Prom Night

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Main Details

  • Released in 1980
  • Color
  • Running time: 91 min
  • Production Co: Quadrant Trust Company | Simcom Limited
  • Distribution Co: Astral Films (1980) (Canada) (theatrical) | AVCO Embassy Pictures (1980) (USA) (theatrical) | Filmways Australasian Distributors (1980) (Australia) (theatrical)
  • Directed by Paul Lynch
  • Written by William Gray, Robert Guza Jr.
  • Starring: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens
  • Produced by Peter R. Simpson, Richard Simpson
  • Original Music by Paul Zaza, Carl Zittrer
  • Cinematography by Robert C. New
  • Film Editing by Brian Ravok

Plot Summary

  • 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.

Also Known As

  • Prom Night - Die Nacht des Schlächters (Germany)
  • Prom Night - Grauen Ohne Namen (Germany)

Taglines

  • If you're not back by midnight... you won't be coming home.
  • ... Some will be crowned, others will lose their heads
  • A prom queen's dreams turn to screams.
  • This year Prom Night will be a scream
  • A killer waits at the High School dance.
  • The night someone came to the prom alone
  • For some, it's the end of innocence. For others, it's The End!
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