| Prom Night | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Prom_Night_logo.png){kind=logo} Logo of the original 1980 film | |
| Created by | Robert Guza Jr. (story) |
| Original work | Prom Night (1980) |
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Prom Night is a Canadian slasher film franchise that comprises a total of five feature films, the first four of which are centered around events at the fictional Hamilton High School. The first film, Prom Night (1980), was a slasher film directed by Paul Lynch and produced by Peter R. Simpson, focusing on teenagers being stalked and murdered by a masked killer at their prom. The film was a box-office success, grossing nearly $15 million. The following sequel, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987), was envisioned as a standalone film, but producer Simpson and his company, Simcom, refitted it as a sequel to the original Prom Night. Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, a supernatural-themed slasher film, introduced the character of Mary Lou Maloney, a vengeful young woman who died on her prom night in 1957; its only connection to the first film was that both films take place in the same high school.[1]
In 1990, a second sequel featuring Mary Lou Maloney, Prom Night III: The Last Kiss, was released. The fourth film, Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992), featured an entirely new plot, following a group of teenagers tormented by a possessed Catholic priest on their prom night. In 2008, Screen Gems released a reboot mainly based on the original film, also titled Prom Night.
- ^ Newman 2011, p. 384.