NEWS: Prom Night #1 Movie in America!
Apr. 14What a sad state of affairs. Director Nelson McCormick, who's sunk his directorial hand in too many TV shows to count, has just witnessed his 88 minute teenie bopper "horror" flick elevate to the much coveted top spot at the box office. This sorry PG-13 no-scare-no-gore outing is much more of a mystery whodunit, one riddled with so many cinematic platitudes that even, well 13 year olds have a hard time accepting as believable. Or original! But as a remake of the 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis/Leslie Nielson slasher flick, somehow originality doesn't strike me as a top priority.
Frightening!
The top priority was to fill seats! Well done sir, you've succeeded, even if sacrificing a piece of work that is at all worth seeing. And even more predictable than the flick itself is the ineluctable sequel no doubt in the works after of an opening weekend recuperated budget (it cost roughly 18 million and grossed about 22.7 million). No worries though folks, McCormick re-teams with straight to video writer J.S. Cardone (author of such forgotten fare as The Covenant, Alien Hunter and Mummy an' the Armadillo) in his next effort The Stepfather, also a horror remake. Shit, I'd rather watch Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II!
Gee, let me hide under a bed, it's never been done before!
Comments
It's the way the genre has shifted to the children of crappy mtv that brings a tear to my eyes.
if you were on mtv website at all before the opening of this film, they showed the trailer every chance they could. aka every five minutes.
just when i thought the pg-13 remake age was done this had to go and succeed. god i hope this doesnt spawn a million more just like it.
"We're simply venting a much deserved air of intolerance, for those of us who truly care, yes care about the horror genre, can't sit idly by and watch mounds of swill pile up on Hollywood's sidewalk as if it were garbage Thursday."
I couldn't bring myself to buy a ticket and contribute to Prom Night's's success. I...I just couldn't do it.
Thank you Blood_Bather for calling out this awful trend in horror films.
The fact that as the movies get worse, the ratings get better just sickens me
I sadly saw this movie, even though I knew it would absolutely pitiful. I thought maybe, just maybe, I would be wrong. But no... this movie was more of a let down than Hills Have Eyes II (2007). WHY didn't I just trust my instincts!
Haha, agreed hoipolloi - when the best part of a flick is when a gorgeous subordinate is ordered to fish a hand out of a shitter, you know you're in for a long haul. Damn, THHE2 was god awful!
The boundary between horror and mystery/suspense has become so ridiculously arbitrary. It's all about tropes and audience moreso than the and the actual feeling invoked.
I mean no offense to mystery/supsense. I love mystery/suspense! But if the director goes out of his way to make sure the audience feels reassured and centered when the film is over, sorry, it just ain't horror.
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