# Prom Night (1980)

> At a glittering high-school prom, a concealed childhood tragedy returns as a masked killer hunts the students who caused it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/22722

## Facts

- Runtime: 93 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery
- Director: Paul Lynch
- Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Casey Stevens, Anne-Marie Martin, Antoinette Bower, Michael Tough, Robert A. Silverman, Pita Oliver
- TMDB rating: 5.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081383/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, eerie, campy, halloween night, 1980s horror marathon

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- [April Fool's Day (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/14739)
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- [Halloween (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/789)
- [The House on Sorority Row (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/25562)
- [The Burning (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/14217)
- [Midnight Matinee (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/87103)
- [Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/26803)
- [Forget Me Not (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/16657)
- [Terror Train (1980)](https://ember.film/movie/26149)
- [Trick or Treat (1986)](https://ember.film/movie/15062)

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