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Prom Night is a 1980 Canadian horror film starring Leslie Nielsen and Jamie Lee Curtis, directed by Paul Lynch. The original music score is composed by Paul Zaza and Carl Zittrer. Jeff Wilson did the movie's storyboards. The remake to the movie is scheduled to be released in 2007. The film also spawned three sequels.

Tagline: If you're not back by midnight...you won't be coming home.

Plot summary

In 1974, a little girl is accidentally killed playing a game with other kids in an old deserted schoolhouse. The kids swear to silence, but someone saw them do it. Six years later, the same kids are anticipating the senior prom and the night of their life. However, that shadow from the tress - the one who saw their deed - has chosen this night to seek revenge. It is going to be a prom no one will forget.

Cast

Leslie Nielsen
as Mr. Hammond
Jamie Lee Curtis
as Kim Hammond
Casey Stevens as Nick McBride
Anne-Marie Martin
as Wendy Richards (as Eddie Benton)
Antoinette Bower as Mrs. 'Vi' Hammond
Michael Tough as Alex Hammond
Robert A. Silverman as Mr. Sykes
Pita Oliver as Vicki
David Mucci as Lou Farmer
Jeff Wincott
as Drew
Mary Beth Rubens as Kelly
George Touliatos as Lt. McBride
Melanie Morse MacQuarrie as Henri-Anne
David Gardner as Dr. Fairchild
Joy Thompson as Jude Cunningham

Trivia

The line, "It's not who you come with, it's who takes you home," appears in all the Prom Night movies.
Brock Simpson is the only actor who appeared in all four Prom Night movies.
Hamilton High is the one setting that all off the Prom Night movies have in common.
The high school where Prom Night is filmed is Don Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Canada.

Quotes

Kim Hammond: You seem a little anxious, Wendy. By the way, who are going with tonight?
Wendy Richards: It's not who you go with, honey. It's who takes you home.

Nominations

1981 Genie Awards
* Best Achievement in Film Editing - Brian Ravok
* Best Performance by a Foreign Actress - Jamie Lee Curtis

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