Prom Night
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- Directed by
- Paul Lynch
- Written by
- William Gray, Robert Guza Jr.
- Produced by
- Peter R. Simpson, Richard Simpson
Why it’s HorroRated
Prom Night is a slow burn that takes its time getting to the kills, which isn't going to be for everyone. But Jamie Lee Curtis is really good here and the film has a disco-era atmosphere that's hard to replicate. It's not as tight as Halloween but as a snapshot of early 80s slasher filmmaking it absolutely earns its place.
Synopsis
A group of high schoolers has spent years quietly holding the weight of something that happened when they were kids. The film waits patiently through all the prom preparations before the accounting begins. Jamie Lee Curtis anchors it, and the disco-era atmosphere gives it an energy that dates it in exactly the right way.
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Streaming in the US changes often. Listings from JustWatch via TMDB, checked November 10, 2026.See every option
Quick facts
- Release date
- July 18, 1980
- Runtime
- 1 hour 33 mins
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Violence and peril
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