lynch

Writers: William Gray, Robert Guza Jr.

Composers: Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer

Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Michael Tough, Robert A. Silverman, Pita Oliver, David Mucci, Jeff Wincott, Mary Beth Rubens, George Touiatos

More info: IMDb

Tagline: There's a special night in the lives of all of us. A night to be beautiful. To be desirable. A night we can break all the rules and make our own. Prom night.

Plot: At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years previously.

My rating:

Will I watch it again?  No.

Is it just me or do you find it hard to take seriously any R-rated 80s slasher movie that doesn't have  any nudity (especially when there's the tease of some in a high school locker room post-shower), the kills are weak AND they don't start until an hour into the picture?  I'm not saying that boobs are crucial but for fuck's sake, this is rated R and the only reason I can think of for that is that there's some 'fucks' here and there.  With a slasher from 1980 starring Jamie Lee Curtis, I expected more.  The movie's OK and that's about it.  It's what's not in it that's more important than what is.  There are parts in the first hour that work great but there are a lot of slow spots that end up leading up to nothing much to see here.  The Echo Bridge DVD has a good looking anamorphic widescreen print but no extras.  WTF?  I just saw that this spawned three sequels?  Are they worth watching?