Beginning of the movie is extremely confusing. And makes absolutely no sense. Most horror movies don't make any sense. But the beginning of the film doesn't seem to really fit in with the rest of the movie. As the story progresses it does become more interesting. And worth watching. Jamie Lee Curtis is the best part of the movie. She is definitely the Scream Queen of the horror scene. Even though the prom theme has been done so many times in horror movies. This is definitely one of the better ones. The soundtrack to the film is even creepy. The ending is not predictable like in most horror flicks. It's the sequels that are not worth watching. It would probably be best to just watch Prom Night. And skip the rest of the franchise.

Boring and rubbish. This movie was not scary at all.

It's a good example of horror if you look at the tropes and methodology employed throughout. It's a bad movie, though, so that doesn't do it much good. It has the thrill and suspense of a paint drying convention

ScreamQueen Jamie Lee Curtis slasher from the 80s. OMFG Leslie Nielsen is in this 😂. The first kill came with 30:08 left in the movie talk about SLOW BURN movie. This was a little better than Jamie Lee Curtis Terror Train . I will admit I was leaning towards it being bad but the two kills in this made the movie just ok . OMFG disco music. I swear all the high school kids looked like they were in their 30s lol. It was a 5/10 borderline ok but if I want a epic fantastic Jamie Lee Curtis horror movie I will lwatch The Fog or the OG Halloween .

This is the horror movie equivalent of wasting time for the sake of wasting time. Prom Night is a dreadfully boring movie that wastes so much of its runtime on endlessly unimportant side characters, side plots, a main plot about the prom itself (how exciting!) and a ridiculous amount of red herrings that-at a point-- it actually becomes insulting to watch. Jamie Lee Curtis is fine, everyone’s acting is fine. But why was Leslie Nelson in this? Why did he agree to be in this? So much of this movie is dreadfully boring and then by an hour in there’s a disco sequence that goes on for what feels like another 30 minutes. Why? To waste more of our time. Then the killings finally happen and they’re all so drawn out and boring too. Zero suspense. And then the twist happens! And then the movie just ends without explaining the dozen other narrative conveniences and plot holes that you’d have to rewatch the whole film to mentally figure out if the reveal makes any sense. And I fundamentally refuse to watch this boring movie again. This sucks.

If you like slashers this is for you. Seen more times then I can count for 40 yrs. Also Jamie Lee Curtis disco dancing.

Just your stereotypical slasher with the potential for a great underlying mystery but never in the slightest can make it work. This gets very boring especially the 5 minute prom dancing scene which is pointless. Camerawork isn't bad but direction is basic along with the actin gand soundtrack. Everything else is subpar. This never is able to make the killer/stalker mystery and the slasher elements work together in the slightest. It's very meandering for most of the runtime bouncing around between the different kids and stuff just happens...very boring stuff. The kills are back loaded at the very end and even they drag out. This needed much more focus and to space the kills out throughout the runtime better. Even the opening scene is just alright and that's probably the best thing here. Skip This. Even for JLC fans there isn't anything ehre really.

I thought it was pretty good, I like the kills, and the plot reminds a bit of Terror Train, which came out that same year and also stars Jamie Lee (note it is her worst film ever). This film in my opinion is not as bad as people say. 6.7/10.

Prom Night exhibits uneven execution, characterized by fluctuations in the story and an erratic pace, likely to elicit mixed reactions. While it offers some satisfying moments for an evening's entertainment, particularly for fans of 80's slashers, it falls short of being groundbreaking.

Jamie Lee Curtis (and Leslie Nielsen!) in the worst of her slasher-film appearances.

If disco wasn't dead already, Prom Night would have killed it. I wasn't expecting much from this forgotten slasher flick and yet it continuously let me down. After the bizarre opening scene, nothing happens for the next hour or so. I found myself begging the film to kill someone just to stop the inane conversations and extended dance sequences. The killer's whispery voice is too ridiculous to be intimidating, the story is one high school horror movie cliché after another, and it ends like an after-school special. The original Friday the 13th isn't great, but it's better than its competitor, Prom Night.

It's a cult classic for a reason and that is because JLC is a queen.

Not amazing, but solid

A fun 80s slasher worth at least seeing once.

Girl who was attacked and survived the attack. Has always thought she would be attacked again. At her prom death starts to happen. Pretty decent movie.

Worth a watch if you like Curtis and horror films of that era, but it doesn't quite cut it compared to the best of the subgenre.

A mediocre slow-burning slasher film from 1980. Fun for the T&A and twist ending, but not too much else.

It seemed like a high school drama that added in the forced horror aspects. Extremely boring until the last 15 minutes, way too much happening.

It was too predictable, and the slasher scenes were pretty bad and uneventful. The last 10 minutes were entertaining, though. Jamie lee Curtis was great.

On paper, Prom Night checks all the boxes for me. Slasher movie: check. Jamie Lee Curtis as the final girl: Check. 80's horror: check. So does Prom Night live up to other slashers? What I can say is that David Mucci's (who plays Lou) eyebrows should be their own character. Damn! (https://foreverfinalgirl.com/prom-night/)