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Prom Night (2008)

Director: Nelson McCormick

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From Time Out London

By far the worst ‘slasher movie’ remake to date, replaying all the clichés, but delivering none of the guilty pleasures. The 1980 original had ‘scream queen’ Jamie Lee Curtis, some disco dancing, an axe-wielding psycho in a black ski mask, and sundry gory deaths. TV director Nelson McCormick’s tedious ‘re-imagining’ has Brittany Snow (wasted here), Britney Spears’ ‘Piece of Me’, a knife-wielding killer in a baseball cap, a string of bloodless, off-screen deaths and an inexplicably harsh 15 certificate.

Three years after high school teacher Richard Fenton became obsessed with student Donna Keppel (Snow), then slaughtered her whole family, she is off the medication and excited about her senior prom. But Fenton has escaped from the asylum and Detective Winn (Idris Elba) knows he’ll kill anyone who stands between him and the object of his twisted affections. But frankly, who cares? The characters could be dispatched in any order, and it wouldn’t make an iota of difference.

Author: Nigel Floyd

Time Out London Issue 1972, 4 – 10 June 2008

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ste said...

Posted on Jun 30 2008 14:32 a can of tango then lol

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x said...

Posted on Jun 30 2008 14:32 noooo !!! i dnt like coke !!!

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ste said...

Posted on Jun 30 2008 14:31 a can of coke

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x said...

Posted on Jun 30 2008 14:30 wa ya getin me 4 me bifday ste lmao

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ste said...

Posted on Jun 30 2008 14:29 the film is shit

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kath x said...

Posted on Jun 30 2008 14:28 tasherr !!!! tellll me ( if ur on lol) xx

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Tasher :):)! said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 14:16 Hey everybody :):)

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kath xox said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 14:15 hey kerry nd borris xox how is u both ?

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kath said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 12:04 cba anymore ill go on in it

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ELiSHA said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 12:02 HELOOO KATH YUUU R A MONG LMAO I LOVE YUU RELII BABE LOL NASHER WAS NORMAL BUH NOW SHE ISNT LOL XXX

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ste said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 12:02 hi

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kath said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 12:01 yey fankuu !!
me really wonna go
i dunno if i think 2nyt is gonna b gud
i do
bu i dnt
av u done any of this work ????
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Tasher :):)! said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 11:56 every one that we know is going this year exsept della lols
and i told her
and yer you can :):)
xoxo!

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kath said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 11:53 hu is every1
karry you , courtney and hu else ?
tell kerry she is a boob !
can i ring my mum in a min off ur fone ??
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Tasher :):)! said...

Posted on Jun 27 2008 11:51 everyone this yer and i told kerry :):)
bu i dnt think she is cumin on :/
lols maths next :(:(:(
i dont want math ¬¬
lols :):)
xoxox!

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